Light for Ukraine

Tuesday 23 Jan 2024, 09:50 → 16:00 Europe/Warsaw

Light for Ukraine – synchrotron workshop at SOLARIS towards Nano and micro X-ray spectroscopy applications.

Since February 2022, with the invasion of Russia in Ukraine, the activity of the scientific society in Ukraine has been heavily impacted, limiting the realization of research projects on both national and international levels. The European and Intercontinental scientific community is making numerous efforts to support Ukrainian researchers’ projects at home and in exile. 

In light of the current situation, the League of European Accelerator Based-Photon Sources – LEAPS, designated SOLARIS National Synchrotron Radiation Centre as a coordinating facility to implement and supervise the activities aiming at consolidation and strengthening the Ukrainian users’ community. Within the “Light for Ukraine” project the Polish and Ukrainian synchrotron radiation user communities, acting together, are making efforts to build a joint research infrastructure that will further strengthen cross-border cooperation.

The first edition of the online meeting “Light for Ukraine – synchrotron workshop at SOLARIS” was a great success (with more than 250 participants) and greatly strengthened the scientific collaboration within LEAPS-Ukraine cooperation. In this context, SOLARIS National Synchrotron Radiation Centre in Krakow (Poland), together with the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, is delighted to announce the 2^nd edition of the workshop, which will be held on 23rd January 2024 as an online event. This workshop will focus on the concept of the planned Ukrainian synchrotron beamline: “Nano and micro X-ray spectroscopy beamline”. This workshop will gather input from beamline scientists from other synchrotron facilities on research opportunities and scientific goals of “Nano and micro X-ray spectroscopy beamline”. In addition, the agenda of the meeting will cover presentations of Ukrainian researchers on scientific areas of interest. We intend to outline necessary activities within the meeting and discuss possible pathways to develop the Ukrainian beamline at the SOLARIS facility.
We cordially invite you to join the meeting,

With our kind regards,

Chairs of the workshop,

Alexander Kordyuk and Jakub Szlachetko

Documents PRIVACY POLICY.pdf REGULATIONS FOR WORKSHOP2024.pdf

Session 1: Welcome

Chairman: Dr. Jakub Szlachetko

Conveners: Prof. Alexander Kordyuk (Kyiv Academic University) , Prof. Britta Redlich (LEAPS, FELIX Laboratory) , Dr Jakub Szlachetko (SOLARIS National Synchroton Radiation Centre)

Session 1: SOLARIS Centre current status

Chairman: Dr. Jakub Szlachetko

Convener: Dr Jakub Szlachetko (SOLARIS National Synchroton Radiation Centre)

Session 1: Technical feasibility study of the planned beamline

Chairman: Dr. Jakub Szlachetko

Convener: Prof. Luc Patthey (Paul Scherrer Institute)

10:40 Break

Session 2: Chemical Imaging at the microXAS beamline and plans for the bright future at microXAS 2.0.

Chairman: Dr. Anna Wach

Convener: Dr Małgorzata Makowska

Session 2: The refurbished ID21 beamline at the ESRF: nano-spectroscopy in the tender X-ray domain

Chairman: Dr. Anna Wach

Convener: Dr Marine Cotte

Session 2: LUCIA for chemical imaging and speciation in the tender X-ray domain

Chairman: Dr. Anna Wach

Convener: Dr Delphine Vantelon

Session 2: Ukrainian synchrotron-association

Chairman: Dr. Anna Wach

Convener: Prof. Alexander Kordyuk (Kyiv Academic University)

12:20 Break

Session 3: Research on novel materials to address energy production and storage challenges with the use of synchrotron-based nano- X-ray spectroscopy techniques

Chairman: Prof. Alexander Kordyuk

Convener: Prof. Volodymyr Karbivskyy

Session 3: Exploring Nanostructured Catalysts: Enhancing Insight into Physicochemical Properties through Correlative Microscopy and Spectroscopy Imaging

Chairman: Prof. Alexander Kordyuk

Convener: Dr Yaroslav Odarchenko

Session 3: Synchrotron analytical techniques for studying materials in catalysis

Chairman: Prof. Alexander Kordyuk

Convener: Dr Igor Bychko

Session 3: SR spectroscopy and imaging for biological biopolymers, organelles and cells: is it real and what is new?

Chairman: Prof. Alexander Kordyuk

Convener: Prof. Galyna Dovbeshko

Session 3: Exploring the electronic structure of some oxygen- and transition-metal-bearing compounds: Application of synchrotron radiation and laboratory sources

Chairman: Prof. Alexander Kordyuk

Convener: Dr Oleg Khyzhun

Session 3: Graphene on Ge(111) - growth, electronic and structural properties, perspective applications

Chairman: Prof. Alexander Kordyuk

Convener: Dr Andrii Goriachko

Session 4: General Discussion and Closing Remarks

Conveners: Prof. Alexander Kordyuk (Kyiv Academic University) , Jakub Szlachetko (SOLARIS National Synchroton Radiation Centre)