Model the acquisition
Electron scattering, aberrations, detectors, dose and specimen behaviour provide the constraints that make a computational method credible.
About NeuralSoftX
Physics, inverse methods and software in one measurement company.
NeuralSoftX exists to turn difficult electron-microscopy measurements into methods that industrial and scientific teams can run, evaluate and maintain.
Why the company exists
The hardest cases cross disciplinary boundaries.
A defensible solution may require specimen physics, signal simulation, inverse reconstruction, statistical validation and production software at the same time. NeuralSoftX brings that chain together.
Use the right method
Classical algorithms, simulation and machine learning are combined according to the failure mode rather than according to fashion.
Validate on real data
Synthetic benchmarks are useful during development. Acceptance depends on representative experimental acquisitions and explicit failure cases.
Transfer a working system
The output is packaged for the client's hardware and workflow, with assumptions, validation and operating limits documented.
Founder profile
Physics, electron microscopy and machine learning.
Dr Lobato's work is primarily computational. It spans multislice simulation, scattering theory, inverse tomography, ptychography, image restoration, rigid and non-rigid registration, molecular dynamics, scientific machine learning and GPU-accelerated software.
PhD in Physics
University of Antwerp. More than 30 peer-reviewed publications, over 1,800 citations and h-index 21.
MULTEM developer
Creator and maintainer of the C++/CUDA simulation platform used for electron diffraction, imaging and spectroscopy experiments.
Cosslett Award
Best Invited Paper at Microscopy & Microanalysis 2018 for advances in accurate and fast electron-microscopy simulation.
Semplor and NeuralSoftX
Industrial electron-microscopy work at Semplor since August 2025, alongside NeuralSoftX, founded in 2022.
Experience
A career across research and industrial microscopy.
The public timeline states professional roles without exposing private working arrangements or client-confidential details.
Founder — NeuralSoftX
Specialist electron-microscopy consultancy, initially operated alongside research work and now alongside an industrial microscopy role.
Semplor
Industrial SEM and computational microscopy work in Eindhoven.
Rosalind Franklin Institute
Associate Investigator working on quantitative electron microscopy, diffraction, ptychography and computational reconstruction.
University of Antwerp
Senior Researcher developing computational methods for simulation, atomic tomography, quantitative image analysis, deep learning and GPU computing.
University of Antwerp
PhD research in electron-scattering theory, parameterisation and the foundations of MULTEM.
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