Light for Ukraine – synchrotron workshop at SOLARIS organized on 23-24th February 2023 by SOLARIS National Synchrotron Radiation Centre in Krakow, together with the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The Workshop aims to establish scientific collaboration, exchange concepts of future developments, and discuss research areas that can be supported and reinforced within LEAPS-Ukraine cooperation.

Program

Thu 23/02

Session 1 (Chairman: Marek Stankiewicz)

09:30 - 09:40: Welcome: Marek Stankiewicz - SOLARIS Cooperation Representative, Anatoliy Zahorodniy - NASU President, Jean Daillant - LEAPS Chair 

09:40 - 09:55: LEAPS presentation: Jean Daillant - LEAPS Chair

09:55 - 10:10: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Anatoliy Zahorodniy - NASU President

10:10 - 10:25: ESUO presentation: Cormac McGuinness - ESUO President

10:25 - 10:40: Synchrotron based research in Ukraine: Alexander Kordyuk - KAU

10:40 - 10:55: SOLARIS presentation: Jakub Szlachetko - Acting Director of the SOLARIS Centre

10:55 - 11:10 Break

Session 2 (Chairman: Michał Młynarczyk)

11:10 - 11:25: ID’s for “Light for Ukraine”: Luc Patthey - PSI 

11:25 - 11:40: European Synchrotron - scientific opportunities for Ukraine: Veijo Honkimäki - ESRF

11:40 - 11:55: Support measures for Ukrainian researchers and the sustainability of Ukrainian RIs in the EURIZON project: Greta Facile - DESY

11:55 - 12:10: The Road to the Synchrotron Through the Society: Wojciech Kwiatek - PSRS Chairman

12:10 - 14:00 Break

Session 3 - SOLARIS (Chairman: Alexander Kordyuk)

14:00 - 14:20: SOLARIS: Spectroscopy Research Section: Ewa Partyka - Jankowska, PIRX beamline scientist 

14:20 - 14:40: SOLARIS: Microscopy and Imaging Section: Paweł Korecki, POLYX beamline scientist

14:40 - 15:00: SOLARIS: Biomedical Research Section: Tomasz Wróbel, CIRI beamline supervisor

Fri 24/02

Session 4 - Ukraine: Photon-based research (Chairman: Jakub Szlachetko)

09:30 - 09:45: Structure of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases: for science and medicine: Mykhaylo Tukalo - IMBG NASU

09:45 - 10:00: Functional lipid pairs as building blocks of phase-separated membranes: Dmytro Soloviov - EMBL

10:00 - 10:15: Exploring collective dynamics of liquids by inelastic X-ray scattering: Taras Bryk - ICMP NASU

10:15 - 10:30: Structural investigation of ferrofluids by small-angle neutron and X-ray scattering: Anatolii Nagornyi - CERIC-ERIC

10:30 - 10:45: Dynamical Effects in the Integrated Scattering Intensity from Imperfect Crystals: Vyacheslav Lizunov - IMP NASU

10:45 - 11:00: SAXS/SANS studies of nanoparticulate systems: Oleksandr Tomchuk - IFJ PAN / KNU

11:00 - 11:15: International research opportunities at Diamond Light Source: Yuriy Chaban - DLS

11:15 - 12:00 Break

Session 5 - Ukraine: Photon-based research (Chairman: Taras Bryk)

12:00 - 12:15: Synchrotron study of phase transformations in the systems with superhard phases at high pressure and temperature: Volodymyr Turkevych - BISM NASU

12:15 - 12:30: Synchrotron radiation in NSC KIPT: Ivan Guk - KIPT NASU

12:30 - 12:45: Instant ARPES as a tool for the synchrotron-based photoemission: Sergey Borisenko - IFW-Dresden

12:45 - 13:00: In-situ preparation and photoemission study of FeSe ultrathin films - Oleksandr Suvorov - IMP NASU / IFW

13:00 - 13:15: ARPES search for topological superconductivity: Volodymyr Bezguba - KAU

13:15 - 13:30: Band structure approach to RIXS: Alexander Yaresko - MPIF

13:30 - 14:00: Round table discussion and closing session