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Frances Ross is the TDK Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, specializing in the development and application of electron microscopy techniques to investigate materials at the atomic level. With a focus on functional nanostructures, her research involves observing crystal growth and reactions using transmission electron microscopy, and measuring the properties of nanomaterials with scanning tunneling microscopy. Her work aims to enhance the understanding of growth mechanisms involved in epitaxy, electrochemical deposition, and catalysis, especially in relation to microelectronics and energy storage. Frances earned her undergraduate degree in physics and a doctorate in materials science from Cambridge University, UK. She has held postdoctoral research positions at Bell Labs in New Jersey and served as a staff scientist at the National Center for Electron Microscopy in Berkeley, California, where she specialized in high-resolution in situ microscopy. In addition, she was a research staff member at IBM's TJ Watson Research Center in New York before joining the MIT faculty in 2018. Frances is a fellow of several professional societies, receiving numerous honors including an honorary doctorate from Lund University, Sweden, and the IBM Outstanding Accomplishment Award for her work in transmission electron microscopy.