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Programme

(as of 27 October 2026)

1st Week – Lectures

Monday, 15 March | Welcome, Overview, Light, Interaction of X-rays with Matter, Special Invited Lecture

Monday, 15 March \| Welcome, Overview, Light, Interaction of X-rays with matter, Special Invited Lecture
09.00 – 09.30	WELCOME AND OVERVIEW Marcus Bär / Catalina E. Jiménez
09.30 – 10.00	Overview presentation on BESSY II Antje Vollmer
10.00 – 10.15	15 min. break
10.15 – 11.15	Storage Ring-Based Light Sources: Current Status and Future Trends Andreas Jankowiak
11.15 – 11.30	15 min. break
11.30 – 12.30	Insertion Devices – Undulators for Photon Production Edward Rial
12.30 – 13.30	1 h break
13.30 – 14.15	X-ray Optics and Beamlines for Synchrotron Radiation Experiments Frank Siewert
14.15 – 14.30	15 min. break
14.30 – 16.00	Interaction of X-rays with Matter – Part I Alexander Föhlisch
16.00 – 16.15	15 min. break
16.15 – 17.15	Multi-modal In-situ and Operando Experiments Using X-ray Scattering and Absorption Spectroscopy *Special Invited Lecture:* Ivo Zizak
17.15 – 18.30	Get-together with Drinks and Finger Food Tell us about yourself and your research interests. Let’s talk about scientific opportunities at BESSY II.

Tuesday, 16 March | Interaction of X-rays with Matter, X-ray absorption / Emission

Tuesday, 16 March \| Interaction of X-rays with Matter, X-ray absorption / Emission
09.00 – 10.30	Interaction of X-rays with Matter - Part II Alexander Föhlisch
10.30 – 10.45	15 min. break
10.45 – 11.45	In-situ and Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Janis Timoshenko
11.45 – 12.00	15 min. break
12.00 – 12.30	Molecular Electronic Structure from RIXS: Experimental Perspectives (TBC)
12.30 – 13.00	Molecular Electronic Structure from RIXS: Theoretical Perspectives Vinícius Vaz Da Cruz
13.00 – 14.00	1 h break
14.00 – 15.00	Theoretical Core-level Spectroscopy withTtechniques from Artificial Intelligence Annika Bande

Wednesday, 17 March | Photoemission & Magnetic Spectroscopy, Coherence

Wednesday, 17 March \| Photoemission & Magnetic Spectroscopy, Coherence
09.00 – 10.00	Photoemission - Part I: Quantification, Depth-"Profiling" Marcus Bär
10.00 – 10.10	10 min. break
10.10 – 11.10	Photoemission - Part II: Energy Level Alignment, Devices Marcus Bär
11.10 – 11.20	10 min. break
11.20 – 12.05	In-situ XPS Studies of Surface Reactions Christian Papp
12.05 – 12.15	10 min. break
12.15 – 13.15	Angle-Resolved Photoemission for the Investigation of Topological Matter Oliver Rader
13.15 – 14.15	1 h break
14.15 – 15.00	How to detect electrons from solutions – Liquid-jet photoelectron spectroscopy Robert Seidel
15.00 – 15.10	10 min. break
15.10 – 15.55	X-ray spectroscopy for ultrafast magnetism Nele Thielemann-Kühn
15.55 – 16.05	10 min. break
16.05 – 16.50	Magnetic excitations beyond single magnons Hebatalla Elnaggar
16.50 – 17.00	10 min. break
17.00 – 17.45	Novel measurement opportunities at coherent x-ray sources Jan Lüning

Thursday, 18 March | Microscopy, Materials and Proposals

Thursday, 18 March \| Microscopy, Materials and Proposals
09.00 – 10.00	PEEM: Magnetic Imaging and Spectroscopy at the Nanoscale Florian Kronast
10.00 - 10.15	15 min break
10.15 – 11.00	Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy (TBC)
11.00 – 11.15	15 min. break
11.15 – 12.00	Workshop: How to Prepare a Good Beamtime Proposal Astrid Brandt
12.00 - 12.15	15 min break
12.15 – 13.00	X-ray Microscopy Christoph Pratsch
13.00 – 14.00	1 h break
14.00 – 14.30	X-Ray Tomography (TBC)
14.30 – 15.00	X-Ray Radioscopy and Tomoscopy Tomography Paul-Hans Kamm
15.00 – 15.15	15 min. break
15.15 – 16.00	Operando X-ray Tomography, Multiscale Approaches Ralf Ziesche
16.00 – 16.15	15 min. break
16.15 – 17.15	Energy Materials Research with X-rays Marcus Bär

Friday, 19 March | Structure and Wrap-Up

Friday, 19 March \| Structure and Wrap-Up
09.00 – 10.30	Fundamentals of Diffraction and Crystallography Susan Schorr
10.30 – 10.45	15 min. break
10.45 – 11.30	In-situ X-ray Diffraction Roland Mainz
11.30 - 11.45	15 min break
11.45 – 12.45	Macromolecular Structure Determination by Synchrotron X-ray Crystallography Manfred Weiss
12.45 – 13.45	1 h break
13.45 – 14.30	Anomalous X-ray Diffraction and its Use in the Analysis of Atomic Structures Daniel Többens
14.30 - 14.45	15 min break
14.45 – 15.30	Reflectometry and GIXRF (TBC)
15.30 – 16.00	First Week Wrap-Up and Feedback

2nd Week – On-site Practical Training Sessions (Limited Places)

Monday, 22 March

Monday, 22 March
09.30 – 10.15	Goals of Trainings - How to Prepare your Poster – Randomized order for poster presentation Catalina E. Jiménez
10.15 – 10.30	15 min. break
10.30 – 12.00	BESSY II Tours Catalina Jiménez, Marcus Bär, Johannes Frisch
12.00 – 13.00	1 h lunch break
13.00 – 18.00	Training - Day 1 Meet your trainer in a small group of two or three people and begin the activity.

Tuesday, 23 March

Wednesday, 24 March

Thursday, 25 March

Thursday, 25 March
09.00 – 10.00	Rehearsal for Poster Competition - Part I All
10.00 – 10.15	15 min break
10.15 – 12.00	Rehearsal for Poster Competition - Part II All
12.00 – 13.00	1 h lunch break
13.00 – 15.00	Poster Competition All
15.00 – 15.30	Closing Remarks, Certificate Distribution & Farewell Catalina E. Jiménez, Natalia Scherbina and Marcus Bär