NanoSIMS

Current Research Projects

On this page you will find brief descriptions of the projects currently being investigated by the scientists working on the NanoSIMS at the moment.

Dr Katie Moore

EPSRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Katie is using the NanoSIMS to investigate the high resolution localisation of important trace elements in cereal grains and roots and stems which are relevant to the human diet. These projects are in collaboration with Rothamsted Research and Oxford Brookes University, School of Life Sciences. Katie is interested in use of the NanoSIMS and complementary techniques to investigate elemental distributions in plants. 

More information about Katie's research can be found here. 

Haibo Jiang

D.Phil Student

Haibo is using NanoSIMS to investigate biological problems, in particular human biology. These projects are in collaboration with Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Physical Laboratory and Biochemistry Department in Oxford University.

More information about Haibo's research can be found here. 

Hugh Taylor

D.Phil Student

Hugh is using NanoSIMS to investigate arsenic uptake into rice and arabidopsis to better understand the uptake mechanisms. These projects are in collaboration with Rothamsted Research and Oxford Brookes University, School of Life Sciences.

Hanis Ayuni Mohd Yusof

D.Phil Student

Hanis is using the NanoSIMS to investigate grain boundary segregation in a statisitcally significant number of grain boundaries in bulk samples. This project will explore the application of this technique to both model alloys (Ni-P) and commercial B-containing steels.