Dr. Ferrara received his B.S. in Chemistry from Case Institute of Technology in
1983 and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Case Western Reserve University in 1988.
Dr. Ferrara joined Molecular Structure Corporation in 1988. Molecular Structure
Corporation was purchased by Rigaku in 1996 and became Rigaku/MSC, Inc. in
1999. Dr. Ferrara is presently Vice President Product Marketing for Single
Crystal X-ray Diffraction (SCXRD) and Chief Science Officer for Rigaku/MSC. Dr.
Ferrara also holds an appointment as Deputy Director, X-ray Research Laboratory
with Rigaku in Japan.
Dr. Ferrara’s research encompasses both the applied and basic. In the area of
applied research, Dr. Ferrara directs the development of CCD detectors for the
Rigaku group and is directly involved in the development of X-ray generators,
optics, goniometers and software. In the area of basic research, Dr. Ferrara is
working on the use of chromium radiation for extracting the anomalous
scattering signal from sulfur and other weak scatterers for routine phasing of
macromolecular diffraction data.