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10.01.2019 12:30

New research group set up at Max Planck Institute for Structure and Dynamics of Matter

Jenny Witt Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie

    A new independent Max Planck Research Group has taken up its work at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg. The Computational Nanoscale Imaging group, led by Kartik Ayyer, will focus on developing new methods to visualize nanoscale objects such as biomolecules. It will develop new image reconstruction algorithms and apply them to experimental data with the scientific goal of determining the objects’ structures as well as understanding their dynamics.

    Group leader Kartik Ayyer explains: “There is a variety of experimental methods we work with to get this information, which can be broadly grouped into diffractive imaging. This means that we shine bright light, usually X-rays, on a small object and directly measure the scattered light, without imaging them with a lens since lenses don't work very well with X-rays. This allows us, in principle, to observe how these objects move at an atomic scale.”

    However, converting this noisy, sometimes indirect, data to structural movies requires significant algorithmic as well as computational work, since these data sets can run into the terabytes. “Our work will bridge the gap between what can be measured and what can be understood in these diffractive imaging experiments,” adds Kartik Ayyer.

    The research focus of the Computational Nanoscale Imaging group fits in well with the MPSD’s mission: to achieve a greater understanding of the interplay between the dynamic structures of materials and their functional properties. Collaborations will be established with theoretical as well as experimental groups.

    The team will operate at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) on the Bahrenfeld Research Campus. The CFEL is a collaborative research hub shared by DESY (Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron), the MPSD and the University of Hamburg which fosters the scientific exchange between the three institutions. In addition, Hamburg’s world-class X-ray facilities such as the European XFEL and the PETRA III synchrotron – both located near the CFEL – provide outstanding opportunities for ground-breaking experiments in this area.

    Kartik Ayyer studied at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi (India) and received his Master and PhD in Physics from Cornell University (U.S.) in 2014. Since then, he has worked as a postdoctoral research assistant in the DESY team of Henry Chapman. Two years ago, he was awarded the FEL Science and Applications Award of the International “Science@FELs 2016” conference.


    Wissenschaftliche Ansprechpartner:

    Jenny Witt, MPSD PR and communications: +49 (0)40 8998 6593, jenny.witt@mpsd.mpg.de


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