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Monday, October 2, 2023 to Tuesday, October 3, 2023
All Day

Location
Brookhaven National Laboratory
TBD Room Location
DAY 1 – MONDAY, OCTOBER 2
9 – 9:15AM
Welcome Remarks and Agenda for day (Greg Lowry and Sara Mason)
9:15 – 11:15AM
Beamline capabilities and Computational resources at Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Masa Fukuto – Program manager for the complex scattering program at NSLS-II
- Andrew Kiss – Beamline Scientist-Imaging lines
- Hanfei Yan – Hard X-ray Nanoprobe
- Sara Mason – Center for Functional Nanomaterials
11:15 – 12:15PM
Synchrotron X-ray approaches to studying nanomaterial-plant interactions
- Armand Maison – Centre Européen de Recherche et d’Enseignement des Géosciences de l’Environnement (CEREGE)
- Hiram Castillo or Astrid Avellan (ESRF) (remote)
- Dean Hesterberg – Soil Science Advisor to the Director of the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS-SIRIUS) (remote)
12:15 – 1:30PM
Lunch
1:30 – 4PM
BNL Lab Tours
4 – 5:30PM
Applying for Beamtime and how to write a synchrotron proposal
NSLSII Beamline Scientists
7:00PM
Dinner (Location TBD)
INFRAMES DAY 2 – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3
9 – 10AM
Opportunities to connect plant nano researchers with beamline scientists and computational resources to study nanomaterial-plant interactions
- Greg Lowry – Carnegie Mellon University
- Melanie Auffan – Centre Européen de Recherche et d’Enseignement des Géosciences de l’Environnement (CEREGE)
- Sara Mason – CFN
10AM – 12:30PM
Breakout groups and brainstorming ideas for beamline proposals
12:30 – 1:45PM
Lunch
2 – 3:30PM
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Jason Unrine – Director (Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute), Professor of plant and soil science, University of Kentucky
3:30 – 5PM
Networking with BNL event for those who are staying
CONTACT
Greg Lowry
glowry@andrew.cmu.edu
Sara Mason
smason@bnl.gov
Joana Sipe
joana.sipe@duke.edu