Bragg-edge Imaging with Neutrons

Dr. rer. nat. Nikolay Kardjilov is responsible for the neutron tomography instrument CONRAD at Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy. Dr. N. Kardjilov studied Physics at Sofia University, Bulgaria, where he received his MSc degree. Thereafter he successfully completed his PhD work in the field of neutron tomography at the department of physical science at TU-Munich. In 2003 he moved to HZB, where he set up a new neutron tomography instrument. His research topics are the development and application of radiographic and tomographic techniques with neutrons.

Dipl. Ing. André Hilger is a PhD student with the research topic ‟Tomography with spin-polarised neutrons” and he is also responsible for the technical development of neutron tomography at HZB. He studied technical physics at the University of Applied Science (TFH) Berlin. After receiving his Bachelor degree he worked as a technician between 2001 and 2006 at HZB as well as at TFH. In 2006 he obtained his MSc degree at TFH.

Dr. rer. nat. Ingo Manke is a head of the imaging group in the materials department and a coordinator of the centre of industrial application at HZB. Dr. Manke studied physics at the Freie Universität Berlin. He finished his PhD at TU Berlin in 2002 in the field of scanning electron microscopy. Afterward he worked at Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration. Since 2003 he has worked at HZB with research interests in the development and application of radiographic and tomographic techniques with neutrons and x-rays.

Dr. rer. nat. Francisco Garcia-Moreno studied pysics at Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, where he obtained his MSc in 1995. Afterward he worked as a researcher at the Zentrum für Funktionswerkstoffe GmbH in Göttingen. In 1999 he received his PhD at the Institut für Material Physik, Götingen in the field of high-temperature superconducting bands. Since 2002 he has been working as head of the metal foam group at HZB.

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. John Banhart has been head of the department materials since 2002, and head of the division of structural research since 2006 at HZB. He is a professor at the Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaften und -technologien at the Technischen Universität Berlin. Prof. Banhart studied Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München, and completed his PhD there in the field of physical chemistry. He worked at the Fraunhofer Institut für Fertigungstechnik und Materialforschung Bremen between 1991 and 2001, and was promoted to professor in solid state physics at the University of Bremen in 1998. In 2002 he moved to the HZB. His research topics are methods for the investigation of the structure and dynamics of materials, especially tomography, small-angle scattering with synchrotron, and neutron radiation.