About Dennis Kunkel PhD.
Photomicrographer

Dennis Kunkel Ph.D. is an award-winning photomicrographer whose images appear worldwide in print, film, and electronic media.

Dennis received technical training in specialized microscopies* while earning his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Washington in Seattle. In the course of his studies, and during the research career that followed, Dennis's skill as a microscopist allowed him to make significant contributions in the fields of botany and neurobiology. Collaborative efforts with fellow researchers produced results in other disciplines of science (including zoology, microbiology, and materials science). Forty-eight research papers authored or co-authored by Dennis appear in scientific journals between 1973 and 2001.

Dennis not only values the scientific information that microscopy yields, but delights in the beauty of microscopic form. Through the years he has assembled a vast collection of light and electron microscope images (micrographs). Many of the electron micrographs have been colorized and are offered for viewing in the Education Image Library.

Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc. offers microscopy services, as well as an extensive collection of scientific images for viewing or licensed use. Please visit Scientific Stock Photography Through the Microscope to view over 1500 images for licensed, rights-managed, non-exclusive use.

Visit Dennis Kunkel Microscopy on the Web:

• Scientific Stock Photography Through the Microscope
• Education Image Library.

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Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) SEM image
Woodland skipper butterfly compound eye and proboscis (Ochlodes spp.). SEM image
Male mosquito brush antenna whorls (Anopheles quadrimaculatus). SEM
Fruit fly compound eye (Drosophila melanogaster). SEM
Vitamin E (tocopherol) crystals. Vitamin E (tocopherol) is a fat-soluble (lipophilic) vitamin that is an important antioxidant. LM
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) crystals. Ascorbic acid is an organic acid found in citrus fruits and an antioxidant also known as vitamin C. LM image
Mosquito tarsal claw and pulvillar pad (Aedes aegypti). Yellow fever and dengue fever carrier. SEM
Bean weevil emerging from a bean seed (Acanthoscelides obtectus). SEM
Vitamin B3 (niacin) crystals. Vitamin B3, also know as niacin or nicotinic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin whose derivatives such as NADH play essential roles in energy metabolism in the living cell.
Parasitic promastigotes that cause leishmaniasis in humans (Leishmania major).
Vancomycin (antibiotic) crystals. Vancomycin is an antibiotic used in the prophylaxis and treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. LM
Tissue macrophages, T lymphocytes (2) and human red blood cells from a leg wound. * Note in this image one monocyte (green) that has migrated into the wound area, is still developing into a tissue macrophage. SEM.
Fluorescence light micrograph of Paramecium (Paramecium multimicronuleatum), a ciliate protozoan, showing cell membrane (red), contractile vacuole membrane (red) and proton pumps on membrane (yellow). LM
Memnoniella echinata fruiting structure and spores. Memnoniella is a cellulolytic fungus very closely related to Stachybotrys. Both fungi have a worldwide distribution and are often found together in soil and plant debris.

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