Workshop Programme
Schedule
Presentations are scheduled for the afternoon European time to allow potential participation from both the East-coast USA and parts of Asia (all times in Eastern European Time-EET; CET+1, GMT+2, EST+6, PST+9).
Day 1 (23rd March 2026)
13:45-14:00 Welcome
14:00-14:45 EPMA Essentials: Strengths and Limits of EPMA in Practice (AH)
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-15:45 The Art of Flatness: Preparing Samples for High-Quality Microanalysis (AH)
15:45-16:00 Break
16:00-16:45 From Counts to Concentrations: Principles of Quantitative EPMA (AH)
16:45-17:00 Time for Discussion
Day 2 (24th March 2026)
14:00-14:45 Analysis strategies for glassy materials (CH)
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-15:45 Quantification of beam sensitive materials (JDo)
15:45-16:00 Break
16:00-16:45 JEOL EDS: settings, quantification, classification, and particle analysis (SM)
16:45-17:00 Time for Discussion
Day 3 (25th March 2026)
14:00-14:45 Advances in EPMA microanalysis and mapping - enabling ppm sensitivity mapping and characterisation of hydrated materials (CM)
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-15:45 Using modelling to optimise EPMA analytical conditions (EH)
15:45-16:00 Break
16:00-16:45 Automated mineralogy applications on the microprobe with the Bruker AMICS (AH)
16:45-17:00 Break
17:00-17:45 Light elements, low concentrations and chemical states (SM)
17:45-18:00 Time for Discussion
Day 4 (26th March 2026)
14:00-14:45 EPMA Applications in the Study of Meteorites (AO)
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-15:45 Measuring iron and sulfur oxidation state in glasses and minerals using EPMA (EH)
15:45-16:00 Break
16:00-16:45 The power of EPMA in the study of shocked ordinary chondrites (IB)
16:45-17:00 Break
17:00-17:45 MinPlotX: a powerful tool for EPMA (JW)
17:45-18:00 Time for Discussion
18:00-18:15 Closing remarks (IB)
Instructors (in alphabetical order of the last name)
John Donovan (JDo) University of Oregon
Anette Von der Handt (AH) University of British Columbia
Chris Hayward (CH) University of Edinburgh
Ery Hughes (EH) Te Pū Ao | GNS Science
Colin MacRae (CM) CSIRO Mineral Resources
Serguei Matveev (SM) JEOL Germany
Amanda Ostwald (AO) Michigan State University
Jesse Walters (JW) University of Graz
Coordinator-Organizer
Ioannis Baziotis (IB) Agricultural University of Athens