The following is an edited transcript from the 2000 MRS Outstanding Young I
nvestigator presentation given by Frances M. Ross at the 200 Materials Rese
arch Society Spring Meeting in San Francisco. Ross was cited for her "innov
ative and powerful experimental studies, based upon development of novel in
situ electron microscopy techniques, that have provided fundamental new un
derstanding of nucleation, growth, oxidation, and etching processes in a wi
de range of materials systems." A Webcast of Ross' presentation in Real Med
ia format can be viewed via the MRS Web site,www.mrs.org/multimedia/spring2
000/.