Frances Allen
UC Berkeley
Dr. Frances Allen is an electron and ion beam microscopist at UC Berkeley. She obtained an M.Sci. in Chemistry and Physics in the UK and a PhD in atomic physics and X-ray spectroscopy in Germany. Subsequently she came to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for a postdoc in analytical electron microscopy. In her current role as a research scientist at UC Berkeley’s QB3 Biomolecular Nanotechnology Center, Frances leads research centered on microscopy, spectroscopy and nanofabrication using advanced electron and ion beam microscopes.
