Personnel
For general inquiries, please email gem@uga.edu
Managing Director
Office 1016
eformo@uga.edu
Dr. Formo is an Assistant Academic Professional and the Managing Director of Georgia Electron Microscopy. His primary responsibilities revolve around the center’s day to day management. Eric is also the primary person to contact for non-biological samples to be imaged by EM and all samples to be imaged by Micro-CT. Additionally, he is the primary point of contact for the Thermo Fisher Teneo, Hitachi SU-9000, Hitachi SU-3900, Sigray Eclipse, high resolution imaging and diffraction on the JEOL 2100, Leica DVM6, ion mill, in situ heating work, cryo-SEM and materials prep equipment. Dr. Formo is also active in research focusing on the analysis of nanomaterials in the environment, electron energy loss spectroscopy, plasmonics, and in situ nanomaterials growth.
CVM EM Lab Manager
Office 1010
maryard@uga.edu
Mary Ard is the GEM Lab Coordinator for the Veterinary Diagnostic Services of Georgia Electron Microscopy. Her primary responsibilities are providing EM services and expertise for the veterinary community in the state of Georgia as well as throughout the nation and abroad through collaboration efforts with departments in UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Ms. Ard is the point of contact when veterinary clinics or academic veterinary organizations have inquiries relating to electron microscopy and the animal kingdom.
Laboratory Professional for Biological and Cryo Electron Microscopy
Office 1015
ber68455@uga.edu
Academic Director
salguero@uga.edu
Dr. Salguero is the Academic Director of Georgia Electron Microscopy and a professor in the Department of Chemistry at UGA. Her research program on inorganic nanomaterials for electronics and energy applications relies heavily on traditional and state-of-the-art electron microscopy techniques. She also contributes materials analysis expertise to archaeometry projects dealing with ancient pigments and ceramics. Her responsibilities as GEM’s Academic Director include grant writing and new instrument acquisition.
Graduate Worker
Office 1015
casey.rowe@uga.edu
Casey Rowe is a Graduate Research Assistant at Georgia Electron Microscopy. His responsibilities at GEM include regular maintenance of the microscopes and laboratory spaces. Additionally, Casey prepares and analyzes samples submitted to GEM and advises users regarding their microscopy-related projects. His interests and research focus on exploring the dynamic transformations within low-dimensional quantum materials using in situ electron microscopy, diffraction, and electron energy loss spectroscopy techniques.
