Celebrating 40 Years of Atomic Force Microscopy
nano@stanford is proud to co-host a symposium with Park Systems to honor the late Calvin Quate, celebrating his groundbreaking contributions to science and his invention of the revolutionary Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). This event will pay tribute to Quate’s legacy and feature speakers including:
Dr. David Goldhaber Gordon, Stanford University
Dr. Eric Ma, UC Berkeley
Dr. Sang-il Park, Park Systems
Dr. Thomas Albrecht, Molecular Vista
Dr. Georg Fantner, EPFL - Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne
Dr. John Foster, Shiftwave Inc.
Dr. H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, UC Irvine
Dr. Oleg Kolosov, Lancaster University UK
December 2 | Join us on December 2 to meet scientists from across the world to honor the memory of Calvin Quate and see recent discoveries in atomic force microscopy.
December 3 | Sample measurements with Digital Holographic Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy will be offered.
This event is free to registrants and lunch will be provided.
Agenda
Day 1 | Tuesday December 2, 2025 | |
|---|---|
| 9:00-9:30am | Registration Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center Room 300 |
| 9:30-9:45am | Welcome Dr. Christina Newcomb & Dr. Tobias Beetz | Stanford University |
| 9:45-9:50am | Introduction Dr. Stefan Kaemmer | President, Park Systems Inc. |
| 9:50-10:25am | Mapping moiré patterns with torsional force microscopy Prof. David Goldhaber-Gordon | Professor of Physics, Stanford University |
| 10:25-11:00am | AFM in the Early Years: From Foil and Diamond to Microcantilevers, and from Tunneling to Optical Sensing Dr. Thomas Albrecht | VP of Technology, Molecular Vista |
| 11:10-11:25am | Coffee Break |
| 11:25-12:05am | From Lab Bench to Global AFM Business Leadership: 40 Years of AFM Innovation and Business Challenges Dr. Sang-il Park | CEO, Park Systems Corp. |
| 12:05-12:45pm | Pushing the Limits of Microwave Impedance Microscopy: Toward High-Precision, Quantitative, and Multimodal Nanoscale Imaging Prof. Eric Ma | Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley |
| 12:45pm | Lunch Break | Celebration Cake | Video Memorial |
| 2:15-2:55pm | Active AFM cantilevers and the New Research They Enable Dr. Georg Fantner | Associate Professor, Laboratory for Bio- and Nano-Instrumentation, EPFL |
| 2:55-3:35pm | Calvin F. Quate Memorial Lecture Dr. John Foster | Co-Founder, Shiftwave Inc. |
| 3:35-4:15pm | Merging Acoustic and Atomic Force Microscopies to Probe Physical Properties of Surfaces and Buried Layers with Nanometer and Nanosecond Resolution Prof. Oleg Kolosov | Professor, Lancaster University UK |
| 4:15-4:55pm | History and Development of AFM's and Scanning Probe Microscopes for Nanoscience and Technology Prof. H. Kumar Wickramsingehe | Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, UC Irvine |
| 5:00pm | Poster Session |
Map, Transportation and Parking
Details for visiting nano@stanford can be found here
This celebratory event will be held in the MacKenzie Room in the Huang Building on the Stanford Campus.
For visitor parking, it is easiest to pay online, by phone, or using the Park Mobile App. Please be sure you park in designated visitor areas with designated zone #s.
