Edward P Vicenzi

Ed Vicenzi is a research scientist at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum Conservation Institute (MCI). He utilizes a variety of microbeam techniques to study of museum specimens and related materials to understand their history and origin.  Before taking-up his position at MCI he served as the Director of the Analytical Laboratories in the National Museum of Natural History’s (NMNH) Department of Mineral Sciences and the co-manager of the Imaging and Analysis Facility at Princeton University.  He has served as President and Director of the MicroAnalysis Society (MAS), principal and co-organizer of MAS topical conferences, chair of the NMNH Senate of Scientists, MAS co-chair for the M&M conference, MAS tour speaker, as well as an organizer for symposia at M&M, AGU, and Goldschmidt conferences. He completed a term as President for the International Union of Microbeam Analysis Societies (IUMAS) in 2017, and is a panel member for science funding agencies, an editor for Microscopy and Microanalysis (Cultural Heritage applications) , an editorial board member for Heritage Science, and served as Chair for the IUMAS-6 meeting in 2014.  Ed is the author or co-author of many peer reviewed publications and conference proceedings regarding topics in Earth, planetary, and cultural heritage science.  He obtained a PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an MS from the University of Oregon, and a BSc from McGill University, all in Earth Sciences.