Tina Bergh
Jochen Bruckbauer
Daniel Abou-Ras
Zoja Vukmanovic
Dr Tina Bergh is a postdoctoral fellow at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, who specialises in electron microscopy characterisation of various materials, from catalysts to precipitates in aluminium alloys. During her PhD at NTNU she focused on intermetallic phases in aluminium-steel welds. She uses scanning precession electron diffraction, primarily for phase and orientation mapping, and develops data analysis routines together with the TEM Gemini Centre at NTNU. Characterisation using focused ion beam – scanning electron microscopy and in situ electron microscopy methods are also amongst her key research interests.
Dr. Daniel Abou-Ras is a group leader for electron microscopy at the Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy, Germany, and working in the field of transmission and scanning electron microscopy for more than 20 years. In addition, he is also lecturer at TU Berlin and at HU Berlin. He has specialized in applying various scanning microscopy techniques including EBSD in a correlative manner on materials for solar-energy conversion. His research focus is on microscopic structure-property relationships, which includes, e.g., the role of grain boundaries and dislocations on the device performance of solar cells.
Zoja Vukmanovic is a Lecturer in Geology and Georesources at the University of East Anglia. She applies a macro-to-micro approach to solve fundamental problems in igneous petrology and related ore deposits. Zoja combines textural and microstructural analyses (EBSD) with geochemistry and field observation to understand the cooling of large magma bodies, their emplacement, and subsequent subsolidus processes that affect these bodies. Her research also focuses on the role of magma dynamics in the concentration of mineral deposits. For years, she worked on the largest platinum deposit in the world, the Bushveld Complex in South Africa.