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About MCEM

MCEM is a central university research facility which:

  • conducts research in electron microscopy and atom probe microscopy, and
  • provides advanced instrumentation, expertise and training in electron microscopy and atom probe microscopy.

MCEM serves and collaborates with researchers from Monash University, other universities, government research agencies and industry. It will provide a complementary facility to the Australian Synchrotron, which is adjacent to Monash Clayton campus.

The MCEM suite of advanced instrumentation can determine the composition, structure and bonding of materials down to the atomic scale. Three major new instruments are under installation, including Australia’s first “aberration-corrected” electron microscope, which will be the highest resolution microscope in Australia and one of just a handful worldwide.

The staff provide expert advice and training to researchers using the Centre, as well as conduct their own specialized research programmes in fundamental and applied microscopy.

MCEM also plays a key role in educating undergraduates and postgraduates in microscopy and supports the research projects of over 100 postgraduate students.

MCEM is located on the Clayton Campus in Building 81, a new, dedicated building designed to provide exceptional mechanical, thermal and electro-magnetic stability to optimise instrument performance. This will be one of the most stable such buildings worldwide.

MCEM works closely with Monash MicroImaging, which provides microscopy facilities for the biological sciences, and with the Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science.

MCEM reports to the office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) via the Institute for Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing   (nM2).