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We develop computational tools to enable new capabilities in electron and X-ray microscopes and apply them to challenging materials science questions.

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If you are new to the lab, the shortest useful summary is this: we work on difficult imaging problems where better reconstruction, automation, and physically informed computation can unlock new scientific measurements.

What problem are we solving?

Modern microscopy often produces rich but difficult-to-interpret measurements. We develop methods that make 3D structure, chemistry, and weak signals more accessible at higher throughput and lower dose.

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Why does it matter now?

Better algorithms and automation make it possible to extract more information from advanced microscopes while improving speed, sensitivity, and experimental reliability.

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Publication Highlights

• New Resolution Record in 3D Phase-Contrast Imaging (Phys Scripta 2024)
  
• Solving Complex Nanostructures With Ptychographic Atomic Electron Tomography (Nat Comm 2023)
  
• Simultaneous Successive Twinning Captured by Atomic Electron Tomography (ACS Nano 2021)
  
• Imaging the electron charge density in monolayer MoS2 at the Angstrom scale (Nat Comm 2023)
  

We are an interdisciplinary research group based within the Department of Materials Science at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. We have expertise in condensed matter physics, deep learning, large-scale optimization, signal and image processing, and experimental design for advanced X-ray and electron microscopy experiments.

We are part of the Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research and the Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy and part of the Competence Unit Engineering of Advanced Materials.

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