X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) Data Analysis Workshop 2025

Oct 27. till Oct 29.

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) Data Analysis Workshop 2025

The workshop is intended for new users of Diamond spectroscopy beamlines with a basic understanding of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS). The workshop will include a brief introduction to XAS/XANES/EXAFS but it will mainly focus on how to process and analyse EXAFS data from a "starting from scratch" level.

Date
27/10/20252025-10-27 - 29/10/20252025-10-29
Location
In person, Diamond Light Source

Overview

The aim of the workshop is to teach new and nearly-new users of Diamond Light Source spectroscopy beamlines how to process and analyse their data.

Many users of the beamlines have limited experience in XAS and often struggle with interpreting their results. Successfully held since 2011, this course is a mixture of lectures and hands-on sessions degisnged to teach participants the basics of data processing and analysis. 

The workshop will be deilvered by Diamond Light source staff and will consist of a mixture of lectures and worskhop sessions designed to teach participants the basics of data processing and analysis using the latest PC versions of Athena and Artemis in the package Demeter.

The workshop requires access to a laptop and attendees are requested to bring their own, although a number of computers are available for those attendees who don't have access to one. 

The programs used for the workshop are freely available in Windows, Linux and Mac.

Provisional Agenda

Please see below provisional agenda for this event. A detailed programme will be available closer to the event date.

Monday 27th October 
12:00     Arrival, Registration & Lunch
13:00     Lecture 1: XAS theory
13:30     Lecture 2: XAS experiment 
14:00     Break/PC set-up 
14:10     Lecture 3: Athena  
15:00     Coffee break
15:20     Practice session 1
16:00     Lecture 4: Athena Part 2 XANES analysis, PCA & LCF
17:00     Practice session 2
18:00     Dinner at Diamond
 
Tuesday 28th October
09:00     Lecture 5: Starting Artemis
10:00     Coffee break
10:20     lecture 6: Starting Artemis cont
12:00     Lunch break
13:15     Practice session 3
14:15     Lecture 7: Artemis:  multiple spectra as a function of temperature 
15:15     Coffee break
15:45     Practice session 4
17:00     Lecture 8: Artemis: quick summary, more on in input file
17:15     Practice session 5
18:00     Dinner at Diamond
 
Wednesday 29th October
09:00     Lecture 8: Artemis: operando XANES analysis and EXAFS fits
10:00     Coffee break
10:20     Practice session 6
11:20     Lecture 10: Advanced XANES Analysis 
12:20     Lunch break
13:20     Lecture 11: CONEXS Web Portal for XANES Analysis
14:00     Practice session 7
15:00     End of workshop

Application

There are limited spaces to attend this event, therefore access is subject to an application process.

Applications for the XAS Workshop have now closed.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application in the week commencing Monday 22nd September 2025.

Attendance, accommodation and transport

If your application is successful, there will be a £100 registration fee to attend the event in person at Diamond Light Source. 

As part of the registration to the event, all lunches, dinners and refreshments will be provided (from Monday 27th to Wednesday 29th October).

Two nights of accommodation (check-in Monday 27th October, check-out Wednesday 29th October 2025) will be also provided at the local guesthouse, The Bear Hotel.

All attendees are required to arrange and cover the cost of their transfers to and from Diamond Light Source. 

Contact us

If you have any questions, please contact events@diamond.ac.uk.

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