Membership

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

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

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

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

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
 

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

Dr Ann Chippindale

Department of Chemistry

University of Reading

Whiteknights

Reading RG6 6AD

UK

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.

Dr. Enrique Jimenez-Melero

Senior Lecturer in Radiation Materials Science

Materials Performance Centre

Department of Materials

University of Manchester

Oxford Road

Manchester M13 9PL

Email: enrique.jimenez-melero@manchester.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0) 161 306 8590

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 & 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.

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.

Prof Andrea Russell

Professor of Physical Electrochemistry

School of Chemistry

University of Southampton

Highfield

Southampton SO17 1BJ

Email: a.e.russell@soton.ac.uk

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

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

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

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.

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.