Oxford Atomic are a group of experts, dedicated to making atom probe microscopy easier. We have over a decade of experience in nanoscale microscopy, and develop products to make everyday atom probe microscopy simple.
Prof. Michael Moody
Prof. Michael Moody is Head of the Atom Probe Research Group in the Department of Materials and Tutor and Fellow of Trinity College at the University of Oxford. He oversees and leads research into a broad scope of materials topics including superalloys for aerospace applications, hydrogen embrittlement, structural materials for fusion and fission power, semiconductors and catalysis. Under his lead, the group is active in all aspects of atom probe research, including establishing new materials applications, instrumentation and development of 3D reconstruction and data analysis techniques.
Michael leads collaborations with academics and industry from around the UK on a wide range projects. This includes such universities as Manchester, Cambridge, Imperial College, Bristol, Warwick and Sheffield, and with companies such as Rolls Royce, Johnson Matthey and Tata Steel.
Michael has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in a wide range of highly regarded journals, including Science, Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, Acta Materialia and Applied Physics Letters. He is also co-author of the book Atom Probe Microscopy which is considered a seminal text on the topic. In the past 5 years, Prof Moody has been associated to numerous successful UK Research Council funding applications totalling more than £11M.
Dr. Paul Bagot
Dr. Paul Bagot is an Atom Probe Scientist and Lecturer at St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford. He obtained his MChem Phys from Edinburgh University (2001), followed by a DPhil in Materials at University of Oxford (2005). He has worked as a postdoctoral researcher on development of laser-based instruments at Heriot-Watt University, before rejoining the Oxford Atom Probe Group.
Alongside running operations for the Oxford Atom Probe Facility, he leads research projects with particular specialism on heterogeneous catalysis, aerospace alloys and challenging, novel materials. He has extensive expertise in the design and development of custom reaction cells for atom probes, in collaboration with Iowa State University and University at Buffalo, along with pioneering novel techniques to study catalytic nanoparticles. He is a visiting researcher at UPMC Paris, Université de Lille, Harvard and Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, and has particular specialism in developing APT for industrial collaborators – he leads APT development with Rolls-Royce plc to integrate APT and complementary methods for industrial applications, along with other industrial companies in nuclear, catalysis and advanced engineering industries.
Dr. Daniel Haley
Dr. Daniel Haley is an Early Career Researcher in the Materials Department and Lecturer at Mansfield College, University of Oxford. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering (2006) and a subsequent PhD (2010) in microscopy at the University of Sydney, with a focus on atom probe. He has subsequently held research posts at Oxford, and at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung in Düsseldorf, Germany. His current work develops new methods for hydrogen analysis using APT, designing and constructing unique high-vacuum equipment for isotopic doping of metallic materials, and to allow for exposure of samples to controlled environments.
His work has covered the development of new data analysis methods and software, characterisation of materials, experimental protocols, and add-on systems for instrumentation. He is the primary author of the leading open-source data visualisation and analysis program for atom probe tomography (3Depict), and has developed software for generic atom probe data analysis and for the operation of high-vacuum systems (libvacuumdevice).
Dr. Qifeng Yang
Dr. Qifeng Yang works as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Oxford Atom Probe Group at the University of Oxford. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science in Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a subsequent D.Phil. (2018) in atom probe tomography at University of Oxford.
His work covers the surface characterization of catalytic materials at atomic scale and composition segregation of nanoparticles. He has extensive knowledge on UHV system maintenance and development. He was the main administrator of Oxford Nanoscience 3DAP.