Nestor Zaluzec

Principal Investigator

Materials Science Divsion; Bldg. 212
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 S. Cass Ave.
Argonne IL 60439

phone: 630-252-7901
fax: 630-252-4289
email: zaluzec@aaem.amc.anl.gov

Zaluzec, a member of the Microscopy Society of America's education, standards, program and telecommunications committees, received his award at the society's 56th annual meeting in Atlanta July 12-16. He also received the society's Burton Medal in 1982, which honors distinguished contributions to the field by a scientist under 35. In 1984 he was named one of the nation's 100 brightest scientists by Science Digest magazine and has since received a number of similar awards for his efforts in international collaboration and education. Zaluzec, a research scientist, has studied microstructural characterization using both electron and optical techniques for more than 20 years. He developed several original techniques for determining the elemental composition of materials, and continues to work on new technologies and instruments for materials characterization.

His most recent research centers on Argonne's Advanced Analytical Electron Microscope and "TelePresence Microscopy," in which scientists can conduct microscopy studies via the World Wide Web. He is co-principal investigator in the Materials MicroCharacterization Collaboratory (MMC), which allows researchers to control the microscope, interact with other, geographically distant researchers and consult with experts while conducting research. The MMC Web site is at http://tpm.amc.anl.gov/MMC/.

He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in metallurgy from the University of Illinois at Champaign.