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 (24th March 2025)
13:45-14:00 Welcome
14:00-14:45 Background, strengths, and limitations of EPMA (AH)
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-15:45 Sample preparation (flat surfaces, mounting media, carbon coating etc.)(AH)
15:45-16:00 Break
16:00-16:45 Use of standards – quantitative analysis – Statistics (AH)
16:45-17:00 Break
17:00-17:45 Current recommendations and resources for reporting and archiving EPMA data and methods (SK)
17:45-18:00 Time for Discussion
Day 2 (25th March 2025)
14:00-14:45 Analysis strategies for glassy materials (CH)
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-15:45 The benefits of coupling EPMA with QEMSCAN® analysis (AG)
15:45-16:00 Break
16:00-16:45 Calculation of Detection Limits of WDS analysis as implemented in the JEOL PC EPMA software (SM)
16:45-17:00 Break
17:00-17:45 Correction of WDS and EDS secondary fluorescence artifacts from grain boundaries (JDo)
17:45-18:00 Time for Discussion
Day 3 (26th March 2025)
14:00-14:45 Live demonstration of the Cameca SX100 instrument (CH)
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-15:45 Optimizing analytical conditions using modelling (EH)
15:45-16:00 Break
16:00-16:45 Optimizing EPMA for tephra glasses to maximize both accuracy and precision (SK)
16:45-17:00 Break
17:00-17:45 JEOL windowless detectors: Gather-X and SXES (SM)
17:45-18:00 Time for Discussion
Day 4 (27th March 2025)
14:00-14:45 EPMA of volcanic rocks to estimate magma storage and ascent conditions (EH)
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-15:45 Diffusion chronometry in olivine and pyroxene using the EPMA and LA-ICP MS mapping (AO)
15:45-16:00 Break
16:00-16:45 Microscopy and Microanalysis of Archaeological Materials: case studies from Pompeii (CG)
16:45-17:00 Break
17:00-17:45 Ancient Egypt in an SEM-analysis of the worlds earliest example of the use of meteorite iron (DJ)
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
Ariadni Georgatou (AG) National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Celestino Grifa (CG) Università degli Studi del Sannio di Benevento
Anette Von der Handt (AH) University of British Columbia
Chris Hayward (CH) University of Edinburgh
Ery Hughes (EH) Te Pū Ao | GNS Science
Diane Johnson (DJ) Cranfield University
Stephen Kuehn (SK) Concord University
Serguei Matveev (SM) JEOL Germany
Amanda Ostwald (AO) Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
Coordinator-Organizer
Ioannis Baziotis (IB) Agricultural University of Athens