Martin de Jonge completed his PhD thesis with the University of Melbourne in 2005.  His thesis, entitled 'High-accuracy measurements of the mass attenuation coefficient of molybdenum and tin: testing theories of photoabsorption', received several distinctions, including the University of Melbourne Chancellor's Prize and the ASRP Thesis Medal. 

Between 2005 and 2007 Martin studied differential phase contrast (DPC) imaging in the scanning transmission x-ray microscope at the Advanced Photon Source in Chicago.  He has shown that DPC imaging can provide quantitative high-contrast images of biological and materials specimens, and aims to use this technique to provide knowledge of elemental concentrations within biological specimens for users of the microspectroscopy beamline of the Australian Synchrotron.

Qualifications: B.A. (The University of Melbourne), B.Sc. - (Honours) (The University of Melbourne), Ph.D. - Physics (The University of Melbourne)