Service SIG

Edward Eng

Alexander Erickson

Edward T. Eng, Ph.D. is a Senior Scientist at the New York Structural Biology Center and leads the operations team at the Simons Electron Microscopy Center, a world-leading cryoEM facility. Building upon the advances in automation and technological developments, he has worked on implementing the broadest possible use of best practices to serve the community. He also is the manager of the National Center for Cryo-EM Access and Training (NCCAT), an NIH cryoEM service center that offers state-of-the-art equipment, technical support, and cross-training programs to biomedical researchers for the production and analysis of high-resolution cryoEM data at no-cost. By making sure the national cryoEM service center is responsive to the greater structural sciences community he ensures that resources are available to foster research cross-training of research laboratories. His mission is to lower the barriers of access to cryoEM technologies and cross-train researchers to have accelerated impact at their home institutions. 

Hello! My name is Alexander Erickson and I am the crystallographer at Marquette University. I manage the operation of the instruments, train new users, and I collect data and solve structures for service samples submitted by untrained and external researchers. I am excited for the opportunity to represent the Service SIG as chair-elect. Thank you for your time and I look forward to connecting with you soon.

William Hearne

Originally trained as an inorganic chemist, I transitioned into the field of crystallography through a research assistant position in the X-ray Core lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during my graduate studies. I have transitioned into a post-doctoral position at UNC and currently handle most of the single crystal service requests with the additional aim to bring new techniques to the UNC X-ray Core. If elected this would be my first position within the ACA. My goals would be to support the Service SIG to my utmost ability, fulfilling all duties outlined in the Service SIG constitution and supporting new scientists/members that are interested in a career in service crystallography any way I can.