Membership

Science Group

 

 

Macromolecular Crystallography (MX)

I03, I04, I04-1, I23, I24, VMXi, VMXm, HeXI, XFEL-Hub, MPL

Dr Colin Levy

c.levy@manchester.ac.uk

 

Dr David Briggs
david.briggs@crick.ac.uk

Soft Condensed Matter

I22, B23, B22, B21

Dr Matthew Derry

m.derry@aston.ac.uk

 

Dr Arwen Tyler
a.i.i.tyler@leeds.ac.uk

Magnetic Materials

I06, I10, B16, I16, I21

Dr Kevin Edmonds

Kevin.Edmonds@Nottingham.ac.uk

 

Dr Robin Perry

robin.perry@ucl.ac.uk

Crystallography

I11, I15, I15-1, I19

Nominations open for this post

Previously Dr Ann Chippindale

 

Dr Enrique Jimenez-Melero
e.jimenez-melero@bham.ac.uk 

Structures and Surfaces

I05, B07, I07, I09

Nominations open for this post

Previously Dr Gavin Bell
 

Dr Anna Regoutz

a.regoutz@ucl.ac.uk

Spectroscopy

I18, I20-1, I20-2, B18,

Prof Andrea Russell

A.E.Russell@soton.ac.uk

 

Dr Silvia Ramos-Perez

S.Ramos-Perez@kent.ac.uk

Biological Cryo-Imaging

eBIC, B24, Cryo-Fluorescence microscopy

Dr Natasha Lukoyanova

n.lukoyanova@mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk

 

Dr Jamie Blaza

jamie.blaza@york.ac.uk

Imaging and Microscopy

I08, DIAD, I12, I13-1, I13-2, I14, ePSIC

Nominations open for this post

Previously Dr Marcus Newton

 

Dr Alexander Lunt

ajgl20@bath.ac.uk

 

Students/Postdocs and Early Career representatives

 

Student Biological and Life Sciences

Vacant

Student Chemical and Physical Sciences

Miss Hayley Gilbert

hg479@cam.ac.uk

Early Career/Postdocs Biological and Life Sciences

Dr Charlie Collingham

c.j.collingham@reading.ac.uk

Early Career/Postdocs Physical and Chemical Sciences

Dr Reshma Rao

reshma.rao@imperial.ac.uk

 

Macromolecular Crystallography: Science Group Representatives

Related beamline: I03, I04, I04-1, I23, I24, VMXi, VMXm, HeXI, XFEL-Hub, MPL

 

 

Dr. Colin Levy

Senior Technical Specialist (XRD)

Manchester Institute of Biotechnology,

Faculty of Science & Engineering

The University of Manchester 

Email:c.levy@manchester.ac.uk

David Briggs

 

Dr David Briggs
Senior Laboratory Research Scientist
Signalling and Structural Biology Lab
The Francis Crick Institute
1 Midland Road
London
NW1 1AT 


Email: david.briggs@crick.ac.uk 
Website: https://www.crick.ac.uk/research/find-a-researcher/david-briggs 

 

In charge of X-ray crystallography for McDonald group.

Interests include:

  • Extracellular mammalian protein structure determination
  • Drug design
  • Protein glycan interactions

Techniques:

  • X-ray Crystallography
  • Small angle X-ray scattering

 

Soft Condensed Matter: Science Group representatives

Related beamlines: I22, B23, B22, B21

 

 

Dr Matt Derry

Lecturer in Chemistry

Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry

College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Aston University

Birmingham

B4 7ET

 

Email: m.derry@aston.ac.uk

https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/matthew-derry

 

 

Arwen Tyler

Dr. Arwen Tyler

University Academic Fellow (Assistant Professor US equivalent)

School of Food Science and Nutrition

University of Leeds

Leeds LS2 9JT

 

Email: a.i.i.tyler@leeds.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)113 343 1423

 

Research interests include:

  • Membrane biophysics – lipid phase behavior and their interaction with biomolecules
  • Targeted and stimuli responsive nanocarriers
  • Dynamic structural transformations in soft matter using high pressure or pH

 

Techniques include: Static and time-resolved Small Angle X-ray/ Neutron Scattering, GI-SAS, cryo-TEM

 

 

Imaging and Microscopy: Science Group Representatives

Related beamlines: I08, I12, I13-1, I13-2, I14, ePSIC

 

 

Dr Alexander Lunt

Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Design

University of Bath

Bath, BA2 7AY

 

Email: ajgl20@bath.ac.uk  

https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/alexander-lunt

Dr Marcus Newton
Lecturer in Physics
Physics & Astronomy
University of Southampton
Southampton, SO17 1BJ


Email: M.C.Newton@soton.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 7548
 

Research interests include:
  • Coherent X-ray Imaging.
  • Ultra-fast processes in strongly correlated materials.
  • Advanced materials for renewable energy applications.
  • Numerical Optimisation & Inverse Problems.
  • Software Development

 

Crystallography: Science Group Representatives

Related beamlines: I11, I15, I15-1, I19

Ann Chippendale

Dr Ann Chippindale

Department of Chemistry

University of Reading

Whiteknights

Reading RG6 6AD

Email: a.m.chippindale.rdg.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0) 118 3788448

 

Research interests include the synthesis of new inorganic materials, in particular cyanide-based frameworks and zeolite materials. Characterisation methods include X-ray and neutron diffraction and inelastic neutron scattering.

