Following a career in academia specializing in electron microscopy, Ian Griffiths is now a sales executive at microscope and spectrometer provider JOEL UK Under the microscope Ian Griffiths has worked with electron microscopes as a researcher then a technician in academia, and now as a sales executive in industry. (Courtesy: Ian Griffiths)" title="Click to open image in popup" href="https://physicsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-04-ama-griffiths-portrait.jpg"> Under the microscope Ian Griffiths has worked with electron microscopes as a researcher then a technician in academia, and now as a sales executive in industry. (Courtesy: Ian Griffiths) Ian Griffiths studied physics at the University of Bristol in the UK, followed by a PhD in transmission electron microscopy (TEM). He remained at Bristol to do an EU-funded postdoc focusing on 3D gallium nitride LEDs , collaborating with academic and industrial partners in Germany, Spain and Poland.…