James is mathematician by training, who became a a particle physicist and now applies his skills to understanding some of the problems associated with errors in least-squares refinement. He is working on programming an error analysis library.… Read the rest
Mustapha is a Senior Research Associate in the group and is a highly experienced and efficient programmer. His specialism is C++ and he is responsible for the Small Molecule ToolKit, SMTK.… Read the rest
Violeta is an assistant professor in the Chemistry Department at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia. She obtained her Ph.D. in coordination chemistry studying the synthesis, structure and biological activity of transition metal compounds and visited for a few months to learn more about crystallography.… Read the rest
Terry worked for the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell for many years before he joined Chem. Cryst.
Terry was one of the pioneers of the use of neutron scattering in the United Kingdom and a founder member of the BCA. Although interested in many areas of crystallography, his particular specialities are neutron scattering studies of … Read the rest
Karim carried out a systematic study of ion binding in rotaxanes in collaboration with Paul Beer’s research group. Â He has since returned to Chem Cryst to undertake a DPhil. project under the supervision of Dr. Richard Cooper.… Read the rest
Emma’s research is focussed on developing a better understanding of the solid state. She is using a three pronged attack, studying the crystallisation of chalcones; examining the effect of temperature on a material that undergoes a phase transition, and investigating the World’s Favourite Space Group, P21/c. She is using a wide range of … Read the rest
Jeremy’s research revolves around using various techniques (NMR, crystallography and DFT calculations) to provide information about exactly where hydrogen atoms are located in crystal structures, and exploring the merits and shortcomings of the various techniques for this purpose. When he isn’t trying to persuade a supercomputer to calculate what he wants, he enjoys playing the … Read the rest
As part of Age Concern, an EPSRC-funded exploration into the world of modern crystallography, Dave is developing a fast, live, configurable chemical structure matching algorithm to identify discrepancies between an expected structure and a real crystallographic structure. Implemented in his software “matchbOx”, Dave is augmenting the software capabilities to automatically handle certain cases of crystal … Read the rest
Jeppe’s specialist areas are crystallographic instrumentation, experiment design, weak diffraction, twinning and modulation. He is also very knowledgeable about software and the theoretical basis of crystallography. Formerly beamline manager at the Swedish synchrotron facility MAX IV Laboratory, where he operated the small molecule and powder diffraction beamline, Jeppe is currently Research Officer in the Dynamical … Read the rest
Kirsten has been a visiting scientist in the lab since February 2009. She spends one to two days in Oxford doing synthesis of Open-framework germanates and taking a keen interest in difficult structures. Kirsten’s primary research interest is in “Crystallography on the edge”, studying superstructures, diffuse scattering and modulated structures. As a natural part of … Read the rest
