Dr. Andy Elwood Madden

CAM Associate Director

maddenan@msu.edu, Room B2-A CIPS Building
Contact for: General inquiries, NSC 820 SEM course, use of the 2200FS TEM

Postdoc, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Biosciences and Environmental Sciences Divisions
Ph.D., Virginia Tech, Geochemistry (NSF Graduate Research Fellow)
B.S., Michigan State University, Geology (Honors),  

Andy started at MSU on June 1st, 2025, after almost 18 years at the University of Oklahoma as a Professor of Geosciences, including serving as Director of the Samuel Roberts Noble Microscopy Laboratory from 2019-2025. Andy's main hands-on microscopy experiences are with SEM, TEM, and polarized light microscopy. He is passionate about the benefit of core facilities and wants to support all students, staff, faculty, and industry researchers to solve problems with advanced microscopy.

Away from the lab, Andy enjoys spending time with family (including cats), playing and listening to music, rock climbing (mostly indoor!) and kayaking.