Dr. rer. nat. Dipl.-Phys. Herbert Göbel Founder of LabXA (1983) and Scientific Leader
• Diploma and PhD Thesis (1969) in Nuclear Science at Technical University Munich
• 1970 - 2003 Scientist at Siemens AG, Corporate R&D, X-Ray Laboratory
• Organiser of EPDIC 1, Munich 1991
• 1990 - 1994 Member of German Committee of Synchrotron Radiation
• 1998 ICDD Hanawald Awardee
• ICDD Fellow and Director at Large (2004-08 BoD at ICDD)
• Scientific Milestones in X-Ray Analysis: - Pioneer and Project Leader for Software Solutions in XRPD - Rapid and Precise XRPD Using Position-Sensitive Detectors - High Resolution- and Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffration and Reflectometry - Multilayer Monochromators (Göbel-Mirrors)
• 1999 Diploma Thesis on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells ("X-Ray and Neutron Diffraction on Ion Transport in Scandium Stabalised Zirconia") at Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich
• 2005 PhD Thesis on Metal Matrix Composites ("Non-destructive Investigation of Residual Stresses and Inhomogeneities in AlSi7Mg/SiC/70p MMCs") at Technical University Vienna and Siemens AG, Corporate R&D, Munich
Methods: X-Ray, Synchrotron X-Ray and Neutron Diffraction, Micro- and Holo-Tomography (ESRF)