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Meet our experts on large scale research facilities

Get to know our experts on neutron- and photon based techniques at large scale research infrastructures.

Jenny works with airborne particles, with aerosol physics, measurement technology, exposure, reduction technology, health effects of particles, and interdisciplinary with the connection between aerosol physics, chemistry, and biology. For almost 10 years she has worked with nano security, that is, safety aspects and risks related to the introduction of nanomaterials into the market. Jenny is also an expert in industrial applications of X-ray spectroscopy, with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy.

Christopher Söderberg

Researcher

Christopher Söderberg works with advanced characterization techniques at synchrotron radiation facilities, also known as large scale research infrastructure. Christopher has been working with protein small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) since 2010 and has many years of experience with protein X-ray crystallography. He is currently involved in projects that advance protein formulation using SAXS, and he is leading the work to setup BioSAXS at MAX IV Laboratory CoSAXS beamline.

Shun Yu works with advanced characterization techniques at synchrotron radiation and neutron scattering facilities, also known as large scale research infrastructures. Trained as soft X-ray spectroscopist during his Ph.D. and now working extensively with hard X-ray scattering, as well as a passionate learner of neutron scattering techniques. With a broad background in materials science and engineering; a bachelor’s degree in metallic materials, a master degree in nanomaterials and nanotechnology and a Ph.D. degree in surface physics, as well as extensive experiences with biobased materials and polymeric materials, he is prepared to take different research challenges in materials science.

Simone Sala works with advanced characterisation techniques at synchrotron facilities, also known as large scale research infrastructures (LSRI). Since 2014 Simone has been working with synchrotron-based X-ray microscopy techniques. These are techniques aimed at producing 2D images and 3D representations of samples from a diverse range of research fields – from materials science to biomedical applications – and exploiting different contrast mechanisms – such as electron density and chemical elements' concentration and speciation. These quantitative microscopy techniques are often crucial when investigating samples which are inhomogeneous at the nano- or microscale.

Torben works with microstructure analysis using both advanced lab equipment and large-scale research infrastructure. He uses electron microscopy techniques and X-ray techniques and combines them to solve his scientific questions. Torben puts a lot of focus on specimen preparation, for example plastic embedding and thin slicing, he also has experience with cryo techniques. He has worked with both hard materials (like catalytic nanoparticles, porous oxide materials) and soft materials (for example food, cellulose, pharmaceuticals, packaging materials).

Sara Malekkhaiat Häffner works with neutron reflectometry on Large Scale Research Infrastructure. Sara has a PhD in physical chemistry, where she had a focus on using neutrons on soft matter and drug delivery systems to understand the interactions which exists between them and cell membrane models. At her current position at RISE, Sara works on increasing the usage of neutrons in both academic and industry projects, with a focus on pharmaceutical and food development.