RESTON, Va., Feb. 5, 2021 — Donovan Leonard, a researcher in the Deposition Science and Technology group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been elected to a three-year term as the physical sciences director for the Microscopy Society of America (MSA). Donovan Leonard of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and now director of physical sciences at the Microscopy Society of America. Courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 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