19th SESAME Users Meeting
SESAME, Allan (Jordan)
September 13th, 14th & 15th, 2026
Scientific Program
Day 2: 14th Sep 2026
|
Session 3: Groundbreaking applications of synchrotron facilities - 1 |
|
|
09:00– 09:25 |
Synchrotron-based XAFS and XRF techniques for Advanced Applications at SESAME Messaoud HARFOUCHE (SESAME) |
|
09:25- 09:50 |
Shining synchrotron light on heterogeneous catalytic reactions: new tools to decipher dynamic structure-activity relationships Maarten Nachtegaal (Paul Scherrer Institute) (online) |
|
09:50 – 10:15 |
Title missing Tomography (Christoph Rau, Diamond) MAYBE ONLINE ? |
|
10:15 – 10:40 |
Accessing hidden text on papyri – An example for cultural heritage research at SESAME Heinz-Eberhard Mahnke (Freie Universitat Berlin) |
|
10:40 – 11:00 |
SESAME Synchrotron tomography for cultural heritage: structural diagnostics of Roman mosaics mock-ups Andrea Campostrini, (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) (online) |
|
11:00 – 11:30 |
Coffee break |
|
Session 3: Groundbreaking applications of synchrotron facilities - 2 |
|
|
11:30 – 12:00 |
Soft x-ray absorption and XMCD - what, how and what for Javier Herrero Martin (ALBA) (online) |
|
12:00 – 12:30 |
Mohammad Abu Haija (Khalifa University) |
|
12:30 – 13:00 |
IR studies of Carboranethiol Self Assembled Monolayers on Au(111) Surfaces at Grazing Incidence Gihan Kamel (SESAME) |
|
13:00 – 13:30 |
Not all teeth are created equal: How Variations in Enamel Crystallography and Protein Content Affect Tooth Optical and Mechanical Properties Faleh Tamimi, (Qatar University) (online) |
|
13:30 – 15:15 |
Lunch and poster session |
|
15:15 – 16:00 |
Session: 4 Sunstone panel discusion (Mariangela + mirjam + annick + Ed + Alijandro |
|
Session 5: 4 Parallel sessions, 5 presentations (20 minutes each) |
|
|
|
ARCH |
Life Sciences |
Chemical Sciences |
Material & Physical Sciences |
|
16:00 - 16:20 |
Microspectroscopic Investigation of Modern Stromatolites as Tools for Understanding the Ancient Fossil Record of Earth (And Potentially Mars?) Keyron Hickman-Lewis (The Natural History Museum |
From Cells to Materials and the Environment: Research Enabled by Synchrotron IR Microspectroscopy at SESAME Murat Kazanci (Istanbul Medeniyet University) (online) |
Mechanistic Investigation of Phototoxic Brominated Fluorophores Sara Ghazal (The University of Jordan) (online) |
Synchrotron-radiation probes utilized for specialty photonic materials Ali Karatutlu (Bilkent University) |
|
16: 20 – 16:40 |
Preservation of organic compounds in non-adult and adult bones: A case study from 3,500-year-old Cyprus Yuko Miyauchi (The Cyprus Institute) |
Comparative Synchrotron FTIR Microspectroscopic Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Inflammatory and Non-Inflammatory Breast Cancer Cells Aya El-Sharkawy (Cairo University) |
NEXAFS-XANES Investigation of Sub-Bandgap Illumination Effects on SnO–SnO₂ Surfaces: Surface Oxygen Vacancy Dynamics Berkan Atman (Middle East Technical University) |
Tomography of the Niger Delta Formations: User Experience at SESAME Itai Mutadza (The Africa Center of Excellence in Oilfield Chemicals Research (ACE-CEFOR) |
|
16: 40 – 17:00 |
From Petra to SESAME: Using Synchrotron-Based Techniques to Better Understand and Preserve Cultural Heritage Samah Khasawneh (Sela for Training and Protection Heritage) |
Heavy metal uptake in olive trees (Olea europaea L.) in the circum-Mediterranean region: Case studies from Palestine, Cyprus, and Turkey Zeynep Dellen (Sabanci University) (online) |
XAFS Investigation of Magnesium Carbonate Phases in Brucite: Impact of Carbonation Curing on Strength Development Inderjeet SINGH (New York University Abu Dhabi) |
Spectroscopy based chemo-metric analysis for high energy radiation damaged quantification in polymers Sajjad Mehmood Malik, (University of Engineering & Technology) |
|
17:00 – 17:20 |
Innovative Analytical Approaches for the Study of Natural Dyes in Historical Wool Fibers: Insights from Synchrotron IR Spectroscopy Manijeh Hadian (Research for Conservation of Cultural Relics (RCCCR) in Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism) online |
Comparative study of anatomical structures of the mouthparts of Macrolophus pygmaeus and Nesidiocoris tenuis (Hemiptera: Miridae), utilizing Synchrotron Phase Contrast Microtomography Hassan Hoda (Iranian research institute of plant protection) (online) |
Electronic and Structural Properties Investigations of InN based on Synchrotron Radiation Leyla Colakerol Arslan (Gebze Technical University) |
Constructing Holocene Climate from Speleothems Ahlam Farhan (SESAME)
|
|
17:20 – 17:40 |
Mohammad Ali Haddad (Yazd University) |
Early structural changes in Multiple Myeloma Bone Disease (Wei Li, Charite Universitatsmedizin) (online) |
Evaluating the Cancer-Hindering Effects of a Novel Anticancer Drug on Cancer Cells Nenaro Ziad (Najah National University) |
(Fawad Ehsan, Lyallpur Oil Tool) ASK FOR TITLE |
|
18:00 |
Dinner |
|||
