Dr Adrián Pedrazo Tardajos
Adrián Pedrazo Tardajos is a scientist with experience in advanced electron microscopy techniques. In 2015, Adrián completed his MSc degree in Nanophysics and Advanced Materials at the Complutense University of Madrid and joined the Spanish National Centre for Electron Microscopy as an electron microscopy technician. In 2017 he joined the EMAT group at the University of Antwerp to pursue a doctorate followed by a one-year postdoctoral training. During that time, he focused his research on the development of an ultraclean graphene transfer method and advanced applications of graphene supports for transmission electron microscopy.
At the Franklin, he is currently involved in the development and implementation of advanced electron microscopy techniques, including electron ptychography, tomography, and a range of spectroscopic methods. Through this work, he aims to expand the analytical capabilities of electron microscopy and to provide deeper insight into our understanding of life.
Aberration-corrected transmission electron microscope
Ruska is an aberration-corrected transmission electron microscope (TEM) used to explore novel methods to study radiation sensitive specimens such as biological materials that have been cryogenically preserved or encapsulated in liquid for dynamic observations.
Chromatic Correction
Knoll, the first chromatic aberration-corrected electron microscope in the UK housed at the Franklin, will push the current resolution limits for biological samples by correcting energy variations in the electron beam.
Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy
Transient, dynamic assemblies of biomolecules in solution are the primary driving forces behind biology. However, studying these at high resolutions requires the use of electron microscopes (EM), which need extremely high vacuums to function.