Dr Marcus Newton

Marcus Newton is an Associate Professor and leader of the Coherent X-ray Science Group. His research is focussed on the study of quantum materials at the nanoscale using coherent x-rays. He is a pioneer in the field of x-ray diffraction imaging for the study of nanoscale quantum materials. He also collaborates with a number of industry partners to develop materials and devices for next generation technologies that make use of quantum materials.

He has many years experience in delivering lecture series courses on 'Crystalline Solids' (PHYS3004), ‘Applied Nuclear Physics’ (PHYS3009) and ‘Computer Techniques in Physics’ (PHYS6017) as a part of the undergraduate teaching programme. He is also co-author of the third edition of Introductory Solid State Physics, an undergraduate text book on condensed matter physics to be published by Taylor & Francis.

Marcus is author of the Interactive Phase Retrieval Suite, the first software package that allows for real-time visualisation of the reconstruction of phase information in both two and three dimensions. This is the most popular software tool for phase reconstruction of Bragg CDI data and is routinely used at various synchrotron facilities including the Diamond Light Source, the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) and the Advanced Photon Source (APS). It has provided Coherent Diffraction Imaging scientists with a step improvement in the efficiency of data analysis through automation and ease of use.