Nestor J. Zaluzec

Argonne National Laboratory
Electron Microscopy Center
Materials Science/Bldg 212
Argonne, Illinois 60439 USA
Tel: 630-252-7901, Fax: 630-252-4798
Email: Zaluzec@aaem.amc.anl.gov

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A senior scientist and principle investigator in the Electron Microscopy Center at Argonne National Laboratory as well as a Fellow of both Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Computational Institute of the University of Chicago, Nestor's research includes the development of state-of-the-art instrumentation and techniques for atomic resolution x-ray and electron spectroscopy, analytical, and scanning confocal electron microscopy.

In addition to creating tools for science, he also uses these leading-edge technologies to study issues in technologically important materials. His work over the last 30 years has included studies in the areas of structural phase transformation in metals, radiation damage in alloys, ceramic oxides for geologic immobilization of nuclear waste materials, elemental segregation in semiconductors devices, magnetism, genetically engineered proteins for bio-materials nanoarrays and most recently studies of catalysis using analytical microscopy. He was one of the earliest to realize the potential impact of the Internet on science and established the first TelePresence Microscopy Collaboratory, which is serves as a model for outreach to both the scientific and education communities, providing unencumbered access to scientific resources.

Nestor has received numerous awards for his research and educational outreach. They include: Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America, Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois, Kohler Award by the State Microscopical Society of Illinois, Distinguished Service Award Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society, R&D 100 Award for the invention of the Scanning Confocal Electron Microscope, the Maser Distinguished Service Award from MSA, Presidential International Collaboration Award from the Australian Microscopy Society, Honorary Lifetime Member of the Illinois Junior Academy of Science, Science Digest 100 Brightest Scientists Award, and the E.F. Burton Award for Contributions to Microscopy by a Young Scientist from MSA. He has and continues to hold numerous positions on local, national and international committees and engages the next generation of scientists through his adjunct work over the years with local universities (NIU , UofC, UIUC, UIC, IIT) as well as with middle and high school students through the Illinois Junior Academy of Science.

Nestor received his B.S. degree in Physics at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, and his PhD in 1978 from the Department of Metallurgy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

March, 2009

 

Present Research Position

Senior Scientist: Electron Microscopy Center, Materials Science Div, Argonne National Laboratory

Visiting Professor of Physics: Northern Illinois University

Senior Fellow: Computational Institute University of Chicago

Current Research Interest Areas

Microcharacterization of Materials via Electron Microscopy/Microanalysis

Computationally Mediated Experimental Science

Tele Presence Collaboration and Distance Learning

Education

PhD. Department of Metallurgy    University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign, Illinois 1978

BS.   Department of Physics          Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1973

Professional Activities

1978-present: Eugene P. Wigner Fellow - Oak Ridge National Laboratory

1980-1983: Assistant Scientist Materials Science Division Argonne National Laboratory

1983-2005: Scientist Materials Science Division Argonne National Laboratory

1984-1994: Scientific Director & Group Leader, Electron Microscopy Center, Argonne Nat. Lab.

1985-present: Illinois Junior Academy of Science Region 11 Organization Committee

1986-present: Coordinator MSA Computer Workshop & Software Library

1987-1994: MSA Bulletin Editor

1987-1992: Editor Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique

1988-present: Program Committee Microscopy Society of America

1989-present:  Education Committee Microscopy Society of America

1990-present: Chair: Standards Committee Microscopy Society of America

1990-2000: University of Illinois MatSEA Alumni Board of Directors

1990-present: Illinois Junior Academy of Science-Board of Directors

1990-1994: Director Materials Science Program: Midwest Society of EM

1992-1997: ASTM E-42 Standards Committee

1992-1997: Chair: ISO Standards Committee TC-202 on Analytical Electron Microscopy

1992-present: Chair: ISO Standards Working Group WG-202 on Data Management and Treatment

1993-1996: MicroBeam Analysis Society Journal Editor

1994-1996: President Midwest Microscopy and Microanalysis Society

1995: Program Chair Microscopy & Microanalysis Meeting - Kansas City, Mo

1995: Editor Proceedings of Microscopy & Microanalysis 1995

1996: Editor Proceedings of Microscopy & Microanalysis 1996

1996: Program Chair Microscopy & Microanalysis Meeting - Minneapolis, Mn

1997-present: Editorial Board Journal of Microscopy and Microanalysis

1998-present: Editorial Board Microscopy & Analysis

1998-present: Energy Science Network Steering Committee - DoE/BES Representative

2001-present: ANL MCS Computer Sciences Advisory Committee

2002-2005  : Director Materials Science: Microscopy Society of America

2003-present: LAC Chair-Microscopy & Microanalysis Meeting Chicago-2006

2005-present: Senior Scientist Materials Science Division Argonne National Laboratory

University Appointments

1980-1984: Adjunct Assistant Professor Dept. of Metallurgy Illinois Institute of Technology

1980-1982: Adjunct Assistant Professor Dept. of Metallurgy, University of Illinois-Urbana

1982-1984: Adjunct Associate Professor Dept. of Metallurgy, University of Illinois-Urbana

1985-1997: Adjunct Professor Dept. of Mat. Science, University of Illinois-Urbana

1995-2001: Visiting Scientist Dept. of Materials Science Cambridge University- UK.

1997-2004: Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago

1999-present: Visiting Professor of Physics, Northern Illinois University

2004-present: Senior Fellow Computational Institute of the University of Chicago


 

Professional  Honors & Awards

1978: Eugene P. Wigner Research Fellow - Oak Ridge National Lab

1982: Microscopy Soc. of America: E.F. Burton Award for contributions to electron microscopy 

1984: Science Digest: One of America's 100 Brightest Scientists

1987: Distinguished Service Award EMSA Bulletin.

1993: Member of the Year: Midwest Society of Electron Microscopists

1995: Honorary Lifetime Member Illinois Junior Academy of Science

1996: Presidential Citation for Internat. Collaborations: Australian Society for Electron Microscopy

1997: University of Illinois Alumni Association: Award for Service to the University

1998: Microscopy Society of America:  Distinguished Service Award

2002: Elected as Microscopy Society of America Council Member

2003: Microscopy Society of America: Best Instrumentation Poster: SCEM

2003: R&D 100 Award: Scanning Confocal Electron Microscope

2004: Australian Microscopy Society: Distinguished Service Award

2004: Microscopy Society of America: Traveling Poster Award - Insitu Lorentz Stage for the TEM

2004: August Kohler Award: State Microscopical Society of Illinois

2005: University of Illinois, College of Engineering - Distinguished University Alumni

2009: Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America

Patents

1996: US Patent # 5,510624: Simultaneous Specimen and Stage Cleaning Device for an AEM

2003: US Patent #6548810: The Scanning Confocal Electron Microscope

Professional Society Memberships

Microscopy Society of America (MSA): 1979-present

Microbeam Analysis Society (MAS): 1979-present

Australian Society for Electron Microscopy: 1988-present

Midwest Microscopy and Microanalysis Society: 1990-present

Microscopical Society of Canada: 1993-present

Royal Microscopical Society (U.K): 1992-1996

American Society for Testing of Materials: 1992-1997

International Standards Organization: 1992-present

European Microscopy Society: 1997-present

 

Refereed Journal Articles - 67

Refereed Book  Chapters - 5
Refereed Conference Proceedings & Publications - 139

Non-Refereed Publications & Technical Reports - 46

Invited Presentations, Lectures & Seminars - 239

Contributed Presentations, Lectures & Seminars - 76