People
Dr Kjell Koch-Mehrin
Senior Research Associate, SMILE SXI Operations Scientist
School/Department: Physics and Astronomy, School of
Email: kkm23@leicester.ac.uk
Profile
Research associate with a background in X-ray detection instrumentation working on the SMILE SXI instrument
Research
Publications
The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) on the SMILE Mission
Charge Sharing and Charge Loss in High-Flux Capable Pixelated CdZnTe Detectors
A spectroscopic Monte-Carlo model to simulate the response of pixelated CdTe based detectors
Energy-loss correction in charge sharing events for improved performance of pixellated compound semiconductors
Interests
- 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
Qualifications
- Physics Phd | University of Leicester, 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)