Technical Team


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NMCF Staff (left to right): Jim Howe, Richard White, Cathy Dukes, Joe Thompson, Diane Dickie & Helge Heinrich.

NMCF Research Team

  • John R. Scully

    John R. Scully

    Interim Director, Nanoscale Materials Characterization Facility


    NMCF Director, Charles Henderson Chaired Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
    Co-Director of Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering

    Contact Information                Scully Research Group : Webpage

  • Richard White

    Richard White

    Manager, Nanoscale Materials Characterization Facility


    Instrument Specialist Metallography, Optical Microscopy, FIB, SEM, TEM & Profiliometry, MSE Laboratory Manager

    Contact Information                Calendar: Richard White

  • Diane Dickie

    Diane Dickie

    Senior Scientist, Nanoscale Materials Characterization Facility


    Principal Scientist XRD; X-ray Crystallography, CHEM & MSE Senior Scientist

    Contact Information                Calendar: Diane Dickie

  • Catherine Dukes

    Catherine Dukes

    Research Scientist, Nanoscale Materials Characterization Facility


    Principal Scientist XPS, FT-IR, & XRF, MSE Research Scientist & Director LASP

    Contact Information                Calendar: Cathy Dukes

    LASP / Dukes Group Webpage          KEVION Ion Irradiation Facility Webpage

  • Helge Heinrich

    Helge Heinrich

    Research Scientist, Nanoscale Materials Research Facility


    Principal Scientist TEM, HR-STEM/EELS, SEM-FIB, XPS & XRF, MSE Research Scientist

    Contact Information                Calendar: Helge Heinrich

  • Joe Thompson

    Joe Thompson

    Laboratory Specialist, Nanoscale Materials Characterization Facility


    Specialist Raman Spectroscopy, AFM, SEM, Optical Microscopy, Metallography, & Profilometry, MSE & VTRC Laboratory Specialist

    Contact Information                Calendar: Joe Thompson

  • James M. Howe

    James M. Howe

    Director Emeritus, Nanoscale Materials Characterization Facility


    HR-TEM & EELS, Thomas Goodwin Digges Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

    Contact Information                Jim Howe / Howe Group : Webpage