Lena Kourkoutis | |
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Born | June 6, 1979 |
Died | (aged 44) |
Alma mater |
Cornell University University of Rostock |
Known for | Electron Microscopy |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Cornell University |
Website | Kourkoutis Electron Microscopy Group |
Lena Fitting Kourkoutis (June 6, 1979 – June 24, 2023) was an American physicist working in the field of electron microscopy, [1] and a professor of applied and engineering physics at Cornell University. [2] Her research focused on the use of aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope, [3] [4] providing atomic resolution, at cryogenic temperatures (>77K) to study physical processes such as superconductivity [5] and biological structures such as proteins. [6]
Kourkoutis received her Diplom in Physics from the University of Rostock, in Germany in 2003, and conducted her doctoral research at Cornell University, which she completed in 2009. [7] She then moved back to Germany as a Humboldt Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute in Martinsried between 2011 and 2012, before returning to Cornell University in 2013, first as a postdoctoral fellow, before joining the faculty. [8]
In 2016, Kourkoutis was named as one of the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. [9]
Kourkoutis died on June 24, 2023, aged 44, after a two-year battle with colonic cancer. [10]
Lena Kourkoutis | |
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Born | June 6, 1979 |
Died | (aged 44) |
Alma mater |
Cornell University University of Rostock |
Known for | Electron Microscopy |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Cornell University |
Website | Kourkoutis Electron Microscopy Group |
Lena Fitting Kourkoutis (June 6, 1979 – June 24, 2023) was an American physicist working in the field of electron microscopy, [1] and a professor of applied and engineering physics at Cornell University. [2] Her research focused on the use of aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope, [3] [4] providing atomic resolution, at cryogenic temperatures (>77K) to study physical processes such as superconductivity [5] and biological structures such as proteins. [6]
Kourkoutis received her Diplom in Physics from the University of Rostock, in Germany in 2003, and conducted her doctoral research at Cornell University, which she completed in 2009. [7] She then moved back to Germany as a Humboldt Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute in Martinsried between 2011 and 2012, before returning to Cornell University in 2013, first as a postdoctoral fellow, before joining the faculty. [8]
In 2016, Kourkoutis was named as one of the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. [9]
Kourkoutis died on June 24, 2023, aged 44, after a two-year battle with colonic cancer. [10]