Recent News

Dr. Nabil Bassim and Bavley Guerguis Visit Belgium and France for Research Collaborations
Dr. Nabil Bassim and Bavley Guerguis recently traveled to various labs across Luxembourg, Belgium, and France for a number of international research collaborations. Their visit facilitated discussions with partners on advanced microscopy and materials characterization techniques, reinforcing the group's global engagement in cutting-edge scientific research. Exciting opportunities ahead!

Mehdi Mosayebi and Bita Pourbahari Present at the 2024 European Microscopy Congress
Congratulations to Mehdi Mosayebi and Bita Pourbahari for presenting their research at the 2024 European Microscopy Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark. Their contributions highlighted the group’s advancements in microscopy and materials characterization on an international stage. Great job representing the team!

Bassim Research Group at the 2024 Microscopy Society of Canada
Group members Mehdi Mosayebi, Bita Pourbahari, Alyssa Williams, Joachim de Fourestier, and Caleb Whittier presented their latest research at the 2024 Microscopy Society of Canada conference in Ottawa, Ontario. Great job, team!

Dr. Nabil Bassim

Biography

Nabil Bassim is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at McMaster University and the Scientific Director of the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy (CCEM -

  1. 1997 - 2002

    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Materials Science

    University of Florida
  2. 1993-1997

    Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering

    University of South Florida

Selected Publications

Low-loss TeO2-coated Si3N4 waveguides for application in photonic integrated circuits

Henry C. Frankis, Khadijeh Miarabbas Kiani, Dawson B. Bonneville, Chenglin Zhang, Samuel Norris, Richard Mateman, Arne Leinse, Nabil D. Bassim, Andrew P. Knights, and Jonathan D. B. Bradley

Removing Stripes, Scratches, and Curtaining with Nonrecoverable Compressed Sensing

Jonathan Schwartz, Yi Jiang, Yongjie Wang, Anthony Aiello, Pallab Bhattacharya,Hui Yuan, Zetian Mi, Nabil Bassim, Robert Hovden

Green template-free synthesis and characterization of mesoporous alumina as a high value-added product in aluminum black dross recycling strategy

Mostafa Mahinroosta, Ali Allahverdi, Peng Dong, Nabil Bassim

Electron beam damage of epoxy resin films studied by scanning transmission X-ray spectromicroscopy

Weiwei Zhang, Lis Melo, Adam P Hitchcock, Nabil Bassim

Meet our team

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Image Processing
1
2D Materials
6
Focused Ion Beam Microscopy
1
Biomaterials
3
Metallic Micro Structures

Caleb Whittier

Ph.D. in Microscopy of Ion-Implanted Materials: Applying Advanced Electron Microscopy to Assessing Plasmonic Behavior Modified via Focused Ion Beam

Alyssa Williams

Ph.D. in Microscopy of Biological Materials: Imaging biological and biomaterial interactions using focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy

Joachim de Fourestier

Ph.D. in Correlative Microscopy techniques in Materials Science and Applications Developer at Fibics Incorporated

Mehdi Mosayebi

Ph.D. in Microscopy of Metallic Materials: 3D microstructural characterization of steels using advanced electron microscopy and focused-ion beam