A Rigaku Seminar at Gulf Coast Conference

Scott Fess is Product Manager EDXRF at Applied Rigaku Technologies in Cedar Park, Texas. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin and has over 30 years of experience in XRF instrumentation, supporting various industries and organizations. Scott started his career as an EDXRF Applications Specialist and, over the years, has worked in the evolution of EDXRF technology as an Applications Lab Manager, Technical Manager, and Product Manager. He is also an active member of ASTM Petroleum Committee D02.03, participating in the development of several ASTM XRF methods.

Ryan holds an M.S. from California State University, Fullerton in Organic Chemistry and has been with Rigaku since 2013. He started in the X-ray Fluorescence Applications Lab and has worked on a broad range of materials. Experience includes working as an organic chemist with EDXRF, WDXRF, NMR, DCP, ICP, IR, GC, Mass Spec, Particle Size, Rheology instrumentation in the semiconductor, geothermal and petrochemical R&D industries. He enjoys helping customers find preparation techniques and instrumentation that suit their needs for elemental analysis.

Akhilesh Tripathi is the XRD Application Manager at Rigaku Americas, a division of Rigaku Americas Holding, located in The Woodlands, Texas. With 30 years of experience in materials characterization using powder and single crystal X-ray diffraction, Akhilesh has dedicated 20 of those years to his work at Rigaku. His expertise spans a range of X-ray techniques, including Rietveld analysis, small-angle X-ray scattering, thin-film characterization, and various quantitative phase analysis methods. Akhilesh is well-versed in conducting XRD-related training, both onsite and offsite, sharing his extensive knowledge with others in the field. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry and Material Science from Stony Brook University and completed postdoctoral research at Texas A&M University. Akhilesh has also contributed to the scientific community with over 28 papers published in peer-reviewed journals on these subjects.

Angela holds a PhD from Rice University and has been with Rigaku for since January 2002. She started in the Macromolecular Crystallography Applications lab focusing on X-ray techniques to study structural biology. She has gained expertise in a number of X-ray methods in her tenure at Rigaku, including small angle X-ray scattering and X-ray computed tomography. Angela likes working with customers to find the best fit for their samples while addressing their specific experimental questions.