Miaofang Chi is a distinguished scientist at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences in Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

She first interacted with a microscope whilst in primary school, and became fascinated by the idea of using science to understand a world visible to the naked eye.

[4] Whilst at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Chi also used electron microscopy to study materials collected from the comet 8P/Tuttle.

[4] In 2008, Chi joined the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), where she develops and applies microscopy techniques in to materials for energy and sustainability.

[5] She has explored differential phase contrast imaging, aberration-corrected electron microscopy and in situ microscopic techniques.