Roland Kröger
Professor

Profile

Career

Summary of expertise

• Nanophysics
• Quantitative Transmission Electron Microscopy
• Defects and Interfaces
• Biomineralization

Departmental roles

• Chair of the Departmental Teaching Committee

Research

Overview

Research Group:

• Condensed Matter Physics - Nano- and Biomaterial Physics Group

Available PhD research projects

PhD Opportunity:

• Mineralisation of bone and biomimetic collagen from the atomic to the micrometre scale studied by novel in situ X-ray and electron microscopy techniques 

The student will be a member of Dr Roland Kroeger’s research group at the University of York and will also have the opportunity to be based 50% of the time at Diamond Light Source, near Oxford, as part of the X-ray nanoprobe beamline team. 
The successful candidate for this position is expected to have a university degree in Physics, Physical Chemistry or a related subject with good knowledge of electron microscopy and strong interest in the biological aspects of this project.