Nicusor Timneanu
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Physics and Astronomy; X-ray Photon Science
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 36 11, +46 70 425 09 26
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 425 09 26
- E-mail:
- Nicusor.Timneanu@physics.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 516
751 20 UPPSALA
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Physics and Astronomy; X-ray Photon Science; Chemical and Bio-Molecular Physics
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 36 11
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 425 09 26
- E-mail:
- nicusor.timneanu@physics.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 516
751 20 UPPSALA
- CV:
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- ORCID:
- 0000-0001-7328-0400
Short presentation
Researcher in X-ray Photon Science and Molecular Biophysics in ultrafast dynamics of X-ray lasers with biological matter, and part of the Biophysics Network at the faculty.
Senior lecturer at the Department of Physics and Astronomy where I teach Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics and Free Electron Laser Science, and coordinator of the Master's Programme in Biophysics.
Distinguished university teacher, mentor and pedagogical support as part of the Council for Educational Development at the faculty.
Keywords
- x-ray free electron lasers
- serial femtosecond crystallography
- coherent diffractive imaging
- warm dense matter
- biophysics
- quantum mechanics
- pedagogisk utveckling
- pedagogical development
- röntgenlaser
- biofysik

Publications
Selection of publications
Femtosecond X-ray Fourier holography imaging of free-flying nanoparticles
Part of Nature Photonics, p. 150-153, 2018
Ultrafast non-thermal heating of water initiated by an X-ray laser
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 5652-5657, 2018
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Imaging single cells in a beam of live cyanobacteria with an X-ray laser
Part of Nature Communications, 2015
Diffraction before destruction
Part of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, p. 20130313, 2014
High-throughput imaging of heterogeneous cell organelles with an X-ray laser
Part of Nature Photonics, p. 943-949, 2014
Self-terminating diffraction gates femtosecond X-ray nanocrystallography measurements
Part of Nature Photonics, p. 35-40, 2012
On the Feasibility of Nanocrystal Imaging Using Intense and Ultrashort X-ray Pulses
Part of ACS Nano, p. 139-146, 2011
Femtosecond X-ray protein nanocrystallography
Part of Nature, p. 73-77, 2011
Femtosecond diffractive imaging with a soft-X-ray free-electron laser
Part of Nature Physics, p. 839-843, 2006
Recent publications
Emergence of pseudoresonance in high-intensity resonant inelastic x-ray scattering
Part of Physical Review A: covering atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum information, 2025
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Modeling electron dynamics in silicon driven by high-intensity femtosecond x-rays
Part of Structural Dynamics, 2025
- DOI for Modeling electron dynamics in silicon driven by high-intensity femtosecond x-rays
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2025
- DOI for Partial orientation retrieval of proteins from X-ray free-electron-laser induced explosions for single particle imaging
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Part of Crystals, 2025
- DOI for Coarse-Graining and Classifying Massive High-Throughput XFEL Datasets of Crystallization in Supercooled Water
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Part of Physical Review Research, 2025
All publications
Articles in journal
Emergence of pseudoresonance in high-intensity resonant inelastic x-ray scattering
Part of Physical Review A: covering atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum information, 2025
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Modeling electron dynamics in silicon driven by high-intensity femtosecond x-rays
Part of Structural Dynamics, 2025
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2025
- DOI for Partial orientation retrieval of proteins from X-ray free-electron-laser induced explosions for single particle imaging
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Part of Crystals, 2025
- DOI for Coarse-Graining and Classifying Massive High-Throughput XFEL Datasets of Crystallization in Supercooled Water
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Part of Physical Review Research, 2025
Protein Structure Classification Based on X-Ray-Laser-Induced Coulomb Explosion
Part of Physical Review Letters, 2025
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Theoretical Studies of Anisotropic Melting of Ice Induced by Ultrafast Nonthermal Heating
Part of ACS Physical Chemistry Au, p. 385-392, 2024
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Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 770-779, 2024
- DOI for Heavy element incorporation in nitroimidazole radiosensitizers: molecular-level insights into fragmentation dynamics
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Observation of a single protein by ultrafast X-ray diffraction
Part of Light, 2024
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Effect of a short compulsory course on teachers’ active learning practices
Part of Innovations in Education & Teaching International, p. 1-16, 2024
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Part of Europhysics letters, 2024
- DOI for Ultrafast X-ray laser-induced explosion: How the depth influences the direction of the ion trajectory
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Part of Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024
- DOI for MolDStruct: modelling the dynamics and structure of matter exposed to ultrafast X-ray lasers with hybrid collisional-radiative/molecular dynamics
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Decreasing ultrafast x-ray pulse durations with saturable absorption and resonant transitions
Part of Physical review. E, 2023
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Coherent diffractive imaging of proteins and viral capsids: simulating MS SPIDOC
Part of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, p. 4209-4220, 2023
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Speckle contrast of interfering fluorescence X-rays
Part of Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, p. 11-23, 2023
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Imaging via Correlation of X-Ray Fluorescence Photons
Part of Physical Review Letters, 2023
Imaging of femtosecond bond breaking and charge dynamics in ultracharged peptides
Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 1532-1543, 2022
- DOI for Imaging of femtosecond bond breaking and charge dynamics in ultracharged peptides
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Part of ACS Nanoscience Au, p. 119-127, 2022
- DOI for Distinguishing between Similar Miniproteins with Single-Molecule Nanopore Sensing: A Computational Study
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Ultrafast dynamics and scattering of protic ionic liquids induced by XFEL pulses
Part of Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, p. 1296-1308, 2021
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Structural Heterogeneity in Single Particle Imaging Using X-ray Lasers
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, p. 6077-6083, 2020
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Megahertz single-particle imaging at the European XFEL
Part of Communications Physics, 2020
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The role of transient resonances for ultra-fast imaging of single sucrose nanoclusters
Part of Nature Communications, 2020
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Dynamics of rare gas solids irradiated by electron beams
Part of Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020
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Electrospray sample injection for single-particle imaging with x-ray lasers
Part of Science Advances, 2019
Is Radiation Damage the Limiting Factor in Single Particle Imaging with X-ray Free-Electron Lasers?
