The facility is dedicated to serve students, scientists, and general public, including K-12 educators and students in the region. For general inquiries, please contact
Dr. Mahua Biswas, Email: mbiswas@ilstu.edu
Dr. Biswas is the director of the FESEM facility. Biswas has been working in the field of imaging nanostructured materials growth and characterizations for almost 20 years.
If you are interested in using the facility as a user, please contact the relevant personnel as indicated below for training and getting access to the facility.
Are you affiliated with ISU?
Biology – If you are affiliated with Biology, please contact
Dr. Jan Dahl, Email: jdahl1@ilstu.edu
Dr. Dahl is a co-director of the FESEM facility. He is trained biochemistry, molecular biology, and microbial physiology. He is using FESEM to image bacterial biofilms.
Chemistry – If you are affiliated with Chemistry, please contact
Dr. Jun-Hyun Kim, Email: jkim5@ilstu.edu
Dr. Kim is a co-director of the FESEM facility. Kim group is using FESEM for regulating the size and shape of Gold nanoparticles for the development of highly reactive and practical catalytic systems.
Geology – If you are affiliated with Geology, please contact
Dr. Tenley Banik, Email: tjbanik@ilstu.edu
Dr. Banik is a co-director of the FESEM facility. Banik is using the FESEM facility to understand magmatic evolution of subglacial volcanoes, and sediment cycling in the mantle, etc.
Physics and other departments – If you are affiliated with Physics or any other department at ISU, please contact
Dr. Uttam Manna, Email: umanna@ilstu.edu
Dr. Manna is a co-director of the FESEM facility. Manna is using FESEM facility to understand light-matter interactions at nanoscale by performing correlated optical and electron microscopy.
Are you an external user?
Non-ISU users, please contact Dr. Mahua Biswas, Email: mbiswas@ilstu.edu
Outreach
If you are a STEM educator from K-12 institutions, community colleges, etc. interested in exploring our facilities, please contact Dr. Mahua Biswas, Email: mbiswas@ilstu.edu