Richard Tessadri
*1954
Breitenwang/Reutte, Tyrol/Austria
1974
Final exams at Highschool with special education in material science-professions(metallurgy and material testing)
1975–1981
Study of Earth Sciences, University of Innsbruck (Ph.D.)
1982–1985
University Assistant at the Institute of Mineralogy & Petrography, University of Innsbruck (Research Grant Austrian Science Foundation FWF: Polymetamorphism in the Oetztal-Stubai-Complex, Austria)
1985–1992
Lecturer at the Institute of Mineralogy & Petrography (X-Ray Diffraction, X-Ray Fluorescence, Atomic Absorption/Emission Spectroscopy)
1992–2017
University Assistant at the Institute of Mineralogy & Petrography
Analytical work for various industries (i.e. industrial applications for trace element chemistry in biochemical products, paper industry, grinding tool industries etc.)
Management of the X-ray Laboratory and Atomic Spectroscopy Laboratory
Working fields
- method applications for earth- and material sciences
- X-ray analysis (diffraction, fluorescence), atomic spectroscopy (AAS, ICP-OES), electron microprobe analysis, standard reference materials
- high-temperature X-ray diffraction (phase changes, Rietveld analysis, residual stress analysis, crystallite sizes etc.) on hardmetal coatings