Dear mailing list subscribers: Please pass this information along to your group members or others who may be interested in this. As it has done every year since 2005, on* Nov. 18-20, 2020*, Synchrotron Catalysis Consortium (SCC) will run an annual short course on X-ray absorption fine structure techniques and applications. *Date of Event:* November 18-20, 2020 *Official Name of Event: * Short course on X-ray Absorption Fine Structure: Application to Nanomaterials *Description: * Every year Synchrotron Catalysis Consortium, in partnership with NSLS-II, organizes and runs a 3-day short course to those interested in learning about the use of x-ray absorption spectroscopy methods. This year, the course will be offered online from November 18–20, 2020. The course will be useful for those scientists' who already possess basic experience with XANES and EXAFS methods, including experiment and data analysis, and are interested in advanced analysis and modeling methods applicable for nanomaterials research. The course will be run in a flip classroom mode. Participants will study video-presentations of leading experts in XAFS methods and applications in advance of the workshop. The video-lectures will be assembled to follow the workshop agenda. During the workshop, the instructors will divide participants in breakout sections for in-depth problem solving, data analysis and modeling, to best match participants and their research interests. There will be Q&A sessions on the subject of the lectures, and in depth practicums of the EXAFS and XANES analysis software programs. The course will be open to 80 participants, selected based on their application materials. Further info about the course, including the application materials and the deadlines, is available here: https://www.bnl.gov/xafs2020/ Note the application deadline: September 27, 2020. For past XAFS workshops, and information about the SCC-supported beamlines and capabilities, please visit the SCC web sites: https://you.stonybrook.edu/scc2/xafs-workshops/ For any questions, please contact me. Best regards, Anatoly ------------------------------------------------------------------- Anatoly I. Frenkel Professor Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794, Ph: 631-632-2751 Email: anatoly.frenkel@stonybrook.edu https://mail.bnl.gov/OWA/redir.aspx?C=F6wCGt4adziN6IvpdRQ-rWdgy3Oaoif_x-0ybKTBGBlALcrWeszTCA..&URL=mailto%3ajgchen%40columbia.edu http://you.stonybrook.edu/frenkel Joint Appointment: Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973. Ph: 631-344-3013. Group: 631-344-3494 Email: frenkel@bnl.gov https://www.bnl.gov/chemistry/bio/FrenkelAnatoly.asp Spokesperson, Synchrotron Catalysis Consortium (SCC) at BNL http://you.stonybrook.edu/scc2 -------------------------------------------------------------------