Multimodal, Operando Experiments, Data Analysis and Modeling
November 18–20, 2026
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Motivation
Synchrotron Catalysis Consortium (SCC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory offers a three-day training course to those interested in learning about advanced experiments and data analysis methods in catalysis and electrocatalysis research.
This year, the course will be offered on November 18–20, 2026.
This short course will be useful for those scientists interested in learning the foundations of in-situ and operando experimentation with heterogeneous catalysts. The emphasis will be on the methodologies for correlative use of the in situ/operando characterization techniques, such as X-ray absorption, photoelectron and infrared spectroscopies as well as electron microscopy, for catalysis and electrocatalysis research. The lectures, taught by the PIs of the SCC and their partners from NSLS-II beamlines and CFN, will focus on specific research problems solved by different combined methods.
The course will include hands-on training in analysis of catalysts by XAFS and XPS. During the last day of the workshop, as has been our tradition since the inception of Brookhaven XAFS short courses, the instructors will divide participants in groups for in-depth problem solving, data analysis and modeling, to best match participants and their research interests. Parallel sessions will be organized for data analysis training in different techniques. There will be Q&A sessions about the material taught on the first and second days of the course.
Course participants will be limited and selected based on their application materials.
- Wednesday, November 18 and Thursday, November 19 will be devoted to lectures and demonstrations of the data analysis methods.
- Friday, November 20 will be devoted to the practical session, in which participants will practice XAFS and XPS problem solving methods discussed in the previous days. Registered participants will have an option to analyze their own data, in addition to the projects chosen for training purpose.
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Course Instructors
- Anibal Boscoboinik (CFN/BNL)
- Jingguang G. Chen (Columbia/BNL)
- Anatoly Frenkel (SBU/BNL)
- Elizabeth Happel (SBU)
- Nicholas Marcella (SBU)
- Jorge Moncada (NSLS-II/BNL)
- Jose Rodriguez (BNL)
- Dario Stacchiola (CFN/BNL)
- Iradwikanari Waluyo(NSLS-II/BNL)
- Dominik Wierzbicki (NSLS-II/BNL)
- Judith Yang (CFN/BNL)
Course Sponsors
- Synchrotron Catalysis Consortium (BNL)
Accommodations
This event does not have a hotel room block. Participants should make their hotel reservation. When booking your reservation, you may need to guarantee your room with a credit card.
Remember to ask about their cancellation policy and if they offer shuttle service. Details
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Important Dates
| July 8, 2026 | Course enrollment opens |
| August 31, 2026 | Course enrollment closes |
| September 2, 2026 | Notification of enrollment acceptance (by e-mail) |
| September 3, 2026 | Registration (for accepted participants and auditors) opens |
| October 7, 2026 | Additional BNL Guest registration deadline for all accepted non-U.S. citizens participants who do not have an active appointment with Brookhaven Lab. You will be directed to the appropriate form once you have completed the course registration. |
| November 5, 2026 | Registration (for accepted participants and auditors) closes at 11:59 pm |
Course Information
Note: This event falls under Exemption D (Formal classroom training held at Federal facilities, which does not exhibit indicia of a formal conference as outlined in the Conference/Event Exemption Request Form.) Participation is contingent on application acceptance.