Williams and Jercinovic receive grants to fund new $1.1 million electron microprobe

False color, 2-dimensional image from scanning electron microprobe showing calcium concentrations in garnet. Brightly colored splotches in purple, orange, and yellow hues

The geosciences department, internationally known as host to one of the top electron microprobe laboratories in the world, will add a new, state-of-the-art $1.1 million microprobe to its toolkit later this year, say professors Michael Williams and Michael Jercinovic, who direct the electron microprobe/scanning electron microscope facility in Morrill Science Center ...read more