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Scattering Program

X-ray scattering is a nondestructive analytical technique that provides statistical information with chemical sensitivity about the nanoscale morphology of materials and thin films. The x-ray scattering program at the ALS employs a diverse set of scattering tools in both the soft and hard x-ray ranges. The beamlines available to users include a soft x-ray resonant scattering beamline to study polymers and soft materials (11.0.1.2), a coherent soft x-ray scattering and x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy beamline for quantum materials (7.0.1.1), and a hard x-ray scattering beamline with a SAXS/WAXS focus (7.3.3).

Research at the scattering program is mainly focused on studying static and dynamic properties with chemical, electronic, and magnetic sensitivities for materials that exhibit multifunctional properties and exotic phases. We perform spectroscopic measurements in complex materials to obtain element-specific information on length and time scales that provide deep insight into the fundamental processes and interactions that give rise to novel properties. One focus area is the development and deployment of in situ and operando capabilities. We are also interested in developing new techniques and methods that use resonant x-rays and coherent x-rays to either image materials at the nanoscale or provide multimodal capabilities.

Beamlines

Personnel

ALS Staff

Sujoy Roy

Staff Scientist, Program Lead

Thomas Ferron

Research Scientist

Sophie Morley

Research Scientist

Eric Schaible

Research Scientist

Gregory Su

Staff Scientist

Cheng Wang

Staff Scientist

Chenhui Zhu

Staff Scientist

Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers

  • Kas Andrle
    Postdoctoral Researcher (2024-2026), Materials Sciences Division

  • Jonathan Chan
    Postdoctoral Researcher (2023-2026), ALS

  • José Carlos Diaz
    ALS Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow (2024-2025), University of Texas at Austin

  • Zachary Fink
    ALS Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow (2024-2026), University of Massachussetts Amherst

  • Olivia Gough
    ALS Doctoral Fellow in Residence (2023-2025)

  • Damian Guenzing
    Postdoctoral Researcher (2024-2026), ALS

  • Supriya Gupta
    Postdoctoral Researcher (2023-2025), Materials Sciences Division

  • Michael Haberl
    Affiliate Graduate Student

  • Harlan Heilman
    ALS Doctoral Fellow in Residence (2024-2025), Washington State University

  • Kam Yun Li
    UC Graduate Student Research Assistant (2024-2025)

  • Bernhard Luttgenau
    Postdoctoral Researcher (2024-2026), Molecular Foundry

  • Nadja Maldonado Luna
    Affilate Graduate Student (2021-2025)

  • Margaret McCarter
    Postdoctoral Researcher (2023-2025)

  • Celline Omondi
    Affiliate Faculty (2024-2025)

  • Zhengxing Peng
    Postdoctoral Researcher (2022-2025), Materials Sciences Division

  • Ahmad Us Saleheen
    Postdoctoral Researcher (2021-2025)

  • Dayne Sasaki
    ALS Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow (2024-2025), MIT

  • Miller Shatsala
    ALS Doctoral Fellow in Residence (2024-2025), Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya

  • Zoey Tumbleson
    UC Graduate Student Research Assistant (2021-2025)

  • Yunfei Wang
    ALS Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow (2023-2025), University of Southern Mississippi

  • Qingsong Zhang
    Postdoctoral Researcher (2023-2025), Molecular Foundry

  • Yueli Zhang
    ALS Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow (2024-2026), UC Davis

  • Kevin Zhao
    Affiliate Graduate Student (2023-2025)

Program Alumni

  • Mike Brady, 3D Systems Corporation
    Project Scientist/Postdoc (2015-2017)

  • Yu Cao
    ALS Doctoral Fellow and Visiting Scholar (2017-2019) , Xi’an Jiaotong University

  • Xiaoqian Chen, Staff Scientist, NSLS-II
    Postdoctoral Researcher (2016-2020)

  • Aidan Coffey
    Visiting graduate, Purdue University

  • Chenrun Feng
    ALS Doctoral Fellow in Residence (2019-2020), Kent State University

  • Hai Fu, Professor, Changcun University of Technology
    Visiting Scholar (2017-2018)

  • Ewa Gorecka, Professor, University of Warsaw
    Visiting Scholar (2018)

  • Devin Grabner
    ALS Doctoral Fellow in Residence (2023-2024), Washington State University

  • Matt Landsman
    ALS Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2024)

  • James Lee, Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Concordia College
    Postdoctoral Researcher (2012-2016)

  • Jianheng Li
    ALS Doctoral Fellow in Residence (2019-2021), UC Davis

  • Alex Liebman-Pelaez, UC Berkeley
    Postbaccalaureate Fellow (2017-2018)

  • Terry Mcafee, Senior Scientific Engineering Association, ALS
    ALS Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2021), Washington State University

  • Shrawan Mishra, Faculty Member, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU)
    Postdoctoral Researcher (2012-2015)

  • Sophie Morley, Research Scientist, ALS
    Postdoctoral Researcher (2019-2020)

  • Asritha Nallapaneni, Intel
    ALS Doctoral Fellow in Residence (2019), Kent State University

  • Ethan Nguyen
    Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley

  • Victoria Norman
    ALS Postbaccalaureate Fellow (2015-2016), UC Davis

  • Sintu Rongpipi
    Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Miroslaw Salamonczyk
    Postdoctoral Researcher (2016-2018)

  • Keoki Seu, Facebook
    Postdoctoral Researcher (2008-2012)

  • Xiaowen Shi, Diamond Light Source
    Postdoctoral Researcher (2012-2015)

  • Arnab Singh
    Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Michael Tuchband, Micron Technology
    ALS Doctoral Fellow in Residence (2016-2017), University of Colorado Boulder

  • Natasa Vaupotic, Professor, University of Maribor
    Visiting Scholar (2018)

  • Zaiyu Wang
    Affiliate Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Mengshu Zhang
    Affiliate Graduate Student

  • Keqin Zhao, Professor, Sichuan Normal University
    Visiting Scholar (2018-2019)