TEM Facility: Contact

The Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Facility at the Liquid Crystal Institute (LCI) is available for use by students and researchers, including academic and industrial partners. For questions related to the TEM facility, please contact:

Dr. Min Gao, Microscopy Research Specialist
Email: mgao@kent.edu
Phone:  (330) 672-7999 (office);  (330) 672-1406 (lab)

Dr. Min Gao

Min is an established electron microscopist with 17 years of experience in applying and developing advanced electron microscopy techniques. Min studied materials science at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1990-1994). He got his master degree (1997) and PhD (2000) in Physics from Beijing Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He also worked in several worldwide renowned electron microscopy labs including those at Max-Planck Institute for Metal Research Stuttgart, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and The Ohio State University. Before joining LCI, he was a faculty member in Department of Electronics, Peking University (China).

TEM Facility Location:

Kent State University
Liquid Crystals and Materials Sciences Building, Room 106
1425 University Esplanade, Kent, Ohio 44242