Lena Kourkoutis Explained
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]
Education and career
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]
Death
Kourkoutis died on June 24, 2023, aged 44, after a two-year battle with colonic cancer.[10]
Awards and honors
Notes and References
- https://research.cornell.edu/researchers/lena-f-kourkoutis Lena Kourkoutis
- https://www.aep.cornell.edu/faculty-directory/lena-f-kourkoutis Lena Kourkoutis
- https://research.cornell.edu/news-features/seeing-more-cryo-stem Seeing More with Cryo-STEM
- https://sunspots.cornellsun.com/2017/10/06/office-hours-professor-lena-kourkoutis-discusses-her-research/ OFFICE HOURS | Professor Lena Kourkoutis Discusses Her Research
- 10.1073/pnas.1714901115. Nature and evolution of incommensurate charge order in manganites visualized with cryogenic scanning transmission electron microscopy. 2018 . El Baggari . Ismail . Savitzky . Benjamin H. . Admasu . Alemayehu S. . Kim . Jaewook . Cheong . Sang-Wook . Hovden . Robert . Kourkoutis . Lena F. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 115 . 7 . 1445–1450 . 29382750 . 5816166 . 1708.08871 . 2018PNAS..115.1445E . free .
- https://analyticalscience.wiley.com/content/news-do/lena-kourkoutis-resolution-revolution Wiley Analytical Science website, Lena Kourkoutis: Resolution revolution, article dated August 6, 2015
- https://the-mas.org/2023/06/28/in-memory-of-lena-kourkoutis-renowned-electron-microscopist-and-mentor/ Microanalysis Society website, In Memory of Lena Kourkoutis, Renowned Electron Microscopist and Mentor, article dated June 28, 2023
- https://academic.oup.com/mt/article/31/6/36/7417111 Oxford University Press website, Dr. Lena F. Kourkoutis (1979–2023): Pioneer and Modern Role Model, article by Cameron Varano Casasanta and Bev Maleeff, published in Microscopy Today, Volume 31, Issue 6, November 2023, page 36
- https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/18/president-obama-honors-extraordinary-early-career-scientists Obama White House website, Archives section, President Obama Honors Extraordinary Early-Career Scientists, article dated February 18, 2016
- Diane Tessaglia-Hymes: "Lena Kourkoutis, renowned electron microscopy expert, dies at 44." Cornell Chronicle, June 26, 2023, accessed June 26, 2023.
- https://physics.cornell.edu/news/twelve-faculty-members-elected-aaas-fellows Cornell University website, Twelve faculty members elected AAAS fellows, article by Tom Fleishman dated January 31, 2023
- Web site: Fellows nominated in 2022. APS Fellows archive. American Physical Society. 2022-10-19.
- https://the-mas.org/awards/k-f-j-heinrich-award/2020-lena-kourkoutis/ K. F. J Award 2020
- https://the-mas.org/awards/k-f-j-heinrich-award/2020-lena-kourkoutis/ Microanalysis Society website, 2020 Lena Kourkoutis
- https://physics.cornell.edu/president-obama-awards-early-career-honor-cornell-scientists President Obama Awards Early Career Honor to Cornell Scientists
- https://www.packard.org/what-we-fund/science/packard-fellowships-for-science-and-engineering/fellowship-directory/kourkoutis-lena/ Lena F. Kourkoutis, 2014 Fellow
