jose banuelos

I am currently a permanent staff member of the Large Scale Structures Group in the ISIS neutron and muon scattering facility at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Didcot, England. I am currently helping to commission a £7.2 million multipurpose diffraction and spectroscopy instrument that will offer several neutron spin precession techniques at the ISIS facility as part of an international collaboration with Delft University of Technology (Delft, Netherlands). I conduct scientific outreach and user support to both the academic and industrial European and international neutron user communities involved in nanoscience research, while spearheading the development of a research programme which incorporates electrochemical experiments in situ with time-resolved neutron scattering analysis.

Geochemistry and Interfacial Sciences group, Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, group leader: David J. Wesolowski. -My work focused on studying the molecular-scale structure and dynamics at fluid/solid interfaces in electrical energy storage systems, in support of key focus areas of the Fluid Interface Reactions, Structures and Transport (FIRST) Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC), a U.S. Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences Center. P.I.: David J. Wesolowski. -I used X-ray and neutron scattering techniques, including small angle scattering, reflectometry, diffraction, and neutron spin echo, and communicate across different specialties to integrate theory and simulation in our investigations.

* Managed the x-ray science laboratory at the department of physics. * Designed experiments, set up & constructed experiment ancillary equipment, performed data reduction/analysis for both internal and external users of the laboratory. * Developed anomalous x-ray scattering instrumentation for the quantitative determination of metal distribution and morphology in bone. * Developed data acquisition and analysis software for the 10 m SAXS instrument (Linus), Wide Angle X-ray diffractometer (WAXS), and MEDUSA (Multiple Energy Diffractometer Using Small, medium and wide Angles). * Mentored undergraduate students involved in laboratory projects.

Dissertation: Small angle x-ray scattering: Instrument development and studies of protein aggregation, cellulose hydrolysis, and the production of nanoporous metals using surfactant templates. New Mexico State University- Las Cruces, NM Activities and Societies: American Physical Society, Society of Physics Students, Neutron Scattering Society of America, Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society, Golden Key International Honour Society, Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society