don’t miss the third edition of LINXS Young researchers' symposium for Hard Matter!
Join us for the YRI Hard Matter Symposium at LINXS – a 2½-day event combining hands-on beamline insights, career development, and networking opportunities for early-career researchers working with synchrotron and neutron techniques in hard matter science.
When: 13-15 October, 2025
Where: LINXS, The Loop, Rydbergs torg 4, Lund
Registration information: Please indicate in the registration if you would like to join the MAX IV tour.
Registration Deadline: October 1, 2025 (Lunch and MAX IV visit cannot be guaranteed for registrations after this date)
Cost: Free of charge
What to prepare:
- A poster (there will be a prize for the best poster!)
Description
Join us for the YRI Hard Matter Symposium - an engaging 2 ½ -day event designed to connect and inspire early-career researchers exploring or utilizing synchrotron- and neutron-based techniques such as diffraction, spectroscopy, and imaging in the field of hard matter. This symposium offers a unique opportunity to network with peers, share ideas, and spark new collaborations.
Hosted at LINXS in Lund, this year’s symposium features a rich mix of keynote talks, panel discussions, a poster session, and interactive formats tailored to provide participants with both scientific insights and practical career guidance.
The first day is dedicated to career development, featuring speakers from both academia and industry who will share their professional journeys, offer insights on navigating career transitions, and provide practical strategies for securing research funding. Day 2 focuses on beamline experiments with a special emphasis on multimodal approaches to research questions by exploring the integration of complementary techniques and theoretical methods. Furthermore, practicalities of conducting successful experiments will be addressed by beamline scientists, highlighting common challenges in preparation, beamtime execution, and data analysis. The symposium concludes with a tour of MAX IV in the morning of Day 3.
Why attend?
Connect with peers and senior scientists in the hard matter community
Gain insights from practical beamline experiences and multimodal case studies.
Receive practical career advice and effective strategies for securing research funding
Showcase your research and get feedback in a relaxed atmosphere
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Day 1: Career Paths & Research Opportunities
08:30 – 09:15 Arrival & Coffee
09:15 – 09:30 : Presentation of LINXS, YRI, and symposium
09:30 – 09:50 Icebreaker
Career Session:
09:50 – 10:10 Matias Kagias (Associate Senior Lecturer, WISE Fellow – Lund University)
10:10 – 10:30: Nikolaj Henriksen (Senior Consultant – DTI)
10:30 – 10:50: Mathias Hamber (Special Advicer - NordForsk)
10:50 – 11:10: Coffee break
11:10 – 11:30: Anna Ravensburg (Transformation Expert – GTT-Technologies)
11:30 – 11:50: Ahmet Bahadir Yildiz (CEO – Scatterin AB)
11:50 – 12:10: Frank Niessen (Senior Scientist – XNovoTech)
12:10 – 12:25: Lund Funding Office
12:30 – 13:10 Lunch
13:10 – 14:00: Panel discussion with Q&A
14:00 – 15:00: Important conversations (with coffee)
15:00 – 15:30: Wrap-up on Important conversations
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 16:45 Tour of “The Loop”
16:45 – 17:45 Poster Session + Mingle
Day 2: Integrating Multimodal Methods and Mastering Beamtime Execution
08:45 – 09:00 Arrival
Multimodal techniques:
09:00 – 09:25: Grace Kauser (ESS)
09:25 – 09:50: Yaozhu Li (ESRF)
09:50 – 10:15: Rebecca Pittkowski (KU)
10:15 – 10:30: Coffee break
10:30 – 11:10: Q&A: Lessons from Multimodal Approaches
11:10 – 12:00: Exploring Multimodal Approaches: Peer Discussions
12:00 – 13:00: Lunch
13:00 – 13:30: Beamtime Bingo
Expert Perspectives on Common Beamtime Challenges
13:30 – 14:00: Diana Quintero Castro (Instrument Scientist – EIGER, PSI)
14:00 – 14:30: Frederik Holm Gjørup (Beamline Scientist – Danmax, MAXIV)
14:30 – 15:00: Coffee Break & Feedback
15:00 – 15:30: Jeroen Plomp (TU Delft)
15:30 – 16:00: Maik Kahnt (Beamline Lead – NanoMax, MAXIV)
16:00 – 16:30 Wrap-up & Next Steps
Day 3: Tour of MAX IV from 09:30-12:00
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For questions about the agenda etc, please contact any of the organisers:
Annika Stellhorn, ESS, annika.stellhorn@ess.eu
Axl Eriksson, Lund University, axl.eriksson@chemphys.lu.se
Isaac Appelquist Løge, Technical University of Denmark, isacl@kt.dtu.dk
Dalini Maharaj, Forschungszentrum Jülich, d.maharaj@fz-juelich.de
Fiona Nermark, Lund University, fiona.nermark@chem.lu.se
Sandra Benter, ESRF, sandra.benter@esrf.fr
Konstantin Victor Werner, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, konstantin-victor.werner@grenoble-inp.fr
Contact
For practical questions about the symposium, please contact josefin.martell@linxs.lu.se
Many thanks to the sponsors of this event!
The event is free of charge, but please note that we have a no-show fee of 200 SEK to offset the cost of ordered food.
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