MSA 2021 Awards
publication record. In his short 7-year career, he has authored and co-authored over 240 peer-reviewed journal articles, 35 of which were published in Science and Nature sister journals. On 10 of the 35, he is the senior author who led the research. His recent research finding on battery materials was selected as a 2014 Top 10 Scientific Achievement by Brookhaven National Lab. Even though Huolin has only worked at UC Irvine for two years, he has already built a robust research program in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He has won three federal awards (DOE and NSF) and one industrial (Toyota) research grant as the PI, with a total worth of $3.63 million. Apart
from his scientific and teaching achievements,
Huolin has demonstrated great leadership in the microscopy community. He has organized multiple symposia and pre- meeting congresses, served as leader of the MSA Liquid and Gas TEM Focused Interest Group, and was Program Chair for the M&M 2020 meeting.
Albert Crewe Award Te Albert Crewe Award was initiated to recognize
annually the distinguished contributions to the field of microscopy and microanalysis in the physical sciences of an early career scientist, of not more than 6 years’ standing since doctoral graduation, for research performed during this period.
Albert Crewe Award: Wenpei Gao Wenpei received his PhD
in 2015 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Cham- paign, where he developed instrumentation and quanti- tative analysis tools for the in situ study of nanostructured materials using low-dose imaging in liquid cell and environmental TEM. Aſter receiving his PhD, Wenpei was a postdoctoral
research
Wenpei Gao, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and
State University. Engineering, North Carolina
fellow at the University of California, Irvine, where he established and applied four- dimensional scanning trans- mission electron microscopy (4D-STEM) to study interfaces in oxides, and systematically characterized the dynamics of
nanostructured catalysts during nucleation, growth, and cor- rosion. His research has been recognized by multiple awards, including the Hammer Fellowship and Racheff-Inter Fellow- ship from the University of Illinois, and the Eric Samuel Schol- arship and Postdoctoral Award from MSA. As a leading young microscopist and materials scientist, Wenpei has focused not only on advancing electron microscopy techniques, but also on applying these new approaches in insightful ways to tackle fundamental and critical questions in materials science. Wenpei’s research at NC State involves developing
analytical and 4D STEM imaging techniques that can be applied to study a wide range of problems in materials, including the phase and polarization states at different scales
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in perovskite oxides and the structural properties of metal- organic-frameworks (MOF). He has also initiated the study of artificial intelligence (AI)-based image processing for in situ electron microscopy. Wenpei’s research is taking full advantage of state-of-the-art electron microscopy and advancing the field of characterization sciences, bringing many new possibilities for interdisciplinary research.
George Palade Award Te George Palade Award was initiated to recognize
annually the distinguished contributions to the field of microscopy and microanalysis in the life sciences of an early career scientist, of not more than 6 years’ standing since doctoral graduation, for research performed during this period.
George Palade Award: Yong Zi Tan Yong Zi Tan obtained
his BSc in Biochemistry from Imperial College London (UK) and earned his PhD from Columbia University, where he worked to
solve
Yong Zi Tan, Assistant Professor, The National University of Singapore.
challenging structures using single-particle cryo-EM and to develop cryo-EM method- ologies. Occasionally a young scientist will become promi- nent even before they have started their own research group. Yong Zi is one of these rare early stars. His first- authored Nature papers on tilting specimens to deal with
preferred orientations and Ewald sphere correction to achieve extremely high resolution caught the attention of the field. Tese methods tackle difficult specimens for structural studies and point to how far cryo-EM will be able to go for high-res- olution structure determination. Most cryo-EM experts spe- cialize in either method development or biological application of the tool. However, Yong Zi produces world-class results in both areas. His results on mycobacterial and malarial protein structures cemented his reputation as a productive and accom- plished scientist. Tese contributions represent highly sought- aſter targets that may open the way for developing therapeutics against malaria and TB. Yong Zi has also made significant advances studying the mammalian V-type ATPase, a central enzyme in eukaryotic bioenergetics, by determining the con- formations the protein complex adopts in different nucleotide- bound states throughout its catalytic cycle. Yong Zi recently joined the National University of Singapore, where he will con- tinue synergizing biological questions with technical methods development related to membrane proteins involved in human diseases.
Chuck Fiori Award for Outstanding Technologist in the Physical Sciences Tis award annually honors a technologist from the physical sciences who has made significant contributions, such as the
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