Dr Dicken has been involved in material science and tomographic imaging since 2008 and has been developing X-ray diffraction imaging systems since 2010. Anthony is involved in the entire R&D effort from concept, modelling, experimental, coding, data mining and delivery.

While serving as a senior postdoctoral research fellow at Nottingham Trent University, Anthony helped to deliver several directly relevant projects that developed the underpinning knowledge base for HALO as well as generating grant supporting materials.

Anthony has generated significant intellectual property for HALO, has authored over 20 directly relevant publications, delivered invited conference presentations and is a named inventor on HALO patents. As HALOs Head of Science Anthony has delivered several UK funded DASA (Future Screening for Aviation of Borders) projects and is currently HALOs Principal Investigator (PI) on several high-profile strategic programmes to include:

• EU HORIZON 2021, Parcel and Letter Security for Postal and Express Courier Flows (PARSEC) 2022-Present (€678K)

• Dept. Homeland Security (DHS), BAA A Rotating ON-Gantry CT and XRD System for Full Automatic Explosives Detection (ONYX) 2023-Present ($4.74M)

• DHS, LRBAA Desktop CT/XRD System for Small Bulk Screening of Containers and Electronic Devices (ARES) 2024-Present ($1.72M)