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Jonathan D. Almer

Physicist, Group Leader

Biography

Jonathan Almer conducts research in the fields of materials science, chemistry and biology using high-energy X-ray scattering and imaging.

As a beamline scientist at the Advanced Photon Source, he develops novel techniques and acts as a scientific liaison to a host of academic and industrial partners.

Ongoing collaborations include micromechanics of bone and teeth with Northwestern University, battery and fuel-cell investigations with Argonne chemistry staff, thermo-mechanical studies of turbine blades and advanced steels with various Argonne and external groups, and archaeo-metallurgy studies with the Art Institute of Chicago.

Prior to coming to Argonne, Almer was a post-doc in Linkoping, Sweden where he designed and evaluated metal-nitride films for improved tribological applications.

Almer conducted his doctoral work at Northwestern University with Jerome Cohen where he studied residual stresses and their effect on fatigue properties in steel.

Education

  • Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1998
  • Physics, B.S, North Park University, 1991