Aaron Brewster

Divisions

Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging

• Structural Biology

Research Interests

I focus on serial crystallography computational methods development by researching new algorithms and methods for data reduction at high-energy XFEL sources and synchrotrons. I’m interested in all aspects of the process, from modeling the physics of photon diffraction to file formats and metadata standards to using supercomputers to process huge amounts of data in real time to data visualization.

I am a member of the data reduction team of the Computational Crystallography initiative (cci.lbl.gov), focused on analysis of diffraction data from advanced light sources, including X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs).

I am also researching as part of a large collaboration with the University of Connecticut and MIT the crystal engineering of hybrid coordination polymers towards achieving rational control over the optoelectronic properties of low-dimensional nanostructures.  We are using machine learning principles to add advanced spatial and symmetry aware neural network training methods to small-molecule chemical crystallography and material science data processing.  Press release.

Programs & Initiatives

• Computational Crystallographic Initiative (CCI)
  
• NeXus international advisory committee (NIAC)