Dirk Honecker
Instrument scientist
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Dirk joined ISIS in 2020. Prior to that, he was an instrument scientist at the ILL, with a particular focus on high-time-resolution measurements and polarised scattering techniques, including SANS and diffraction.
He studied technical physics and materials science at Saarland University, Germany, completing a diploma thesis on diffusion processes in nanocrystalline metals under deformation. During his PhD at the University of Luxembourg, he specialised in heavily polarised SANS and advanced micromagnetic analysis to characterise soft and permanent magnets, such as NdFeB.
His areas of expertise include non-standard sample environments and experimental setups, magnetic nanoparticles and assemblies and nanostructured materials for both fundamental materials science and applied studies, including steels and alloys (e.g. hydrogen ingress, precipitate formation during annealing).
