My research is concentrated on how we can combine scanning transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy to investigate biological systems. In particular, I am interested in how these techniques can be used to locate and quantify elements which are physiologically important, but present in cells only at very low concentrations.
I obtained my BSc in Physics from the University of St Andrews, and joined the Department of Materials at Oxford in 2016. I completed my DPhil (PhD) in 2021 in the STEM Group, supervised by Prof. Peter Nellist, Prof. Roland Fleck (King's College London) and Dr Sarah Flatters (King's College London).
30.15 Holder Building
Department of Materials, University of Oxford
Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH
Telephone: 01865 273661
Email address: alex.sheader@materials.ox.ac.uk
