APS Science Contacts

A partial list of APS staff and resident users with self-identified areas of expertise. Follow the link on a name to see contact information for that person, as well as their other areas of expertise and beamlines they work at regularly. Acronyms are defined at the end of the list.

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Expertise

Contact
(in alphabetical order if more than one)

2D diffraction Jonathan Almer, Dean Haeffner
3D x-ray diffraction microscopy Ulrich Lienert, Paul Zshack
ab initio, semi empirical and molecular dynamics calculations Serkan Erdin
alignment and survey Hawoong Hong
anomalous small-angle x-ray scattering Pete Jemian, Sonke Seifert, Randall Winans
anomalous ultra-small-angle x-ray scattering Pete Jemian
beamline and beamline components design Deming Shu
beamline controls Pete Jemian
biomaterials Diego Casa, Francesco deCarlo, Barry Lai, Stefan Vogt
biophysics Ercan Alp, Wolfgang Sturhahn
bulk metallic glasses Jonathan Almer
carbonaceous materials Randall Winans
catalysis Klaus Attenkofer
catalysis, heterogeneous Peter Chupas
CCD detectors Hawoong Hong, Frank J. Rotella
cell biology Barry Lai
choice of anomalous scatterers for crystallographic experiments Andrew Howard
coatings Jonathan Almer, Jan Ilavsky
coherent Bragg rod analysis (COBRA) Donald Walko
coherent diffraction Qun Shen
coherent imaging Qun Shen
colloids Alec Sandy
computation Michel van Veenendaal
condensed matter Mahaling Balasubramanian
condensed matter physics Jiyong Zhao
correlated electron systems Yuri Shvydko
cryo sample prep (plunge freezing) Stefan Vogt
crystallography Peter Lee
cuprates Thomas Gog
data collection Stephen I. Foundling
diffraction anomalous fine structure (DAFS) Julie O. Cross
diffraction imaging Jonathan Lang
diffuse scattering Zahirul Islam, Peter Lee, Andrei Tkachuk, Paul Zshack
diffuse scattering (up to 800*C) Julie O. Cross
dynamical diffraction Thomas Gog
dynamical diffraction theory Sergey Stepanov
electron spectroscopy Richard Rosenberg
electrochemistry Mahaling Balasubramanian
EPICS Pete Jemian
EXAFS Steve Heald
EXAFS on thin films Julie O. Cross
femtosecond laser optics Eric Lindahl
ferroelectrics Yong Chu, Thomas Gog
ferromagnetic semiconductors David Keavney
fit2d--using fit2d and writing fit2d macros Steven Weigand
fluctuations in binary fluids Eric Dufresne
fuel spray dynamics Jin Wang
full-field x-ray imaging Kamel Fezzaa, Wah-Keat Lee
full-field diffraction imaging Andrei Tkachuk
geophysics Wolfgang Sturhahn, Jiyong Zhao
grain and subgrain mechanical behavior Ulrich Lienert
grazing incidence x-ray diffraction Ivan Kuzmenko, Sergey Stepanov
grazing-incidence small-angle x-ray scattering (GISAXS) Jan Ilavsky, Ivan Kuzmenko, Byeongdu Lee, Suresh Narayanan, Sonke Seifert, Jin Wang
grazing-incidence small-angle x-ray scattering (GISAXS) on metal supported metal clusters Randall Winans
hard x-ray fluorescence microprobe Martin Holt, Barry Lai, Jörg Maser, Stefan Vogt
hard x-ray microscopy Stefan Vogt
high-energy diffraction Ulrich Lienert
high-energy diffuse scattering Dean Haeffner
high-energy microdiffraction Ulrich Lienert
high-energy microfocusing Jonathan Almer
high-energy optics Ulrich Lienert
high-energy x-ray scattering Jonathan Almer, Peter Chupas, Dean Haeffner
high-energy-resolution measurements Thomas Toellner
high pressure Guoyin Shen, Wolfgang Sturhahn
high-pressure dynamics Ahmet Alatas
high-pressure magnetism Ercan Alp
high-pressure measurements Jiyong Zhao
high-pressure XMCD Jonathan Lang
high-precision positioning instruments design Deming Shu
high-resolution x-ray optics Wolfgang Sturhahn
high-Tc cuprates Zahirul Islam
high-temperature measurements Jiyong Zhao
holography Thomas Gog
inelastic scattering Dohn Arms, Diego Casa
inelastic scattering (non-resonant Raman) Julie O. Cross
inelastic x-ray scattering, high energy resolution (HERIX) Ahmet Alatas, Ercan Alp
inelastic x-ray scattering, medium energy resolution (MERIX) Yuri Shvydko
insect and small animal physiology Wah-Keat Lee
in situ studies of biological and chemical systems Sonke Seifert
instrumentation Dohn Arms, Dale Brewe
interfacial magnetism John Freeland
interface/surface scattering Zhan Zhang
Langmuir films Ivan Kuzmenko
laser-excited scattering by magnetic materials Eric Lindahl
laser-pump/x-ray probe Dale Brewe
laser technology and safety issues Reinhard Pahl
