AReS Director

Affiliated Regional Societies & MAS-Sponsored Speaker Program (2022-2025)

Clarissa Wisner
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Email: AReS-Speaker -at- the-mas.org

The Affiliated Regional Societies (AReS) and MAS-Sponsored Speaker Committee was established as an information resource for the AReS and to provide, at no charge, a renowned speaker for one technical meeting per year for an AReS.

Since obtaining a BS in Chemistry ‘81 I have had the good fortune to work in sample characterization in one way or another.  I started my career with the defunct US Bureau of Mines (USBM).  During my time with the USBM I was introduced to electron microscopy.  Not having any microscopy background, I returned to school to learn about microscopy in the Geology department.  That lead to obtaining a MS in Geology ’94.  In 1997 I left the USBM to work as a Development Chemist for The Doe Run Company.  After a short stint there, I went to work at Missouri University of Science and Technology or S&T, formerly University of Missouri at Rolla (UMR).  Since hiring on at S&T I have since acquired a MS in Materials Science and Engineering ’07 and a PhD in Chemistry ’14 with a thesis “Graphite Aerogels and the Formation Mechanism of Unusual Micron-Size Rod and Helical Structures”.  I currently work as a Senior Research Specialist where I teach, maintain, and operate electron microscopes.  My main interest in microscopy is the teaching of the basics so that students understand the physics of the whys to electron microscopy.  I have over 30 publications and presentations in microscopy.