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Taking Measure

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Ann Chiaramonti Debay

Ann Chiaramonti Debay

Ann Chiaramonti Debay is a materials research engineer in the Applied Chemicals and Materials Division at NIST in Boulder, Colorado. She specializes in characterizing the atomic structure and chemical makeup of materials at the nanoscale using electron microscopy and atom probe tomography. Ann is always on the lookout for interesting new (or very old!) things to put in her microscopes.

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Mooning Over Measurement

Ann Chiaramonti Debay
I’ve worked with many valuable materials in my career. Precious metals like gold and platinum, rare engineered nanomaterials, and fragile gemstones nearly as old as the Earth itself. But the