Kevin Stone

Kevin is a staff scientist at SLAC.  His research group focuses on structural characterization of materials and how this relates to material properties.  His work focuses on using synchrotron based X-ray scattering techniques to obtain highly detailed structural information on materials under in situ and operando conditions.  His interests cover a broad range of topics including materials synthesis, electrochemical energy storage, photovoltaics, and additive manufacturing.  Kevin provides user support for the hard X-ray scattering beamlines at SSRL, primarily BL2-1, BL10-2a, BL11-3, and BL17-2.  

Kevin received his bachelors degree in Physics and Astronomy from U.C. Berkeley in 2004.  Having lived all of his life in California to that point, he decided to pursue a Ph.D. in Physics at Stony Brook University in New York.  It was there that he was introduced to synchrotron science and discovered the power of powder diffraction while working with his supervisor Peter Stephens.  After graduating, he returned to California to do a postdoc with Jeff Kortright at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab where he focused on soft X-ray scattering and spectroscopy, using the Advanced Light Source.  In 2013, he moved to SLAC to begin a postdoc with Michael Toney, transitioning into the role of staff scientist.