Andi Barbour
CSX Beamline Scientist & SIS Group Leader (interim), EST (CSX) & DSSI (SIS), National Synchrotron Light Source II
Brookhaven National Laboratory
National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 741, Room 117
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-3895
(631) 599-8500
abarbour@bnl.gov
Pronouns: she, her, hers
Andi is currently in a joint role 1) a beamline scientist at the CSX beamline improving the beamline's capabilities and collborates with users 2) Scientific Informations Systems group leader in the DSSI Division which currently focuses on systems related to facility access.
Andi's scientific interests began with molecular magnets investigated via infrared spectroscopy. Later, her interests turned to researching Van der Waals adsorbed films using thermodynamics and neutron scattering to understand the interplay between structure and dynamics governing the formation of 2D molecular films on crystalline surfaces. These interests were foundational to transitioning to the techniques of X-ray Surface Diffraction and X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy to study model electrochemical surfaces and multiferroics.
More recently, Andi is interested in using the power of scientific computing and machine learning to provide new scientific insights given the high data volumes at today's X-ray synchrotron sources and to understand how artifacts in data may be identified to improve reliability of standard analyses.
Education
- Postdoctoral Appointee, X-ray Scattering Group, Material Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory. Supervisor: Hoydoo You
- Ph.D. in Chemistry with a concentration in Chemical Physics, University of Tennesse at Knoxville. Supervisor: J.Z. Larese
- B.S. in Chemistry, North Carolina State University
Professional Appointments
ROLES:
- Authorized beamline staff for the CSX beamline (2015 to present)
- Interim Group Leader for Scientific Information Systems within DSSI Division (2024 to present)
- Co-PI Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage (2021 to present)
- Co-PI of Laboratory Directed Research and Development effort for AI-ML guided analysis of coherent scattering data (2020-2023)
- Supervisor of Technical and Professional Research Support Staff for the Soft X-ray Scattering and Spectroscopy program (2018 - 2024)
COMMITTEES:
- International Advisory Committee of the Coherence Conference (2025 to present)
- Peer Review Committee for the Canadian Light Source (2019 to present)
- NSLS-II DSSI Advisory Committee (2022 to present)
- NSLS-II Radiation Safety Committee (2017 to present)
Brookhaven National Laboratory
National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 741, Room 117
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-3895
(631) 599-8500
abarbour@bnl.gov
