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    Prokhodtseva, Anna

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    About Dr. Anna Prokhodtseva

    Dr. Anna Prokhodtseva is a Product Manager for FIB-SEM systems at Thermo Fisher Scientific. She has worked in electron microscopy for more than 15 years, with a technical foundation that includes focused ion beam methods, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy, and electron backscatter diffraction. Her experience reflects deep engagement with the tools and techniques used to investigate material structure and behavior.

    Expertise and focus

    Anna has extensive hands-on experience preparing and analyzing samples for advanced imaging and microanalysis. During her doctoral research, she developed deep practical expertise using electron microscopy to study radiation damage and structural behavior in metals, including detailed work with transmission electron microscopy and focused ion beam techniques.

    Following her PhD, Anna held a series of technical roles at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where she contributed directly to the development of new FIB-SEM products through close collaboration with research and development teams. Her experience includes transmission electron microscopy lamella preparation, focused ion beam tomography, atom probe specimen preparation, and the use of analytical methods such as electron backscatter diffraction and energy-dispersive spectroscopy. She also has experience with image analysis tools used in materials characterization. These capabilities enable her to understand how researchers utilize microscopy to investigate microstructure, defects, interfaces, and compositional variations in complex materials.

    In her current role, Anna focuses on translating focused ion beam user needs into practical solutions that support real research challenges. This background allows her to understand how researchers use microscopy to study microstructure, defects, interfaces, and compositional variations in complex materials.

    Scientific perspective

    Anna’s perspective is shaped by years of collaboration with research and development teams and by her doctoral work in radiation damage in metals, which required detailed structural and compositional evaluation using electron microscopy. She understands the practical challenges researchers face when imaging and analyzing various materials, preparing samples, and combining complementary techniques. Her goal is to support customers as they work to obtain accurate and meaningful insight from their FIB-SEM and transmission electron microscopy data.

    Sen, Abhijit

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    Dr. Abhijit Sen earned his Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry honors from Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, Kolkata, India. He subsequently completed his M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore. His doctoral research focused on structure–property relationships in organic-inorganic halide hybrids, involving the design and synthesis of zero- to three-dimensional hybrid crystals and the study of their dimension-dependent dielectric, optical, and magnetic properties.

    Following his Ph.D., Dr. Sen worked as a Research Engineer III at Saint-Gobain Research India for two years. There, he contributed to new product development, root cause analysis, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), and competitive benchmarking using sophisticated tools e.g. XRD, microscopes, XRF, TGA, DSC etc.

    Currently, he serves as an Application Scientist at Thermo Fisher Scientific India, overseeing XRF, OES, and XRD application support across India and neighboring regions. As a materials chemist, Dr. Sen possesses a deep understanding of the structure–property relationships in ceramics, metals, organics, and hybrid materials. He brings practical expertise in a wide range of analytical techniques, including SEM, XRD, XRF, XPS, optical microscopy, UV-Vis, PL, FTIR, TGA, DSC, and dielectric and magnetic measurements, to support both research and QA/QC applications.

    Staggert, Jill

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    Jill is an experienced Market Development Manager. Today, Jill’s current role involves leading awareness, demand generation, and content marketing programs for X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Spark Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES), and Sample Manipulation Systems. She is leading her business unit’s metals and cement vertical marketing campaigns.

    Dahal, Sudhir

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    Sudhir is the Product Manager of Research Raman Products at Thermo Fisher Scientific, with over a decade of experience in spectroscopy techniques and analytical instrumentation. He specializes in serving diverse markets, including Battery, Pharmaceuticals, Polymer, Environmental, and Forensic sectors.

    He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where he developed innovative spectroscopy-based technique for brain tumor cell detection. His expertise spans analytical chemistry, optical spectroscopy, biochemistry, and microscopy.

    In his professional role, Sudhir excels in product marketing, management, and development, adeptly translating complex scientific concepts into market-ready solutions. He is dedicated to fostering collaboration across multidisciplinary teams and driving innovation in scientific instrumentation.

    Passionate about bridging the gap between science and business, he is committed to mentoring emerging scientists and making impactful contributions to the field.

    Drathen, Christina

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    Christina Drathen leads the Product Management team for Metals and Minerals at Thermo Fisher Scientific. With over a decade of experience in X-ray analytical tools, Christina has a proven track record in the field. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at the European Synchrotron in France, she transitioned to the analytical instrument manufacturing industry. Here, she held roles as an application specialist and product manager for a diverse range of products. Christina’s deep understanding of both the scientific and commercial aspects of the industry enables her to effectively bridge the gap between research and practical applications. She holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Edinburgh, UK

    Woodis, Lena

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    Lena Woodis is the Product Manager for FTIR benchtop instruments at Thermo Fisher Scientific. She holds a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Wisconsin—Madison, for which she developed ultrafast coherent multidimensional spectroscopic techniques.

    Lemberge, Pascal

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    Pascal Lemberge is an applications specialist XRF at Thermo Fisher Scientific. His current role is to support sales and marketing as well as R&D through application development, analysis of customer samples, demonstration of instruments and providing trainings.

    He obtained a PhD at the University of Antwerp, Belgium with a subject on spectrum evaluation and multivariate calibration techniques for EDXRF. During a short post-doctoral fellowship, he participated in the development of a new EDXRF instrument that would serve as a quality control tool in the silicon wafer industry.