Meet the team

Dr Ed MITCHELL
Head of Business Development and staff scientist

Phone: +33 (0)4 76 88 26 64

Ed is responsible for the ESRF's commercial and industrial programmes, and has over 20 years’ experience in protein crystallography and using synchrotron radiation. He has worked in a variety of roles at the ESRF, including project manager for the Partnership for Structural Biology and for the preparation of the ESRF Upgrade Programme, and has led the construction of three synchrotron X-ray stations.

Dr Ennio CAPRIA
Deputy Head of Business Development
 
Phone  +33 (0)4 76 88 29 05

Ennio gained his PhD in Applied Physics at Cranfield University (UK). In his research career he has worked on the development of nanobiosensors and on nanocomposites. In 2011 Ennio joined Elettra where he worked on manufacturing of optoelectronic devices and particularly their characterisation with synchrotron light. In 2013 Ennio joined ESRF as the IRT NanoElec Industrial Liaison Engineer and in 2016 became the Deputy Head of the BDO.

Ms Ewa WYSZYNSKA
Business Development Administrator
 
Phone  +33 (0)4 76 88 40 90  / Direct Line 21 89

Ewa is the BDO administrative contact point for all of our industrial clients: putting new clients in contact with the most appropriate beamline scientists, drawing up quotations and contracts, scheduling experiments and ensuring follow-up, and answering a multitude of diverse client questions on a daily basis.

Ms Deborah DAVISON
MX Beamtime Scheduling Administrator, Structural Biology Group

Phone: +33 (0)4 76 88 21 09

Debby is our key contact for the planning of all MX experiments across the MX beamline portfolio. For industrial clients, this means regular MX shifts, Remote Access shifts and MXpress scheduling. This busy role keeps her in daily contact with our industrial clients and academic users alike.

Dr Athanasios PAPAZOGLOU
Business Development Coordinator
 
Phone:  +33 (0)4 76 88 40 66

Athanasios (Thanos) is a Business Developer at the ESRF, where he develops long-term collaborations and partnerships with industrial users. Thanos has experience in one-on-one work with customers, through hands-on science and cutting-edge technology. He has worked with companies and research institutes to help them grow their commercial activity and networks. Before this, he conducted research at the University Grenoble Alpes, from where he obtained his Ph.D. on in situ experimental geomechanics, which involved the use of synchrotron and neutron sources.

Ms Noor NAWAZ
Business Development Engineer - Nanosciences/Nanotechnology
 
Phone:  +33 (0)4 76 88 40 56

Currently working as a Business Development Engineer on two European nanotechnology and nanoscience projects, NFFA and RIANA, Noor's role focuses on bridging the gap between academia and industry by promoting the use of Europe’s large-scale research infrastructures to help companies advance their projects and increase their TRLs. She studied Chemical & Process Engineering and have 4 years of experience in industry in collaboration with ESRF on strain engineering of transition semiconductor materials and advanced layer transfer processes with polymers, including wafer chip bonding techniques.

Mr Inaam UL HAQ
Business Development Engineer - PAC-G
 
Phone:  +33 (0)4 76 88 45 94  

Inaam is a Business Developer at ESRF where he is assigned to a French national initiative called the Platform for advanced characterisation. He connects industries in the Micro- and nano-electronics sector with Europe’s leading research infrastructures, including ESRF, ILL, LPSC, and CEA-Leti. He helps companies in microelectronics and nanoelectronics accelerate R&D by communicating advanced characterization techniques and managing a Competence Centre focused on the irradiation of electronic components for harsh environments such as space and nuclear applications. Inaam’s role combines strategy, collaboration, and hands-on project management to drive real impact in the microelectronics industry.

Ms Agnieszka CORLEY-WICIAK
Business Development Engineer
 
Phone:  +33 (0)4 76 88 26 77  

Agnieszka is a Business Developer at the ESRF, working in the European project AddmorePower. She promotes advanced X-ray characterisation techniques to industry, with a focus on semiconductors and advanced technologies. She is completing her PhD studies in Experimental Physics at RWTH Aachen University, specialising in semiconductors and materials characterization methods. With experience across European research institutes, she bridges scientific innovation with industrial applications.

Ms Madalina RACOVITA
Business Development Trainee
 
Phone:  +33 (0)4 76 88 29 07  

Madalina joined the team in December 2024 as a Business Developer and Marketing trainee, for a duration of three years. She supports the team in organising events, communication activities, contact management and creating the necessary marketing material. 

Dr Gary ADMANS
Business Development Engineer for European grant applications support
 
Phone  +33 (0)4 76 88 27 57

Gary has worked in science communication at the ESRF for nearly two decades. He graduated as a biological chemist (Kent, UK) and studied for PhD in synthetic organic chemistry (Exeter, UK). His research included projects with companies such as GSK, Dow Corning and Unilever.

Ms Chiara FACOETTI
European Projects Communication Officer
 
Phone  +33 (0)4 76 88 45 74

Ms Elodie BOLLER
Liaison Engineer for high-resolution diffraction, microtomography and topography, Structure of Materials Group
 
Phone: +33 (0)4 76 88 26 71

Elodie is our X-ray imaging specialist, mainly in microtomography, and provides high-quality 3D images of our clients’ samples. Elodie assesses the feasibility of experiments across a range beamlines and a broad variety of client problems and materials, and has worked at the ESRF for over 12 years.

Dr Thu Nhi TRAN CALISTE
Liaison Scientist for topography, Structure of Materials Group
 
Phone: +33 (0)4 76 88 23 92

Thu Nhi is our expert in different X-ray Imaging techniques such as X-ray topography, Rocking Curve Imaging and section topography, which are well adapted  to provide quantitative and qualitative information on defects in single crystals.

Dr Romain TALON
Liaison Scientist for structural biology (MX, BioSAXS, CryoEM), Structural Biology Group
 
Phone: +33 (0)4 76 88 26 61

Romain is the scientific and technical contact of our commercial clients for the MX, BioSAXS and Cryo-EM end-stations. He has over 10 years’ experience in protein crystallography and using MX synchrotron beamlines. He has previously worked at the Diamond Light Source synchrotron as senior user support scientist of the XChem-I04-1 fragment screening facility.

Dr Michael SZTUCKI
Liaison Scientist for small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS)
 
Phone: +33 (0)4 76 88 28 93

Michael is our expert in Small- and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS and WAXS) techniques and data modelling for industrial applications. He has more than 15 years' experience at the ESRF and is currently working on the High Brilliance SAXS/WAXS/USAXS Beamline ID02 and the Micro- and Nanofocus beamline ID13.

Ms Ulrike KAPP
Liaison Technician for structural biology (MX), Structural Biology Group
 
Phone: +33 (0)4 76 20 94 75

Ulrike is supporting the smooth operation of the structural biology commercial services. She has worked as a research technician in the ESRF Structural Biology Lab for more than 20 years.