Professor Lara Gamble has been re-appointed director of the UW Molecular Analysis Facility (MAF). Gamble was originally named director of the MAF in 2018. She also serves as chair of the publications committee for AVS, an interdisciplinary professional society focused on materials, interfaces, and processing.

The MAF’s extensive microscopy, spectroscopy, and surface science capabilities are used by researchers across campus and by researchers at other academic institutions, industry, and government labs.

The MAF is part of the National Science Foundation’s National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure. It is supported by the UW Provost Office, as well as UW’s Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute and Clean Energy Institute.