Notable

John J. Bozzola, director of SIUC's Center for Electron Microscopy, has won the Microscopy Society of America's Hildegard H. Crowley Outstanding Technologist Award in the biological sciences division. The annual award recognizes those who make significant contributions to microscopy and microanalysis.

A Herrin native and a three-degree graduate of SIUC, Bozzola began his career at The Medical College of Pennsylvania. During his seven years there, he developed the college's first electron microscopy course and coordinated ultrastructural research efforts. His own research focused on virulence in streptococci bacteria and the use of subcellular vaccines to induce immunity. Working with clinical colleagues in infectious diseases, he developed several kits that used electron microscopy to quickly diagnose viral ailments.

Bozzola returned to his alma mater in 1983 to head the microscopy center. A full professor since 1992, he also teaches graduate-level courses in micro-imaging and oversees the graphics division at the University's Integrated Microscopy and Graphics Expertise Center.

Physicist Andrei Kolmakov, an assistant professor in physics, has been invited to deliver keynote addresses at two international conferences. The first, Eurosensors XIX, is meeting this week in Barcelona, Spain. He will also deliver a keynote speech at the spring meeting of the Material Research Society, April 17-21, in San Francisco