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B07 Contact

Principal Beamline Scientist:
Georg Held

Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778480
E-mail: georg.held@diamond.ac.uk

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Science Group Leader

Cephise Cacho

Email: cephise.cacho@diamond.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1235 778290

B07 VERSOX: Versatile Soft X-ray

Status: Operational

Wavelength: 24.8 - 0.44 nm
Energy: 50 - 2800 eV

XAS: X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy XPS: X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy NEXAFS: Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structures NAP-XPS: Near Ambient Pressure XPS Spectroscopy

 

 
 
 
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Principal Beamline Scientist

Georg Held

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Georg Held is the Principal Beamline Scientist for B07, the versatile soft x-ray (VERSOX) beamline. Georg has a joint appointment between Diamond and the University of Reading.

Email: georg.held@diamond.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778480
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B-Branch

Dave Grinter

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Dave is a Beamline Scientist on B07 with primary responsibility for B branch (high-throughput NEXAFS and XPS). He previously worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory and University College London.<...

Email: dave.grinter@diamond.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1235 778988

Pilar Ferrer

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Pilar is Beamline Scientist on beamline B07.

Email: pilar.ferrer-escorihuela@diamond.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1235 778446
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Technician

Andrew Watts

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Andrew is a Senior Beamline Technician on B07.

Email: andrew.watts@diamond.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1235 394029
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C-Branch

Matthijs Van Spronsen

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Matthijs started as a Beamline Scientist on B07 in September 2020. He previously worked as postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Harvard University.

Email: matthijs.vanspronsen@diamond.ac.uk
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Santosh Kumar

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Santosh Kumar is a beamline scientist on B07 beamline, with expertise and interests in operando electrochemistry, X-ray spectroscopy, nanomaterials, and surface and interface chemistry for cle...

Email: santosh.kumar@diamond.ac.uk
Tel: + 44 (0) 1235567509
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On secondment to Diamond-II

Federica Venturini

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Federica is the Senior Beamline Scientist for B07. She previously worked at the ESRF facility in Grenoble before joining Diamond as the beamline scientist for I09.

Email: federica.venturini@diamond.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778609
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Cluster source

Ali Khatibi

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Other team members and alumni

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PhD Students

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  • James Counter
  • Henry Hoddinott
  • Josh Pickston
  • Fraser Mealyou ​​​

Visiting Scientists

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  • Richard Palmer
  • Sven L.M. Schröder
  • Rob Weatherup

Former Team Members

  • Burcu Karagoz (2022-2025)
  • Alex Large (2018-2024)
  • Luca Abbiani (2023)
  • Paul Edwards (2019-2023)
  • Jodie Charlton (2019-2023)
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  • Simone Gallarati (2017-2018)
  • Haosheng Feng (2018)
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  • Chanan Euaruksakul (2013-2016)
  • Liam Deacon (2013-2015)
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