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Julia joined EDAX as an Applications Specialist in May 2022. Working out of the Unterschleissheim, Germany office, Julia performs EDS and EBSD demonstrations, presents at conferences and workshops, and provides after-sales customer support. Her duties include on-site training courses, assistance with analytical problems, and scientific collaborations. Julia has been working with EDS and EBSD since she was an undergraduate student at Aalen University in Germany. She received a Bachelor of Engineering specializing in Surfacetechnology/New Materials from the University in 2018. During that time, Julia was hands-on with various microanalysis instruments, working with various metals and alloys. She completed her Master of Science in Geomaterials and Geochemistry in 2021. Her time as a graduate student gave her experience with minerals, ceramics, and glass materials.

Shangshang joined EDAX in 2018 as an Applications Engineer. Working out of the Pleasanton, CA office, he is responsible for providing technical expertise, conducting demos, teaching training course, and after sales support. Shangshang also performs testing and validation for the engineering department and provides support for the marketing team. Prior to EDAX, Shangshang was the Lab Manager at the Southeastern North Carolina Regional Microanalytical and Imaging Consortium in Fayetteville, NC. Shangshang graduated from Chengdu University of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering. He earned a Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Shangshang completed his Ph.D. in Earth Sciences at Boston University.

Shawn Wallace joined EDAX in 2015 as an Applications Engineer specializing in EBSD. He has a strong background in all sorts of instrumentations including EBSD, electron microprobe, all sorts of mass spectrometry, and computed tomography. In his career, he has taught researchers of all levels, from post docs to undergrads, how to use instrumentation and he continues that here at EDAX. Shawn earned his MS in Geology from the University of South Carolina. His research focused on method development for ICP-Mass spectrometry and geothermobarometry to help better understand planetary differentiation. After earning his degree, Shawn worked as a Scientific Assistant at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where he helped study the origin of the Solar System using EBSD and other instruments, including 3D work with computed tomography. Shawn hopes to bring those 3D skills to the rapidly expanding 3D EBSD world. When Shawn is not busy running samples, he can often be found in nature, either hiking or fishing or just staring at rocks.