Linux command scripts Steven Weigand
liquid surfaces Michael Sprung
lithographic structures Diego Casa
local density approximation Roland Winkler
lock-in techniques Daniel Haskel
macromolecular crystallographic data processing Andrew Howard
macromolecular crystallographic experimental design Andrew Howard
macrostrains Jonathan Almer
MAD phasing Ward Smith
magnetic DAFS Daniel Haskel
magnetic multilayers and films George Srajer
magnetic reflectivity Daniel Haskel
magnetic scattering Sergey Stepanov
magnetic scattering/polarization analysis Zahirul Islam
magnetic structures/coupling/interplay Daniel Haskel
magnetic XAFS Daniel Haskel
magnetism Dale Brewe, Serkan Erdin, Roland Winkler
manganites John Freeland
many-body systems Michel van Veenendaal
Matlab programming Zhan Zhang
mechanical design Hawoong Hong
melting Dale Brewe
metamagnetism Zahirul Islam
micro-EXAFS/XANES Steve Heald
microbiology Barry Lai
microdiffraction Zhonghou Cai, Yong Chu, Guoyin Shen, Andrei Tkachuk
microprobe fluorescence and XANES for cell biology Julie O. Cross
microprobe fluorescence imaging Steve Heald
mineral-water interfaces Zhan Zhang
molecular environmental science Bruce Bunker
molecular magnets Nadia Leyarovska
multilayer zone plates Jörg Maser
nanodots Klaus Attenkofer, Zhonghou Cai
nanofluid flow Kamel Fezzaa
nano- and biomaterials Qun Shen
nanomaterials Ian McNulty
nanoparticles, catalysis Bruce Bunker
nanoparticle growth Yang Ren
nanoporous materials Byeongdu Lee
nanoscale science Keun Hyuk "Ken" Ahn, Martin Holt, Jörg Maser
nanostructures Richard Rosenberg
nanotubes Diego Casa, Thomas Gog
neutron powder diffraction Frank J. Rotella
new detectors Eric Dufresne
non-linear optics Bernhard Adams
nuclear resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (NRIXS) Wolfgang Sturhahn, Jiyong Zhao
nuclear resonant scattering Ercan Alp, Wolfgang Sturhahn, Thomas Toellner
organismal biology Jake Socha
organic-inorganic composites Byeongdu Lee
PDF analysis Peter Chupas, Peter Lee, Sarvjit Shastri
PEEM (photoemission electron microscopy) David Keavney
Perl programming Steven Weigand
phase-change dynamics Dale Brewe
phase transitions Dean Haeffner
phase transitions in nanomaterials Yang Ren
phonons in solid He Dohn Arms
polarization-dependent EXAFS Julie O. Cross
polymer science Alec Sandy
polymeric molecules Byeongdu Lee
powder data analysis with GSAS Robert Von Dreele
powder diffraction Peter Lee, Carlo Segre, Brian Toby, Robert Von Dreele
protein crystal mounting for cryo-protection Stephen I. Foundling
protein crystal mounting in capillaries Stephen I. Foundling
protein crystallization Stephen I. Foundling
protein crystallography Ward Smith
protein crystallography data collection John Chrzas
protein crystallography, time-resolved Vukica Srajer
protein crystallography, Laue Vukica Srajer
protein folding Diego Casa
protein powder diffraction Robert Von Dreele
Python programming Steven Weigand
rapid 3D tomography Francesco deCarlo
rare-earth intermetallic compounds Zahirul Islam
rare-earth and 3d magnetism Jonathan Lang
reflectivity Julie Cross, John Freeland, Jan Ilavsky, David Keavney, Ivan Kuzmenko, Michael Sprung, George Srajer
reflectivity, reflection-mode XAFS Bruce Bunker
reflectometry Suresh Narayanan
relaxation processes Klaus Attenkofer
respiratory physiology Jake Socha
resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) Diego Casa, Thomas Gog
Rietveld refinement Brian Toby, Robert Von Dreele
robotics for experimental stations Deming Shu
sagittal focusing John Chrzas
scattering from interface roughness Sergey Stepanov
scattering theory Dong Lee
self assembly Klaus Attenkofer, Jin Wang
semiconductors Yong Chu, Thomas Gog
semiconductor thin films Zhonghou Cai
simultaneous SAXS/WAXS Steven Weigand
single crystal diffraction Andrei Tkachuk
single crystal inelastic x-ray scattering (IXS) Ahmet Alatas
single grain diffraction Ulrich Lienert
small-angle scattering Jonathan Almer, Diego Casa, Jan Ilavsky, Pete Jemian, Alec Sandy, Sonke Seifert
small-angle x-ray scattering - in situ high temperature Randall Winans
small-angle x-ray scattering - high energy Jonathan Almer, Jan Ilavsky
small-angle x-ray scattering - polymers Byeongdu Lee
small-angle x-ray scattering - solution scattering Diego Casa
small-angle x-ray scattering - time resolved Randall Winans
small-animal biomechanics Jake Socha
soft matter physics Suresh Narayanan
