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Ann Chiaramonti Debay (Fed)
Materials Research Engineer
Research Interests: Materials characterization, electron- and ion-based microscopy, interfaces in metal alloys and multilayer thin films, metal/oxide heterostructures, transition metal oxide surface science, complex laser-matter interactions, high-field nanoscience, atom probe tomography, in-situ transmission electron microscopy.
Professional Affiliations: International Field Emission Society (IFES), Microscopy Society of America (MSA), Microanalysis Society (MAS), American Physical Society (APS), Materials Research Society (MRS), American Vacuum Society (AVS).
Awards
- PECASE Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2025)
- Elected to the International Steering Committee, International Field Emission Society (2021)
- Advisory Board Member, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University (2021-present)
- Proposal Review Committee, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2016-present)
- Innovations in Measurement Science Award, NIST (2016)
- National Academy of Engineering U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Fellowship (2015)
- Distinguished Associate Award for Technical Achievement, NIST (2013)
- NIST-ARRA Measurement Science and Engineering Fellowship, University of Colorado Boulder and NIST (2011-2012)
- Outstanding Presentation Award, U.S. Department of Commerce Boulder Laboratories Annual Post-Doctoral Poster Symposium (2010 & 2011)
- Top 10 Most Downloaded Articles of 2008, Transmission Electron Microscopy of Multilayer Thin Films, Annual Review of Materials Research (2008)
- National Research Council Research Associateship Program Postdoctoral Fellowship (2005)
- Best Oral Presentation, J.E. Hilliard Symposium, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University (2005)
- Poster Award Winner, Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society (2004)
- BP Chemicals Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Environmental Molecular Science (2004)
- Walter P. Murphy Graduate Fellowship, Northwestern University (2000)
- Anvil Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan (1999)
- Best Poster, Undergraduate Summer Institute, Laurence Livermore National Laboratory (1998)
- Intel Foundation Women in Science and Engineering Fellowship, University of Michigan (1997-1999)
Patents
Imaging Spectrometer
NIST INVENTORS: NORMAN A. SANFORD and ANN CHIARAMONTI DEBAY
U.S. Patent Number 10153144.
Hybrid Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer
NIST INVENTORS: NORMAN A. SANFORD and ANN CHIARAMONTI DEBAY
U.S. Patent Number 9899197.