Education
MESci (Geology) in 2002 and PhD in 2007 from Liverpool University.
Thesis topic “Mechanism of Nucleation During Recrystallization in Ti-SULC Steel”. This work involved the use of custom built EBSD SEM from Camscan and a heating stage.
Professional Background
2007-2011: University of Minnesota, Postdoc shared between the Department of Earth and Environmental Science and the Characterization Facility.
2011 onwards: SEM specialist, Characterization Facility. Acquired in 2017 a FEI Helios G4 UX FIB/SEM.
Started doing EBSD during his MESci in the year 2001 and has 20 years of experience running SEMs and EBSD.