soft x-ray coherent diffraction Ian McNulty
soft x-ray spectroscopy Richard Rosenberg
solid/liquid interfaces Ivan Kuzmenko
spec--using spec and writing spec macros Steven Weigand
spin-polarized transport Roland Winkler
strain Zhonghou Cai
strain/stress in composite materials Dean Haeffner
strain/stress measurements Jonathan Almer
strain/stress and texture Ulrich Lienert
strongly correlated electron systems Diego Casa, Zahirul Islam
structural evolution Dean Haeffner
structure-based drug design Ward Smith
structure determination Peter Lee, Robert von Dreele
superconductivity Serkan Erdin
surface analysis Richard Rosenberg
surface and thin-film x-ray diffraction Donald Walko, Paul Zshack
surface science Hawoong Hong
surface structure of liquids Ivan Kuzmenko
surface x-ray scattering Yong Chu, Donald Walko, Zhan Zhang, Paul Zshack,
synchrotron Mossbauer spectroscopy (SMS) Ercan Alp, Wolfgang Sturhahn, Jiyong Zhao
texture measurements Jonathan Almer
theoretical condensed matter physics Keun Hyuk "Ken" Ahn, Michael Norman
theory Michel van Veenendaal, Roland Winkler
theory for resonant inelastic x-ray scattering Keun Hyuk "Ken" Ahn
theory of materials Keun Hyuk "Ken" Ahn
theory of x-ray diffraction & scattering Sergey Stepanov
thermal diffuse scattering Hawoong Hong
thermal fluctuations in semiconductors Eric Dufresne
thermoelectric materials Paul Zshack
time-resolved spectroscopy Klaus Attenkofer
time-resolved scattering Klaus Attenkofer
time-resolved structural changes Jan Ilavsky
time-resolved XAFS Dale Brewe
time-resolved x-ray excited optical luminescence (XEOL) Richard Rosenberg
time-resolved x-ray diffraction Reinhard Pahl, Jin Wang
time-resolved x-ray imaging, radiography, tomography Jin Wang
time-resolved x-ray scattering with ultrafast laser excitation Eric Dufresne
tomography Francesco deCarlo
topography Yong Chu, Andrei Tkachuk
trace element analysis in biological samples Stefan Vogt
ultra-small-angle scattering (USAXS) Jan Ilavsky, Pete Jemian
ultra-fast scattering Bernhard Adams, Eric Dufresne, Eric Landahl
ultra-fast spectroscopy Bernhard Adams
vesicles in solution Ivan Kuzmenko
vibration measurement and diagnosis Deming Shu
x-ray beam position monitor design Deming Shu
x-ray diffraction Mahaling Balasubramanian, Julie Cross, Zahirul Islam, Dong Lee, Paul Zshack
x-ray diffraction for residual stress Yong Chu
x-ray diffraction-enhanced imaging Yong Chu
x-ray fluorescence mapping Stefan Vogt
x-ray fluorescence microprobe Matt Newville
x-ray microscopy and imaging Barry Lai
x-ray monochromators and mirrors mechanism design Deming Shu
x-ray optics Eric Dufresne, Hawoong Hong, Sarvjit Shastri, Yuri Shvydko, Thomas Toellner
x-ray optics - crystals Carlo Segre
x-ray optics development Reinhard Pahl
x-ray powder diffraction Frank J. Rotella
x-ray protein crystallography Frank J. Rotella
x-ray Raman Mahaling Balasubramanian
x-ray reflectivity Yong Chu
x-ray reflectivity/standing waves Jin Wang
x-ray scattering Dong Lee, Nadia Leyarovska, Michel van Veenendaal
x-ray spectroscopy Nadia Leyarovska, Carlo Segre
x-ray standing waves Thomas Gog
XAFS (x-ray absorption fine structure) Mahaling Balasubramanian, Bruce Bunker, Matt Newville
XMCD (x-ray magnetic circular dichroism) John Freeland, Daniel Haskel, David Keavney, George Srajer, Michel van Veenendaal
XPCS (x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy) Eric Dufresne, Suresh Narayanan, Alec Sandy, Michael Sprung
   

 

ACRONYMS

ASAXS anomalous small-angle x-ray scattering
DAFS diffraction anomalous fine structure
EXAFS extended x-ray absorption fine structure
GISAXS grazing incidence small-angle x-ray scattering
GIXD grazing incidence x-ray diffraction
HERIX high energy resolution inelastic x-ray scattering (1 meV)
IXS inelastic x-ray scattering
MERIX medium energy resolution inelastic x-ray scattering (100 meV)
NRIXS nuclear resonant inelastic x-ray scattering
NRS nuclear resonant scattering
PEEM photoemission electron microscopy
RIXS resonant inelastic x-ray scattering
SMS synchrotron Mossbauer spectroscopy
USAXS ultra-small-angle x-ray scattering
WAXS wide-angle x-ray scattering
XAFS x-ray absorption fine structure
XANES x-ray absorption near edge structure
XEOL x-ray excited optical luminescence
XMCD x-ray magnetic circular dichroism
XPCS x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy
XRD x-ray diffraction

 

Data collected late 2004 and summer 2005