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Henry Chapman
Coherent X-ray Imaging
Henry Chapman leads the Coherent X-Ray Imaging division at the Center for Free Electron Laser Science at DESY, and is a professor of physics at the University of Hamburg. His work exploits the tremendous new capabilities of X-ray free-electron lasers, which deliver X-ray pulses that are a billion times more intense than synchrotron radiation, to determine the structure and dynamics of complex materials including macromolecules. He led landmark experiments at FLASH (DESY) and the LCLS (SLAC) that demonstrated the possibility to “outrun” radiation damage with fast pulses and obtain atomic-resolution images from room temperature protein nanocrystals. His group develops algorithms, instrumentation, and methods for 3D imaging with FEL pulses and collaborates with leading structural biologists around the world.
Academic career
| Since 2007 | Founding Director of CFEL Coherent Imaging Group, DESY |
| Since 2007 | Professor of Physics (W3), University of Hamburg |
| 1996-2007 | Physicist, LLNL |
| 1996 | Postdoctural Research Staff member, LLNL |
| 1992-1996 | Postdoctural Research Associate, Dept. of Physics, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY |
| 1989-1992 | Postgraduate Research fellow, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Clayton, Vic., Australia |
| 1989-1992 | University of Melbourne, Australia, Ph.D. (Physics) |
| 1988 | University of Melbourne, Australia, B.Sc. (Hons.) (Physics) |
| 1985-1987 | University of Melbourne, Australia, B.Sc. (Physics) |
Memberships
| Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Optical Society of America, Fellow |
| SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering), Member |
| Materials Research Society, Member |
