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Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
D. Nanda Gopala Krishna
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
2
Dimitry Tegunov
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
3
Jorge Alejandro Torres-Ochoa
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
4
Larissa Heinrich
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
5
Lauren H. Grey
Western University
6
Shawn Zheng
University of California, San Francisco
7
Jacob Madsen
Technical University of Denmark
8
Fabian Eisenstein
ETH Zurich
9
Joshua W. Pinder
Brigham Young University
10
Christopher J. Peddie
The Francis Crick Institute

Rising Stars Papers

1
Defining the nature of adventitious carbon and improving its merit as a charge correction reference for XPS
Applied Surface Science|2024
292 cit.
2
Avoiding common errors in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data collection and analysis, and properly reporting instrument parameters
Applied Surface Science Advances|2024
232 cit.
3
Smart parallel automated cryo-electron tomography
Nature Methods|2024
37 cit.
4
What's in a Name? “ESCA” or “XPS”? A Discussion of Comments Made by Kai Siegbahn More Than Four Decades Ago Regarding the Name of the Technique
Surface and Interface Analysis|2025
4 cit.
5
Much Ado About Nothing? Background Anomalies Without Accompanying Primary Peaks in X‐Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Low Energy Ion Scattering
Surface and Interface Analysis|2025
1 cit.
6
Advancing Surface Analysis: The Career and Contributions of Dr. Peter M. A. Sherwood
Surface and Interface Analysis|2025
1 cit.
7
torch-projectors: A High-Performance Differentiable Projection Library for PyTorch
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2026
1 cit.
8
MissAlignment Teaches Itself Better Cryo-ET Tilt-Series Alignment by Making It Worse
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2026
1 cit.
9
Introduction to the Special Collection for the Society of Vacuum Coaters' 66th Annual Technical Conference
Surface and Coatings Technology|2024
0 cit.
10
Introduction to the Special Issue: Modern Methods and Avoiding Errors in Surface Analysis
Applied Surface Science Advances|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Michael J. Eller
California State University System
2
Alexis Rohou
Helix (United States)
3
Julia Mahamid
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
4
Taehun Lee
Chung-Ang University
5
Alex J. Noble
New York Structural Biology Center
6
Carrie L. Donley
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7
Kun Li
Inner Mongolia Medical University
8
Hosea M. Nelson
California Institute of Technology
9
José A. Rodríguez
University of California, Los Angeles
10
Xinzheng Zhang
Institute of Biophysics

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Visualizing translation dynamics at atomic detail inside a bacterial cell
Nature|2022
196 cit.
2
Waffle Method: A general and flexible approach for improving throughput in FIB-milling
Nature Communications|2022
151 cit.
3
Catalytic asymmetric C–H insertion reactions of vinyl carbocations
Science|2022
67 cit.
4
Molecular mechanisms of stress-induced reactivation in mumps virus condensates
Cell|2023
67 cit.
5
Genetically encoded multimeric tags for subcellular protein localization in cryo-EM
Nature Methods|2023
60 cit.
6
Determining protein structures in cellular lamella at pseudo-atomic resolution by GisSPA
Nature Communications|2023
53 cit.
7
Fully automated multi-grid cryoEM screening using <i>Smart Leginon</i>
IUCrJ|2022
36 cit.
8
Light and electron microscopy continuum-resolution imaging of 3D cell cultures
Developmental Cell|2023
31 cit.
9
In situ cryo-FIB/SEM Specimen Preparation Using the Waffle Method
BIO-PROTOCOL|2022
30 cit.
10
The reduction of FIB damage on cryo-lamella by lowering energy of ion beam revealed by a quantitative analysis
Structure|2023
26 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
M. Newville
University of Chicago
2
Adrian P. Sutton
Imperial College London
3
Steven J. Plimpton
Sandia National Laboratories
4
David A. Agard
University of California, San Francisco
5
Yifan Cheng
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6
Lars Hultman
Linköping University
7
Peter C. Hayes
The University of Queensland
8
Gábor A. Somorjai
University of California System
9
Sjors H. W. Scheres
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
10
Stephen J. Pennycook
Institute of Physics

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Fast Parallel Algorithms for Short-Range Molecular Dynamics
Journal of Computational Physics|1995
44.6k cit.
2
<i>ATHENA</i>,<i>ARTEMIS</i>,<i>HEPHAESTUS</i>: data analysis for X-ray absorption spectroscopy using<i>IFEFFIT</i>
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation|2005
16.5k cit.
3
Electron-energy-loss spectra and the structural stability of nickel oxide:  An LSDA+U study
Physical review. B, Condensed matter|1998
14.8k cit.
4
LAMMPS - a flexible simulation tool for particle-based materials modeling at the atomic, meso, and continuum scales
Computer Physics Communications|2021
11.5k cit.
5
MotionCor2: anisotropic correction of beam-induced motion for improved cryo-electron microscopy
Nature Methods|2017
8.9k cit.
6
Analysis of XPS spectra of Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions in oxide materials
Applied Surface Science|2007
6.5k cit.
7
RELION: Implementation of a Bayesian approach to cryo-EM structure determination
Journal of Structural Biology|2012
6k cit.
8
New tools for automated high-resolution cryo-EM structure determination in RELION-3
eLife|2018
5.4k cit.
9
<i>IFEFFIT</i> : interactive XAFS analysis and <i>FEFF</i> fitting
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation|2001
3k cit.
10
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy: Towards reliable binding energy referencing
Progress in Materials Science|2019
2.5k cit.

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