The Microscopy Society of America (MSA) announced today its 2018 major award winners, including AEP Assistant Professor Lena Kourkoutis for the Burton Medal.
The Burton Medal annually honors the distinguished contributions in the field of microscopy and microanalysis thus far in the career of a scientist of not more than 40 years of age.
“Lena Kourkoutis’ accomplishments during her young career include pioneering work in developing and applying spectroscopic and cryogenic methods to image the atomic-scale composition and bonding of interfaces and nanoscale materials,” said Christine Brantner, biological sciences co-chair of the MSA Awards Committee. “Her work has been valuable for topics from conditions of superconductivity at oxide interfaces to dead layers in manganites. Her cryogenic methods are having an immediate impact in the battery community.”