Andi Barbour

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.