Challenges of Decoding Data in Spectroscopy, Reflectometry, X-Ray and Electron Diffraction

Dr Felix N. Chukhovskii is Full Professor of Physics and Materials Science at Shubnikov’s Institute of Crystallography in the Federal Scientific Research Centre of Crystallography and Photonics at the Russian Academy of Sciences. His work explores the dynamical theory of the X-ray and electron scattering in crystals with defects. He is the author of 183 publications.Dr Vladimir V. Volkov is a Leader Scientist at Shubnikov’s Institute of Crystallography in the Federal Scientific Research Centre of Crystallography and Photonics at the Russian Academy of Sciences. His research interests are the small-angle scattering data treatment and interpretation, determination of the structure of biopolymers in solutions, and nanosized complex systems, and he is the author of 142 journal articles. Dr Petr V. Konarev is a Senior Scientist at Shubnikov’s Institute of Crystallography in the Federal Scientific Research Centre of Crystallography and Photonics at the Russian Academy of Sciences. His research focus is the development of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) methods for the analysis of biological macromolecules, and he is the author of 162 journal articles.