Evgeny Nazaretski
Physical Sciences and Research Operations Division, National Synchrotron Light Source II

Brookhaven National Laboratory
National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 743
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-4428
enazaretski@bnl.gov
Evgeny Nazaretski is a Beamline Engineering Group Leader. He also leads a technical R&D program targeting development of new methods, techniques, and approaches suitable for x-ray microscopy with high spatial resolution.
Selected Publications
- Xu W, Xu W, Bouet N, et al (2025) Machine learning-aided automatic recognition and precise localization of marker layers within multilayer Laue lenses (MLLs) for high-resolution X-ray nanofocusing. Optics & Laser Technology 187:112847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2025.112847
- Xu W, Xu W, Gao Z, et al (2024) A versatile high-speed x-ray microscope for sub-10 nm imaging. Review of Scientific Instruments 95:. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0225904
- Tayal A, Coburn DS, Abel D, et al (2024) Five-analyzer Johann spectrometer for hard X-ray photon-in/photon-out spectroscopy at the Inner Shell Spectroscopy beamline at NSLS-II: design, alignment and data acquisition. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 31:1609–1621. https://doi.org/10.1107/s1600577524009342
- Xu W, Xu W, Bouet N, et al (2023) Machine-learning-based automatic small-angle measurement between planar surfaces in interferometer images: A 2D multilayer Laue lenses case. Optics and Lasers in Engineering 161:107331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2022.107331
- Nazaretski E, Coburn DS, Xu W, et al (2022) A new Kirkpatrick–Baez-based scanning microscope for the Submicron Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy (SRX) beamline at NSLS-II. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 29:1284–1291. https://doi.org/10.1107/s1600577522007056
- Li K, Ali S, Wojcik M, De Andrade V, Huang X, Yan H, Chu YS, Nazaretski E, Pattammattel A, Jacobsen C (2020) Tunable hard x-ray nanofocusing with Fresnel zone plates fabricated using deep etching. Optica 7:410. doi: 10.1364/optica.387445
- Zhang H-T, Park TJ, Zaluzhnyy IA, Wang Q, Wadekar SN, Manna S, Andrawis R, Sprau PO, Sun Y, Zhang Z, Huang C, Zhou H, Zhang Z, Narayanan B, Srinivasan G, Hua N, Nazaretski E, Huang X, Yan H, Ge M, Chu YS, Cherukara MJ, Holt MV, Krishnamurthy M, Shpyrko OG, Sankaranarayanan SKRS, Frano A, Roy K, Ramanathan S (2020) Perovskite neural trees. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16105-y
- Xu W, Xu W, Bouet N, Zhou J, Yan H, Huang X, Pattammattel A, Gao Y, Lu M, Zalalutdinov M, Chu YS, Nazaretski E (2020) 2D MEMS-based multilayer Laue lens nanofocusing optics for high-resolution hard x-ray microscopy. Optics Express 28:17660. doi: 10.1364/oe.389555
Awards & Recognition
Microscopy Today Innovation Award
Battelle Inventor of the Year Award
LI Innovator of the Year Award
Microscopy Today Innovation Award

Brookhaven National Laboratory
National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 743
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-4428
enazaretski@bnl.gov