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
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. https://doi.org/10.26464/epp2023067
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. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21093260
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.164241
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.06.017
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)