Rice University
E-mail: tanguy_terlier @ avs.org

TANGUY TERLIER is a Research Scientist at Rice University for the Shared Equipment Authority, a core facility organization (Houston, Texas, United States). He has obtained his Ph.D. thesis on the ToF-SIMS analysis of organic multilayers for organic electronic applications at French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA-Leti) where he was working on the nano characterization platform back in 2015. His research was focused on the application and optimization of Argon cluster ion beam in ToF-SIMS analysis. He continued his research as a postdoc at the Korean Institute of Science & Technology’s Advanced Analysis Center, where he has developed a method for the 3D reconstruction by combining ToF-SIMS and AFM and using a sputter model. He has also developed advanced analytical methods and constructed a database for predictable markers of trace evidence for cosmetics in human hair, fingerprint and lipstick marks.

In 2018, he joined Rice University to manage the SIMS Lab and since 2023, he has been managing the Elemental & Material Analysis Facility for ICP-MS, ICP-OES, Elemental Combustion Analyzer & Microwave Digestion. He is currently the Lead Project Engineer for the Woodside-Rice Decarbonization Accelerator, which has the goal to convert green-house gases into highly purified structured carbon materials. His research interests are centered on the development of Operando measurements using ToF-SIMS, and the use of analytical tools & advanced computing algorithms for solving complex datasets. He is also focused on in situ Scanning Probe Microscopy for data fusion in correlative microscopy/spectroscopy and for advanced 3D reconstruction using SPM/ToF-SIMS. In addition, he is currently an elected member-at -large for the executive committee of American Vacuum Society / Applied Surface Science Division since 2022, Vice-President of the North America SIMS Society since 2023, and he is appointed as member of the US delegation for the International Standard Organization Technical Committee 201 “Surface Chemical Analysis” since 2023.