Workshop for X-ray and neutron imaging applications in soil sciences

17 Jun 2019, 11:00 → 18 Jun 2019, 18:00 Europe/Stockholm

MA 3 (Math annex)

X-ray and neutron imaging provide opportunities to ‘see’ into generally opaque soil systems and have great potential to address important research questions in soil and, more generally, environmental sciences. Major challenges for humanity, such as climate change (CO2 storage) or food and water scarcity, could be tackled as a result.

This international 1.5-day workshop aims to introduce new expertise to the community of soil scientists, namely in how X-ray and neutron imaging can be used as tools to address questions in their research, and to promote collaborations between soil and beamline scientists at institutions such as MAX IV and ESS.

Keynote speakers

Juergen Thieme (Brookhaven National Laboratory) - Micro- to nano- X-ray imaging of soil and related samples

Jeffrey Warren (Oak Ridge National Lab) - Soil-plant water relations with neutron imaging

Kristin Boye  (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) – Mechanisms behind contaminant behavior in below-ground heterogeneous redox environments

Sascha Oswald (Potsdam University) – Soil-plant water relations with neutron imaging

Daniel Uteau Puschmann (University of Kassel) - Synchrotron based X-ray CT

Derek Peak (University of Saskatchewan) – Synchrotron based X-ray microscopy and spectroscopy of phosphate, metal-ligand complexes in soils

Monday 17 June

1 Registration

11:30 Lunch

2 Opening and a lecture on the basics of X-ray and neutron imaging

LINXS_SoilScience_0619_reduced.pdf

13:30 Coffee Break

Keynote speakers give lectures on applications of X-ray and neutron imaging in soil sciences

3 TBD

Speaker: Dr Jeffrey Warren (Oak Ridge National Lab)

4 TBD

Speaker: Prof. Sascha Oswald (Potsdam University)

5 TBD

Speaker: Dr Daniel Uteau Puschmann (University of Kassel)

15:30 Coffee Break

6 Poster session (including 1 min pitches/a teaser to introduce the posters)

18:00 Conference dinner

Tuesday 18 June

Keynote speakers give lectures on applications of X-ray and neutron imaging in soil sciences

7 TBD

Speaker: Dr Juergen Thieme (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

8 TBD

Speaker: Dr Erica Donner (University of South Australia)

9 TBD

Speaker: Prof. Derek Peak (University of Saskatchewan)

10 Group discussions (coffee will be served)

11:30 Lunch

Group discussions (coffee will be served)

11 Panel discussion

15:30 Excursion to MAX IV