Imaging and Microscopy
Dr Thomas Zillhardt is beamline scientist on i12, with research interests in brittle fracture, tissue differentiation, battery failure, catalysis, technique development, and with expertise in X-ray and neutron modalities, including tomography, tomosynthesis, diffraction (XRD/3DXRD/DCT), and fluorescence, operando and in-situ. Thomas has applied to, lead and carried out 576 hours of beamtime experimentation during his PhD at Oxford, at DLS, ISIS, Soleil, ESRF and ILL. This includes correlative mapping of elastic and total strains in graphite, developing a novel method to investigate crystal reorientation quasi-brittle materials, and combining neutron and X-ray techniques to elucidate the role of the microstructure in the deformation of graphite. Recently, Thomas has completed a project at the National Facility for X-ray Computed Tomography (Manchester) which led to the design and assembly of two novel hyperspectral X-ray tomosynthesis scanners for the identification of resection margins in excised cancerous tissue. Thomas's current project focuses on the development of coded-aperture full-field fluorescence tomography on I12 beamline.
Email: [email protected]Tel: +44 (0) 1235 394191
