Microanalysis Society

John Mansfield
President
(2011-2012)

Our Society's purpose is “to advance and disseminate knowledge concerning the principles, instrumentation and applications of microanalysis.” When the Society was founded over four decades ago as the Electron Probe Analysis Society of America (EPASA), its major focus was the development of the electron microprobe, then a relatively new instrument capable of quantifying the elemental composition of microscopic volumes of material with great accuracy and precision. As the Society expanded its scope to encompass a broader range of analysis techniques, notably the ion beam microprobe, it became the Microbeam Analysis Society (MAS). 

Today, we are the Microanalysis Society, named to reflect the interests of the Society's membership in the quantitative analysis of small volumes of matter down to the atomic level, using a host of instrumentation and techniques not restricted to the use of a focused beam.

We encourage students and teachers, promoters and practitioners, developers and innovators of microanalysis instrumentation, techniques, and applications to join in the life of our Society and its mission. All who wish to learn are encouraged to apply. Click here to join.

Please, explore this site and discover who we are and what we do as a Society.