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Research associate with a background in X-ray detection instrumentation working on the SMILE SXI instrument

Sembay, S., Alme, A. L., Agnolon, D., Arnold, T., Beardmore, A., Belén Balado Margeli, A., Bicknell, C., Bouldin, C., Branduardi-Raymont, G., Crawford, T., Breuer, J. P., Buggey, T., Butcher, G., Canchal, R., Carter, J. A., Cheney, A., Collado-Vega, Y. M., Connor, H., … Yang, S. (2024). The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) on the SMILE Mission. Earth and Planetary Physics, 8(1), 5–14.

Koch-Mehrin, K. A. L., Bugby, S. L., Lees, J. E., Veale, M. C., & Wilson, M. D. (2021). Charge Sharing and Charge Loss in High-Flux Capable Pixelated CdZnTe Detectors. Sensors, 21(9), 3260.

Koch-Mehrin, K. A. L., Lees, J. E., & Bugby, S. L. (2020). A spectroscopic Monte-Carlo model to simulate the response of pixelated CdTe based detectors. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 976, 164241.

Bugby, S. L., Koch-Mehrin, K. A. L., Veale, M. C., Wilson, M. D., & Lees, J. E. (2019). Energy-loss correction in charge sharing events for improved performance of pixellated compound semiconductors. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 940, 142–151.

• X-ray CCD and CMOS detectors and calibration
• Compound semiconductors for X-ray detection
• Computer simulations of X-ray instrumentation
• Scientific Python software development
• Mission planning and operations of instruments in Space

• Physics Phd | Â鶹ÊÓƵ, Space Research Centre

Thesis title: The hard X-ray performance of pixelated CdTe-based detectors using Monte Carlo and ab initio simulations

• Physics MPhys | University of Kent

Thesis title: A Computer Simulation Study of the Oxygen Ion Diffusitivity in Doped Mesoporous Structures of Ceria (CeO2)