Agnès Tempez is application scientist at HORIBA France,working in the Nanoscopy group, connected to the Demonstration Centre at the HORIBA Laboratory in Palaiseau. She is responsible for providing applications support to key customers involved in nanoscopy and TOF-related research projects. Prior to joining HORIBA in 2006 as project manager, she worked as a research scientist at lonwerks, Inc. in Houston,Texas, to develop time-of-flight mass spectrometry instrumentation for materials characterization and MALDI/ion mobility coupling for complex biological samples. Agnès holds a PhD in analytical chemistry from the University of Houston, Texas. She is the author of nine patents, one book chapter and more than 75 articles in peer - reviewed journals.