Richard D. Leapman
Richard D. Leapman (born December 6, 1950) is an English physicist who serves as the scientific director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and heads the Laboratory of Bioengineering and Physical Science, a position he has held since October 2006. His work focuses on quantitative electron microscopy and new nanoscale imaging methods to study structural and cellular biology. Leapman helped develop electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), enabling very high-resolution analysis of biological structures. He has created methods to quantify elemental and chemical information from inelastic electron scattering and has published more than 100 papers. He has extended energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM) and STEM, combining them with tomography to obtain three-dimensional views of cellular components. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Cambridge. Leapman also serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Microscopy and Nanotechnology and on scientific peer-review panels.
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