Staff Directory

Alexander S. Filatov, PhD

Director of X-ray Research Facilities

Office: Searle 402

As a director of X-ray Research facilities at the University of Chicago, I am responsible for the management and operation of Single Crystal and Powder X-ray diffraction (SXRD/PXRD), Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) and X-ray spectroscopy – X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and X-ray Fluorescence (XPS, XRF) cores. I am focusing on all stages of structural work from crystal growth and client advising to data collection, solving, refining and publishing. I train and supervise students, postdocs, and other researchers; help in manuscript and manuals preparation. I am available for consultation about any aspects of the crystallographic experiments or other X-ray related analytic techniques.

In addition to in-house available methods, I am also involved in a variety of collaborative projects with national laboratories using less commonly available advanced techniques such as Resonant X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption (EXAFS/XANES) or single crystal or powder diffraction based on neutron scattering. I have co-authored several reviews/book chapter and more than 150 peer-reviewed publications including those in top ranked journals such as SCIENCE (Journal Cover 2023, 2020, 2011), NATURE (2022), Nature Chemistry (2023), some other recent examples from JACS (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 (Journal Cover and Spotlight)) and Angewandte Chemistry (2022, 2022 (Hot Paper), 2020, 2018 (Frontispiece)).