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Dr Stephen Harrop

Dr Stephen Harrop
Dr Stephen Harrop
Beamline Scientist - MX

Role at ANSTO

Dr Stephen Harrop works on the macromolecular crystallography (MX1) and micro-focus crystallography (MX2) beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron. His role involves assisting scientists from the crystallography user community through all aspects of their experiments, specialising in optimising data collection to give the best results. He works within the MX team to maintain and improve the computational aspects of data collection and processing.

Stephen completed a degree in Physics at the University of York where he was introduced to crystallography by Prof. Michael Woolfson and Prof. Peter Main. He then completed a PhD with Prof. John Helliwell at the University of Manchester, where he studied the Laue method with synchrotron radiation. During this time he conducted experiments at the Daresbury Laboratory where he was introduced to the practical arts of collecting and processing synchrotron data. This was followed by postdoctoral positions at the University of Manchester and the University of New South Wales. Now at the Australian Synchrotron, Stephen's expertise is in making sure that users are able to collect the best data possible from their crystals and improving software capabilities.   

Expertise

  • Laue diffraction methods, anomalous scattering, protein diffraction, time resolved crystallography
  • Data collection methods, improving data processing, software development, rastering

Qualifications & Achievements

  • PhD from the University of Manchester (1992)
  • Postdoctoral position at the University of Manchester
  • Postdoctoral position at the University of New South Wales
  • Member of Professionals Australia