Part of Structural Dynamics, 2019
- DOI for Is Radiation Damage the Limiting Factor in Single Particle Imaging with X-ray Free-Electron Lasers?
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Femtosecond bond breaking and charge dynamics in ultracharged amino acids
Part of Journal of Chemical Physics, 2019
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Part of IUCrJ, p. 531-541, 2018
Femtosecond X-ray Fourier holography imaging of free-flying nanoparticles
Part of Nature Photonics, p. 150-153, 2018
A statistical approach to detect protein complexes at X-ray free electron laser facilities
Part of Communications Physics, 2018
FreeDam – A Webtool for Free-Electron Laser-Induced Damage in Femtosecond X-ray Crystallography
Part of High Energy Density Physics, p. 93-98, 2018
Reproducibility of Single Protein Explosions Induced by X-ray Lasers
Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 12381-12389, 2018
Ultrafast non-thermal heating of water initiated by an X-ray laser
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 5652-5657, 2018
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Experimental strategies for imaging bioparticles with femtosecond hard X-ray pulses
Part of IUCrJ, p. 251-262, 2017
Hit detection in serial femtosecond crystallography using X-ray spectroscopy of plasma emission
Part of IUCrJ, p. 778-784, 2017
- DOI for Hit detection in serial femtosecond crystallography using X-ray spectroscopy of plasma emission
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A data set from flash X-ray imaging of carboxysomes
Part of Scientific Data, 2016
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Open data set of live cyanobacterial cells imaged using an X-ray laser
Part of Scientific Data, 2016
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Part of Scientific Data, 2016
Imaging single cells in a beam of live cyanobacteria with an X-ray laser
Part of Nature Communications, 2015
Single-molecule imaging with longer X-ray laser pulses
Part of IUCrJ, p. 661-674, 2015
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Towards phasing using high X-ray intensity
Part of IUCrJ, p. 627-634, 2015
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Ultrafast self-gating Bragg diffraction of exploding nanocrystals in an X-ray laser
Part of Optics Express, p. 1213-1231, 2015
Part of Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, p. 256-266, 2015
Indications of radiation damage in ferredoxin microcrystals using high-intensity X-FEL beams
Part of Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, p. 225-238, 2015
Diffraction before destruction
Part of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, p. 20130313, 2014
Part of Optics Express, p. 28914-28925, 2014
Part of Optics Express, p. 2497-2510, 2014
- DOI for Automated identification and classification of single particle serial femtosecond X-ray diffraction data
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High-throughput imaging of heterogeneous cell organelles with an X-ray laser
Part of Nature Photonics, p. 943-949, 2014
Natively Inhibited Trypanosoma brucei Cathepsin B Structure Determined by Using an X-ray Laser
Part of Science, p. 227-230, 2013
In vivo protein crystallization opens new routes in structural biology
Part of Nature Methods, p. 259-262, 2012
Time-resolved protein nanocrystallography using an X-ray free-electron laser
Part of Optics Express, p. 2706-2716, 2012
Lipidic phase membrane protein serial femtosecond crystallography
Part of Nature Methods, p. 263-265, 2012
Part of Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 2012
Self-terminating diffraction gates femtosecond X-ray nanocrystallography measurements
Part of Nature Photonics, p. 35-40, 2012
Part of Physical Review Letters, 2012
High-resolution protein structure determination by serial femtosecond crystallography
Part of Science, p. 362-364, 2012
Part of Physical Review E. Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 2011
On the Feasibility of Nanocrystal Imaging Using Intense and Ultrashort X-ray Pulses
Part of ACS Nano, p. 139-146, 2011
Femtosecond X-ray protein nanocrystallography
Part of Nature, p. 73-77, 2011
Radiation damage in protein serial femtosecond crystallography using an x-ray free-electron laser
Part of Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2011
Simulations of radiation damage in biomolecular nanocrystals induced by femtosecond X-ray pulses
Part of Journal of Modern Optics, p. 1486-1497, 2011
Part of High Energy Density Physics, p. 336-342, 2011
Single-shot femtosecond x-ray diffraction from randomly oriented ellipsoidal nanoparticles
Part of Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams, 2010
Part of Physical Review Letters, 2010
Aerosol Imaging with a Soft X-Ray Free Electron Laser
Part of Aerosol Science and Technology, 2010
Femtosecond diffractive imaging of biological cells
Part of Journal of Physics B, p. 194015, 2010
Soft x-ray free electron laser microfocus for exploring matter under extreme conditions
Part of Optics Express, p. 18271-18278, 2009
Part of Physical Review E. Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 2009
Part of Applied Physics Letters, 2009
Part of Europhysics letters, p. 18005, 2009
- DOI for Radiation damage in biological material: electronic properties and electron impact ionization in urea
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Part of Journal of Physics, Conference Series, 2009
Interaction of Ultrashort X-ray Pulses with B4C, SiC and Si
Part of Physical Review E. Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 2008
Part of Physical Review Letters, p. 198302, 2007
Femtosecond diffractive imaging with a soft-X-ray free-electron laser
Part of Nature Physics, p. 839-843, 2006
Thermodynamics of hydrogen bonding in hydrophilic and hydrophobic media.
