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Diffraction & Imaging Program

The ALS Diffraction & Imaging Program comprises three diffraction beamlines (small-molecule crystallography, diffraction under non-ambient conditions, and microdiffraction) and one micro-CT imaging beamline. They share a focus on in situ and operando experiments, and all have intense data handling and processing requirements. All four beamlines are situated on superbend sources, providing maximum energies in the hard x-ray region . The hallmark of these instruments is their wide applicability across a broad range of areas, including earth and environmental, materials, chemical, and biological sciences, and beyond. The tools offered by the Diffraction & Imaging Program are highly complementary to the ALS’s soft and tender x-ray programs.

Beamlines

Personnel

ALS Staff

Dula Parkinson

Staff Scientist, Program Lead

Kat Armstrong

Affiliate Beamline Scientist

Elizabeth Clark

Research Scientist

Bora Kalkan

Affiliate Beamline Scientist

Martin Kunz

Senior Scientist

Nick Settineri

Affiliate Beamline Scientist

Nobumichi Tamura

Senior Scientist

Simon Teat

Staff Scientist

Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers

Program Alumni

  • Fabienne Amann
    Student Intern (2018), ENSTA, France

  • Christine Beavers, Rigaku Corporation
    ALS Postdoctoral Researcher/Project Scientist/Scientist (2009-2018), COMPRES

  • Brian Chandler
    ALS Doctoral Fellow (2018-2019), UC Berkeley

  • Kyle Cruff
    Student Assistant, UC Berkeley

  • Michelle Devoe
    ALS Doctoral Fellow in Residence (2022-2024), UC Berkeley
    DOE SCGSR Doctoral Fellow (2022)

  • Alex Ditter
    ALS/Chemical Sciences Division Postdoctoral Researcher (2019-2023), Chemical Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab

  • Andrew Doran
    Scientific Engineering Associate, ALS

  • Shanece Esdaille
    ALS Doctoral Fellow in Residence (2023-2024), Florida International University

  • Collin Foster
    DOE SCGSR Doctoral Fellow (2021-2023), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • David Gardner
    DOE SCGSR Doctoral Fellow (2019-2020), UC Berkeley

  • Kamran Ghiassi, Edwards Air Force Base
    ALS Doctoral Fellow, UC Davis

  • Nico Giordano, DESY
    ALS Doctoral Fellow in Residence (2017-2018) University of Edinburgh

  • Elise Grenot
    Student Intern (2019), ENSTA, France

  • Guanhua (Tibbers) Hao
    Machine Learning Exchange Project Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2024), ALS Computing Group
    ALS Doctoral Fellow in Residence (2019-2020), University of Nebraska–Lincoln

  • Jasmine Hundal
    Student Intern (2019)

  • Tim Kodalle, Molecular Foundry, Berkeley Lab
    ALS/Materials Sciences Division Postdoctoral Researcher (2023-2025)

  • Yao (Leo) Li
    Guest Ph.D. Student (2015-2017), Xi’an Jiaotong University

  • Laura McCormick, University of Southampton
    Project Scientist (2016-2018)

  • Kesong Miao, Harbin Institute, China
    Ph.D. Student (2019-2020), Harbin Institute, China

  • Suzanne Mulligan
    DOE SCGSR Doctoral Fellow (2021-2022), University of Nevada

  • Joseph Nichols
    ALS Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2021), University of Utah

  • Earl O’Bannon III, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    ALS Doctoral Fellow in Residence (2016-2017), UC Santa Cruz

  • Joshua Peterson
    ALS Postbaccalaureate

  • Kevin Ploner
    Marshall Plan Fellow, University of Innsbruck

  • Shambavi Pratap
    ALS Doctoral Fellow in Residence (2019-2020), Technical University of Munich

  • Alvaro Ramirez-Hong
    ALS Postbaccalaureate

  • Thomas Richard
    Summer Intern, University of Bourgogne

  • Manon Riedrich
    Summer Intern, University of Bourgogne

  • Sam Schickler, UC San Diego
    Summer Intern (2016-2019)

  • Hao Shen, Xi’an Jiaotong University
    ALS Doctoral Fellow (2016-2018)

  • Andrew Shum
    ALS Doctoral Fellow in Residence (2018-2019), Tufts University

  • Nils Skoglund
    ALS Postdoctoral Researcher, Umea University

  • Camelia Stan, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Project Scientist (2016-2019)

  • Cara Vennari
    ALS Doctoral Fellow, UC Santa Cruz

  • Nathan Verrier
    Summer Intern, University of Bourgogne

  • Jiejuan Yan, Stanford University
    ALS Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow (2017-2018)

  • Jinyuan Yan, Center for X-Ray Optics
    ALS Scientist (2004-2020), COMPRES

  • Binbin Yue, Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, China
    ALS Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow (2017-2018), UC Berkeley

  • Xiaoling Zhou, Harbin Institute of Technology
    ALS Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow (2017-2018), University of Utah
    ALS Doctoral Fellow in Residence (2016-2017), Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, China