NUANCE Guest Speaker Seminars
July 31, 2026 - MSE Conference Room, Cook Hall #2058
Northwestern University-Evanston Campus
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Coffee & Seminars
REGISTRATIONSCHEDULE
| 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Coffee |
| 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Kai He, PhD Advanced Electron Microscopy: From Atomic Imaging to Materials Insights |
| 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | Vivian Merk, PhD Investigating mineralized structures in living organisms: From skeletal support to metabolic function |
| 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | Yanhang Ma Crystal Structural Analysis of Chiral Nanocrystals |
| 11:45 - 12:00 PM | Q&A |
SPEAKERS
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Kai He, PhDAdvanced Electron Microscopy: From Atomic Imaging to Materials InsightsDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine |
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Vivian Merk, PhDInvestigating mineralized structures in living organisms: From skeletal support to metabolic functionDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University |
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Yanhang Ma, PhDCrystal Structural Analysis of Chiral NanocrystalsShanghai Key Laboratory of High-resolution Electron Microscopy & School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University |