Part of J Phys Chem B, p. 4393-8, 2006
Part of Phys Rev Lett, p. 114801, 2005
Atomic-scale visualization of inertial dynamics.
Part of Science, p. 392-5, 2005
Part of Phys Rev Lett, p. 125701, 2005
Model for the Dynamics of a Water Cluster in an X-ray Free Electron Laser Beam
Part of Physical Review E. Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 2004
Soft colour interactions and diffractive Higgs production
Part of European Physical Journal C, p. 542-544, 2004
Auger electron cascades in water and ice
Part of Chemical Physics, p. 277-283, 2004
Diffractive Higgs bosons and prompt photons at hadron colliders
Part of Physical Review D, 2003
Unintegrated gluon in the photon and heavy quark production
Part of European Physical Journal C, p. 73-85, 2003
Diffractive Higgs Boson Production at the Fermilab Tevatron and the CERN Large Hadron Collider
Part of Physical Review Letters, 2002
Saturation model for two-photon interactions at high energies
Part of European Physical Journal C, p. 513-526, 2002
Diffractive Higgs Production: Soft Colour Interactions Perspective
Part of Acta Physica Polonica B, p. 3479, 2002
Two-photon cross-sections from the saturation model
Part of Acta Physica Polonica B, p. 1559, 2002
Saturation model for 2-gamma physics
Part of Acta Physica Polonica B, p. 3045-3050, 2002
Soft color interactions and diffractive hard scattering at the Fermilab Tevatron
Part of Physical Review D, p. 114015, 2001
Rapidity gaps at HERA and the Tevatron from soft colour exchanges
Part of Journal of Physics G, p. 712-715, 2000
Soft Colour Interactions in Non-perturbative QCD
Part of Nuclear Physics A, 2000
Rapidity gaps from colour string topologies
Part of Nuclear physics B, Proceedings supplements, p. 386-388, 1999
Articles, review/survey
Feasibility of imaging living cells at subnanometer resolutions by ultrafast X-ray diffraction
Part of Quarterly reviews of biophysics, p. 181-204, 2008
Chapters in book
Atomic and molecular systems under intense X-ray radiation
Part of Ultrafast Dynamics Driven by Intense Light Pulses, p. 319-339, Springer, 2016
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
Ultrafast dynamics of water exposed to XFEL pulses
Part of Optics Damage and Materials Processing by EUV/X-ray Radiation VII, 2019
Fragmentation of clusters and recombination induced by intense and ultrashort X-ray laser pulses
Part of Damage To Vuv, Euv, And X-Ray Optics Iv; And Euv And X-Ray Optics, 2013
Modeling of XFEL induced ionization and atomic displacement in protein nanocrystals
Part of Proceedings of SPIE, 2012
X-ray laser-induced ablation of lead compounds
Part of DAMAGE TO VUV, EUV, AND X-RAY OPTICS III, 2011
Modeling of soft X-ray induced ablation in solids
Part of DAMAGE TO VUV, EUV, AND X-RAY OPTICS III, 2011
Soft remnant interactions and rapidity gaps
2000
Manuscripts (preprints)
Nanocrystal imaging using intense and ultrashort X-ray pulses
Anisotropic melting of ice induced by ultrafast non-thermal heating
Radiation damage in a hemoglobin crystal studied with an X-ray free-electron laser
Sample Heterogeneity in Single Particle Imaging Using X-ray Lasers
Unlocking atom-specific radiotherapy - DNA backbone breakage caused by X-ray photoactivation