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Plenary and Keynote Lectures

Plenary Lectures

Prof. Andrea Di Cicco

(University of Camerino, Italy)
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy investigations of disordered matter

Prof. Majed Chergui

(EPFL, Switzerland)
Time-resolved X-ray spectroscopic studies of solar materials and biological systems

Prof. Melissa Denecke

(University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
X-ray speciation studies of materials and processes related to the nuclear fuel cycle

Prof. Mikael Eriksson

(MAX IV Laboratory, Sweden)
SOLARIS and MAX IV; a unique cooperation based on new accelerator concepts

Dr. Alexei Kuzmin

(University of Latvia, Latvia)
Treatment of disorder effects in x-ray absorption spectra beyond conventional approach

Dr. Sakura Pascarelli

(European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France)
Science at High Pressure: the emerging role of X-ray absorption spectroscopies

Prof. Jason Shearer

(University of Nevada, USA)
Elucidating the Electronic Structure of Biologically Relevant Nickel-Centers Using X-ray Absorption and Emission Spectroscopies

Prof. Marek Stankiewicz

(SOLARIS, Poland)
Synchrotron Solaris – present and future research options

Prof. Hikaru Takaya

(Kyoto University, Japan)
XAS- and DFT-based Mechanistic Study on Homogeneous Iron Catalysis in Organic Synthesis

Prof. Tao Yao

(National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, China)
XAFS in Energy Materials

Keynote Lectures

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Prof. Faisal Alamgir

(School of Materials Science and Engineering, USA)
XAFS using Combined Soft and Hard X-rays under Operando and In/Ex-situ Conditions to Solve Reaction Mechanisms in Batteries and Electrocatalysts

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Dr. Jakob Andreasson

(ELI Beamlines, Czech Republic)
The study of ultrafast phenomena using X-ray spectroscopy and related techniques at the ELI Beamlines facility

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Prof. Kiyotaka Asakura

(Hokkaido University)
Elucidation of local structure change of photocatalysts during the photoabsorption process by use of fs-ps pump-probe XAFS method

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Dr. Andrew Berry

(Australian National University, Australia)
The quantitative determination of oxidation state ratios in minerals and melts

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Dr. Corwin H. Booth

(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
XAFS at the edge of the periodic table: Determining the role of 5f-orbital delocalization in bonding and magnetism

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Prof. Federico Boscherini

(University of Bologna, Italy)
Studies of charge transfer in photocatalytic materials by resonant scattering methods

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Dr. Wojciech Gawełda

(European XFEL GmbH, Germany)
Femtosecond X-ray Experiments: new observables for chemical dynamics studies

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Dr. Keith Gilmore

(European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France)
First principles Calculations of Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering

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Dr. Jörg Göttlicher

(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Application of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy in Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Prof. Daniel Haskel

(Advanced Photon Source, USA)
X-ray resonant probes of magnetism at high pressures: towards realization of novel quantum spin liquids in 5d oxides

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Dr. Antonella Iadecola

(RS2E, France)
Decoupling cationic-anionic redox processes in Li-rich cathodes using operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy

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Prof. Jianzhong Jiang

(Zhejiang University, China)
Atomic structure changes in amorphous alloys

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Dr. Amelie Juhin

(University of Pierre and Marie Curie, France)
Advanced magnetic spectroscopies for the fine characterization of magnetic nanomaterials

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Prof. Birgit Kanngiesser

(TU Berlin, Germany)
Current and future possibilities of XAFS in the laboratory

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Dr. Marcin Klepka

(Institue of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
XAFS studies of non-crystalline metal organic-ligand complexes

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Dr. Małgorzata Korbas

(Canadian Light Source)
From fruit flies to whales: probing mercury toxicity across the animal kingdom with X-ray fluorescence mapping and XAS

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Dr. Valentina Migliorati

(Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy)
Structural properties of disordered systems: a combined Molecular Dynamics and XAS approach

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Prof. Alessandro Olivo

(University College London, United Kingdom)
Non-interferometric approaches to x-ray phase contrast imaging

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Dr. Christoph Sahle

(European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France)
X-ray Raman scattering spectroscopy

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Prof. Jacinto Sá

(Uppsala University, Sweden)
Atomic telemetry: in situ determination of anti-cancer drug mechanism of action

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Dr. Ritimukta Sarangi

(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA)
Homogeneous Catalysis at SSRL: From Metalloenzymes to Energy Materials

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Dr. Marcin Sikora

(AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)
Mixed valence oxides – interplay between structure and magnetism revealed by X-ray spectroscopy

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Dr. Narcizo Souza-Neto

(Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory. Brazil)
X-ray spectroscopy at the Extreme condition Beamline of Sirius source: study of rare earths and actinides

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Dr. Gloria Subías

(University of Zaragoza)
Spin and orbital orderings in single-layered La1.5Ca0.5CoO4 studied by resonant soft x-ray scattering

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Dr. Jakub Szlachetko

(Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
X-ray spectroscopy of nonlinear interactions of X-rays with matter

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Dr. György Vankó

(Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hung. Acad. Sci., Hungary)
Tracking chemical transformations of transition metal complexes

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Dr. Tonya Vitova

(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
HR-XANES/RIXS structural studies of actinide materials

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Dr. Przemysław Wachulak

(Military University of Technology, Poland)
Laser plasma source of the extreme ultraviolet and soft X-ray radiation for NEXAFS and imaging applications

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Dr. Junko Yano

(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
Taking Snapshots of Water Oxidation Reaction in Photosystem II at X-ray Free Electron Lasers

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Dr. Andrea Zitolo

(Synchrotron SOLEIL, France)
Identification of catalytic sites in non-precious metal electrocatalysts for PEM fuel cells