Biography:Lena Kourkoutis

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Lena Kourkoutis
BornJune 6, 1979
Died (aged 44)
Alma materCornell University
University of Rostock
Known forElectron Microscopy
Scientific career
InstitutionsCornell University
WebsiteKourkoutis 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]

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 colon cancer.[10][11]

Awards and honors

  • 2023 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[12]
  • 2022 Fellow of the American Physical Society[13]
  • 2020 Kurt Heinrich Awards of the Microanalysis Society[14]
  • 2018 Burton Medal from the Microscopy Society of America[15]
  • 2016 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers[9][16]
  • 2014 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering[17]
  • 2013 Albert Crewe Award[7]

References

  1. ↑ Lena Kourkoutis – Cornell Research
  2. ↑ Lena Kourkoutis – Cornell faculty directory
  3. ↑ Seeing More with Cryo-STEM – Cornell Research
  4. ↑ OFFICE HOURS | Professor Lena Kourkoutis Discusses Her Research - Sunspots - Cornell Daily Sun
  5. ↑ El Baggari, Ismail; Savitzky, Benjamin H.; Admasu, Alemayehu S.; Kim, Jaewook; Cheong, Sang-Wook; Hovden, Robert; Kourkoutis, Lena F. (2018). "Nature and evolution of incommensurate charge order in manganites visualized with cryogenic scanning transmission electron microscopy". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (7): 1445–1450. doi:10.1073/pnas.1714901115. PMID 29382750. Bibcode: 2018PNAS..115.1445E. 
  6. ↑ "Lena Kourkoutis: Resolution revolution". Wiley Analytical Science. August 6, 2015. https://analyticalscience.wiley.com/content/news-do/lena-kourkoutis-resolution-revolution. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "In Memory of Lena Kourkoutis, Renowned Electron Microscopist and Mentor". Microanalysis Society. June 28, 2023. https://the-mas.org/2023/06/28/in-memory-of-lena-kourkoutis-renowned-electron-microscopist-and-mentor/. 
  8. ↑ Varano Casasanta, Cameron; Maleeff, Bev (13 November 2023). "Dr. Lena F. Kourkoutis (1979–2023): Pioneer and Modern Role Model". Microscopy Today 31 (6): 36–39. doi:10.1093/mictod/qaad084. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "President Obama Honors Extraordinary Early-Career Scientists". White House Office of the Press Secretary. February 18, 2016. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/18/president-obama-honors-extraordinary-early-career-scientists. 
  10. ↑ Tessaglia-Hymes, Diane (June 26, 2023). "Lena Kourkoutis, renowned electron microscopy expert, dies at 44". Cornell Chronicle. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/06/lena-kourkoutis-renowned-electron-microscopy-expert-dies-44. 
  11. ↑ Muller, David A.; Xu, Chris (2023). "Lena F. Kourkoutis, June 6, 1979 – June 24, 2023". https://hdl.handle.net/1813/113660. 
  12. ↑ "Twelve faculty members elected AAAS fellows". Department of Physics, Cornell University. January 31, 2023. https://physics.cornell.edu/news/twelve-faculty-members-elected-aaas-fellows. 
  13. ↑ "Fellows nominated in 2022". APS Fellows archive. American Physical Society. https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=2022. 
  14. ↑ "K. F. J. Heinrich Awards / 2020 Lena Kourkoutis". Microanalysis Society. https://the-mas.org/awards/k-f-j-heinrich-award/2020-lena-kourkoutis/. 
  15. ↑ "Past Society Awards Recipients". Microscopy Society of America. https://microscopy.org/Society-Awards-Recipients. 
  16. ↑ "President Obama Awards Early Career Honor to Cornell Scientists". Department of Physics, Cornell University. February 21, 2016. https://physics.cornell.edu/news/president-obama-awards-early-career-honor-cornell-scientists. 
  17. ↑ "Lena F. Kourkoutis (1978/79-2023)". The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. https://www.packard.org/fellow/kourkoutis-lena/. 
  • Lena Kourkoutis publications indexed by Google Scholar
  • Muller, David A (24 July 2024). "In Memory of Lena Kourkoutis and Her Unfinished Work". Microscopy and Microanalysis 30 (Supplement_1): 2142–2143. doi:10.1093/mam/ozae044.1058. 
  • Colletta, Michael; Dougherty, Thomas E; Heck, Bailey J; Kourkoutis, Lena F; Dohnalkova, Alice; Giannuzzi, Lucille A; Muller, David A (24 July 2024). "In Memoriam of Lena Kourkoutis: The Development of Cryo EXLO". Microscopy and Microanalysis 30 (Supplement_1): 2159–2160. doi:10.1093/mam/ozae044.1068. 



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