The same people who pushed the development of the single-photon counting detectors for many years at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) are the founders of DECTRIS.
Dr. Christian Broennimann, CEO
Christian has been the manager of the PILATUS project since 1998. He has developed the readout chip of the PILATUS detectors and was responsible for the complete system architecture.
Dr. Eric F. Eikenberry, Software Development
Eric has long been involved in the development of X-ray detectors and in scientific research with X-ray diffraction. Together with Christian he worked out the PILATUS system architecture and developed the necessary software packages.
Markus Naef, Design and Production
Markus has worked many years in the development of electronics and was responsible for the design and production of the readout electronics of the PILATUS systems.
