Dr. Venkata Sree Charan Kuppili

Dr. Venkata Sree Charan Kuppili is a Beamline Scientist for the SpectroMicroscopy (SM, 10ID-1) beamline at the CLS, as well as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics at the University of Saskatchewan. With nearly seven years of experience at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) spanning roles as both an associate and beamline scientist, Charan specializes in developing and applying cutting-edge spectro-microscopy systems to advance condensed matter physics and multi-disciplinary research. Throughout his career, he has focused on creating novel imaging methodologies at world-class large-scale facilities. This includes setting up a state-of-the-art 3D ptycho-tomography system at Diamond Light Source (DLS) in the UK, exploring ancient magnetic signatures in zircon microcrystals as a research associate at the University of Cambridge, and developing soft X-ray ptycho-tomography systems at the CLS. Most recently, Charan led the team that successfully demonstrated Canada's first-ever hard X-ray ptychographic imaging experiment, a groundbreaking technique poised to become a core mainstay at the CLS.

Charan obtained his Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy from University College London in 2019. He holds dual M.Sc. degrees in Geomaterials and Geochemistry from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2013) and Materials Science from Università degli Studi di Torino (2012), completed under the Erasmus Mundus MaMaSELF framework. He earned his B.Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Warangal in 2011.

When he needs a break, Charan enjoys playing shuttle badminton. He is also a trained violinist with expertise in Carnatic music.

Selected Refereed Journals

• E.R. Prieto, M.H. Sk, D. Dwivedi, J. Wang, B. Barlow, S. Agrawal, S.M. Clarke, S. Urquhart, V.S.C. Kuppili*. 2026. Comprehensive Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure analysis of corrosion in Iron at the nanoscale. Electrochimica Acta 574 (2026) 149358.
• Richard J Harrison, Jeffrey Neethirajan, Zhaowen Pei, Pengfei Xue, Lourdes Marcano, Radu Abrudan, Emilie Ringe, Po-Yen Tung, Venkata SC Kuppili, Burkhard Kaulich, Benedikt J Daurer, Luis Carlos Colocho Hurtarte, Majid Kazemian, Liao Chang, Claire Donnelly, Sergio Valencia. 2025. Magnetic vector tomography reveals giant magnetofossils are optimised for magnetointensity reception. Nature Communications, Earth & Environment. 810(6): 1-11.
• Rielly Castle, Narayan Appathurai, Nicholas Simonson, Yasaman Sigari, Mark J. Boland, Feizhou He, Chithra Karunakaran, Jian Wang, Beatriz D. Moreno, Venkata S. C. Kuppili*. 2025. Investigating the limits of hard X-ray coherence length measurement employing Young’s double slit experiment. Nature Scientific Reports, 15:18159.
• Venkata Sree Charan Kuppili*, Matthew Ball, Darren Batey, Kathryn Dodds, Silvia Cipiccia, Kaz Wanelik, Roger Fu, Christoph Rau, Richard Harrison. 2024. Nanoscale imaging of Fe-rich inclusions in single-crystal zircon using X-ray ptycho-tomography. Nature Scientific Reports, 14:5139.
• Simone Sala, Venkata S. C. Kuppili, Stefanos Chalkidis, Darren J. Batey, Xiaowen Shi, Christoph Rau and Pierre Thibault 2018. Multiscale X-ray imaging using ptychography. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 25, 1214-1221.
• V.S.C. Kuppili*, S. Sala, S. Chalkidis, A.M. Wise, A.D. Parsons, I. Zanette, C. Rau and P. Thibault 2016. Ptychotomography at DLS coherence beamline I13. Journal of Physics: Conference Series.