
Bio
Chanda is a Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy Technician in the Materials MicroÅnalysis Group at ORNL’s Center for Nanophase Materials Science. She received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Alabama in Birmingham and initially pursued a career in clinical histology. In 2019, Chanda became a certified histotechnologist (HTL(ASCP)CM) through the American Society for Clinical Pathology, followed by a Qualification in Immunohistochemistry (QIHC(ASCP)CM) in 2020 and a Qualification in Laboratory Safety (QLS(ASCP)CM) in 2022. She started her role as a Technician at ORNL in July 2024 and is skilled with microtomy and processing of biological specimen.