Elevate Your EELS

As a course attendee, you will learn best practices to set up and optimize your electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) studies so you can capture and extract the maximum amount of compositional and chemical information from your samples.

  • For this course, we are thrilled to collaborate with the Centre Interdisciplinaire de Microscopie Électronique (CIME) at EPFL to host this event at their facilities in Switzerland

  • Benefit from a deeply engaging hands-on learning experience with practical applications and instructor feedback from 27 - 30 October 2026

  • Immerse yourself in discussions with fellow researchers to enhance performance and grow your collaborative network

  • Gain the advanced training necessary to thoroughly understand the EELS, 4D STEM, and spectrum imaging techniques

  • Exclusive access to the extensive EELS video library until 31 October 2027

Instructor(s)

Liam Spillane

Analytical Application Scientist

Liam has been working in the field of electron microscopy for the past 15 years. He started his career as a Ph.D. student at Imperial College London studying oxide thin films using aberration-corrected (S)TEM and monochromated EELS. After completing his Ph.D., he worked as a post-doctoral research assistant in advanced EM, working on the structural and chemical characterization of materials across a number of projects, including nanoparticle toxicology, ferroelectrics, nanoparticle catalysts, and solid oxide fuel cells. In 2012, Dr. Spillane joined Gatan, initially working with the UK sales & service group for several years. He relocated to Gatan Headquarters in Pleasanton, CA, in 2018, where he is currently the application scientist for Gatan’s EELS, EFTEM, and STEM products.

Saleh Gorji

Application Specialist TEM

Saleh is an Application Specialist at Gatan with 10 years of experience in the field of electron microscopy. He has a background in materials science, with a master’s degree in electronic materials, where he worked on fabricating and studying the transport properties of Schottky barrier diodes and MOS capacitors. He moved to Germany to pursue his doctoral research in electron microscopy in the group of Prof. Kübel at the Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. His research focused on in situ electro-thermal TEM observation of magnetic materials and 4D STEM magnetic imaging using aberration-corrected microscopes. He is also experienced in HRSTEM, EDS, EELS, Lorenz microscopy, in situ electrical SEM, and in developing a FIB-based transfer method for placing sensitive TEM samples onto MEMS chips. Since joining Gatan in 2021, he has been based in Germany, supporting the EU region primarily on TEM products.

Andrew Thron

Analytical TEM Applications Scientist

Andrew is an Application Scientist at Gatan supporting the analytical product lines. He started his career in Electron Microscopy at APTech, developing new cathodes and electron gun modules for SEMs, TEMs, and plasma generation systems. Andrew Earned his Ph. D. from the University of California, Davis, working under Dr. Klaus van Benthem. After graduating, he pursued a Post-Doctoral appointment at the Molecular Foundry before returning to UC Davis. Prior to starting at Gatan, Andrew served as the Technical Director of AMCaT, the Materials Characterization Facility at UC Davis. Andrew has over 16 years of experience applying TEM, aberration-corrected STEM, EELS, EDS, FIB, and SEM to a broad range of materials.

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