Established in 1983, NCEM once operated as an independent facility before merging with the Molecular Foundry in 2014. Below are the names of researchers who were a part of the facility before 2014.
| Ulrich Dahmen | NCEM Facility Director, retired in 2014 |
| Velimir Radmilović | NCEM Scientist, left for a position at the University of Belgrade in 2011 |
| Quentin Ramasse | NCEM Scientist, left for a position at the SuperSTEM Facility in the UK in 2010 |
| Rolf Erni | NCEM Scientist, left for a position at EMPA in 2009 |
| Masashi Watanabe | NCEM Scientist, left for a position at Lehigh University in 2008 |
| Michael O’Keefe | NCEM Scientist, left in 2008 |
| Crispin Heatherington | NCEM Scientist, left for a position at Oxford University in 2007. Currently at Lund University |
| Nigel Browning | NCEM Scientist, left for a position at LLNL in 2006. Currently at the University of Liverpool |
| Eric Stach | NCEM Scientist, left for a position at Purdue University in 2005. Currently at the University of Pennsylvania |
| Roar Kilaas | NCEM Scientist, left to found Total Resolution LLC in 2005 |
| Kannan Krishnan | NCEM Scientist, left for a position at the University of Washington in 2001 |
| Frances Ross | NCEM Scientist, left for a position at IBM in 1997. Currently at MIT. |
| Ronald Gronsky | NCEM Scientist, left for a position at UC Berkeley in 1995 |
| Ken Westmacott | NCEM Director, 1986-1992 |
| Gareth Thomas | NCEM Founding Director, left for a position at UC Berkeley in 1991 |
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