Asylum Research has appointed Amir Moshar to its West Coast technical sales team. Moshar has worked at Asylum for more than nine years in various technical positions, first as a test engineer and, most recently, as an applications scientist. He also has led atomic force microscopy (AFM) technical support in the UK for two years. “His broad experience working with scientists from the applications side and his extensive knowledge of the instrumentation will make him a great resource for customers looking for straightforward answers in AFM,” said John Green, senior vice president of sales. Asylum Research, an Oxford Instruments company, produces AFM and scanning probe microscopes for imaging, materials and bioscience applications. It also has offices in Germany, Taiwan and the UK. For more information, visit: www.asylumresearch.com