John A. Panitz is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the

University of New Mexico The University of New Mexico (UNM; ) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Founded in 1889 by the New Mexico Territorial Legislature, it is the state's second oldest university, a flagship university in th ...

in Albuquerque. During his tenure at UNM he was Professor of Physics, Professor of High Technology Materials and Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology (in the School of Medicine). Professor Panitz developed the first laboratory courseware that encouraged both critical thinking and role playing in the structured environment of a cooperative learning group. Before joining UNM Professor Panitz was in the Surface Science Division at Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque where he patented the ''Field Desorption Spectrometer'' and the ''LiFE Detector''. He is the founder and CEO of

High Field Consultants High Field Consultants was founded in 1993 by John A. Panitz, J. A. Panitz to provide atom probe expertise to industry and academia. More specifically, they specialize in analysis, developing techniques from atom scale imaging, and high electric fie ...

and the owner and curator of Gallerie Imaginarium. Professor Panitz developed the original

atom probe The atom probe was introduced at th14th Field Emission Symposium in 1967by Erwin Wilhelm Müller and J. A. Panitz. It combined a field ion microscope with a mass spectrometer having a single particle detection capability and, for the first tim ...

with Erwin W. Muller and S. Brooks McLane and Gerry Fowler. He was a co-discoverer of the field-adsorption phenomenon. He introduced the 10-cm Atom-Probe, the Imaging Atom-Probe, and several other techniques. The 10-cm Atom Probe has been called the ''progenitor'' of later atom probe instruments including the commercial instruments available today.

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