Enrique Jimenez-Molero

Prof Enrique Jimenez-Melero

UKAEA Joint Chair in Materials for Fusion

School of Metallurgy and Materials

Department of Materials

University of Birmingham

Edgbaston

Birmingham B15 2TT

Email: e.jimenez-melero@bham.ac.uk

 

Enrique's research focuses on understanding and predicting the phase stability, micromechanics, work hardenability, and radiation tolerance of complex (ultra-) high-strength steels and refractory alloys for structural applications in nuclear fission and fusion power plants, and also in the automotive and aerospace industries.

 

His group performs real-time synchrotron X-ray power diffraction under mechanical stresses and elevated temperatures, and also single crystal 3-D X-ray diffraction (3DXRD) experiments on polycrystalline materials. This synchrotron-based work is complemented with analytical electron microscopy, neutron scattering and positron annihilation spectroscopy. Their specific research on nuclear materials revolves around understanding the radiation-induced microstructural damage and its impact on the structural integrity of reactor components, together with radiation protection and the development of safe systems of work to produce, handle and test radioactive material.

 

Structures and Surfaces: Science Group Representatives

Related beamlines: I05, B07, I07, I09

 

 

DI Dr Anna Regoutz
Lecturer in Materials Chemistry

CAMS-UK Fellow
Department of Chemistry

University College London

20 Gordon Street

London WC1H 0AJ
 

Email:a.regoutz@ucl.ac.uk

Web: https://a-x-s.org

Dr Gavin Bell

Department of Physics

University of Warwick

Coventry

CV4 7AL

 

Email: gavin.bell@warwick.ac.uk 

 

I work in materials physics and lead the Surface, Interface & Thin Film Group at Warwick. The focus of my research is the growth by molecular beam epitaxy of functional materials, applying the techniques of surface science to understand epitaxial crystal growth. The systems include topological and magnetic materials for spintronics, 2D materials like graphene and boron nitride, and surface-modified photocathode.

 

 

Spectroscopy: Science Group Representatives

Related beamlines: I18, I20-1, I20-2, B18,

 

 

Prof Andrea Russell

Professor of Physical Electrochemistry

School of Chemistry

University of Southampton

Highfield

Southampton SO17 1BJ

 

Email: a.e.russell@soton.ac.uk

 

My research focuses on electrocatalysis and electrode processes, using a wide range of spectroscopic and structural techniques to characterise electrode materials and the electrode/electrolyte interface. My group and I have made use of synchrotron sources throughout Europe and the USA.

 

As a member of the DUC, I am particularly interested in hearing from users regarding the development of facilities, sample environments, equipment, and data analysis codes. In my view the DUC should be the voice of the user community in helping to direct resources in collaboration with the science teams at Diamond.

 

Dr. Silvia Ramos

Head of Physics and Astronomy

Reader in Materials Physics

Division of Natural Sciences

Ingram Building

University of Kent
Canterbury CT2 7NH
U.K.

e-mail: s.ramos-perez@kent.ac.uk

 

Biological Cryo-Imaging: Science Group Representatives

 Related beamline: B24, eBIC, Cryo-Fluorescence Microscopy

 

Dr. Natasha Lukoyanova
EM facility coordinator
ISMB Birkbeck
Manager of ISMB BIrkbeck EM facility

Research interests include development of EM sample preparation techniques for multi-modal imaging, cellular cryo-ET, CLEM

http://people.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/~ubcg

Jamie Blaza

Dr Jamie Blaza

Lecturer in cryoEM

York Structural Biology Laboratory,

Department of Chemistry,

University of York

 

Email: jamie.blaza@york.ac.uk

Tel: 01904 325887

 

Research techniques include:

  • CryoEM (historically single particle analysis, hopefully in the future tomography)
  • Developing better methods for cryoEM grid preparation
  • Membrane protein biochemistry

Research interests include:

  • Bacterial bioenergetics (tuberculosis, Gram-positive species)
  • Antibiotic action

 

Magnetic Materials: Science Group Representatives

Related beamlines: I06, I10, I16, B16, I21

 

 

Dr Kevin Edmonds

Associate Professor in Physics

School of Physics and Astronomy

University of Nottingham

Nottingham NG7 2RD

 

Email: Kevin.Edmonds@nottingham.ac.uk

Tel: +44 115 8467058

 

My research focuses on the development of metallic and semiconducting thin film materials and devices, and the exploration of their electronic, spintronic and structural properties.

Robin Perry

Dr. Robin Perry

Principal Research Associate
London Centre for Nanotechnology and UCL Centre for Materials Discovery
UCL, London

 

Email: robin.perry@ucl.ac.uk

 

My research interests include

  • Quantum materials: bulk properties and diffraction studies. Magnetically ordered states.
  • Transparent conducting properties. Transport measurements on new post transition metal oxides.
  • Crystal growth of complex materials. Techniques include floating zone, top seeded growth, flux growth and chemical vapour transport.
  • Uniaxial strain deformation in single crystals magnets.

 

 

 

 

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