When: 8–17 June, 2026
Where: LINXS at the The Loop, and the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Lund University
Organisers: LINXS Environment & Climate theme
About
This course aims at giving graduate students a basic understanding of a selection of microanalytical methods used in modern geosciences. The methods are employed to measure elemental concentrations and distributions, crystallography, and the internal structure of geomaterials on a (sub-)micrometre scale
For practical questions, please contact josefin.martell@linxs.lu.se
Schedule:
Coffee breaks at 10:15 and 14:15, lunch between 12:00-13:00
Monday, 8 June
Location: LINXS (all day)
12:00–13:00 Lunch
13:00–16:00 Introduction to the course - Helena Filipsson, Sanna Alwmark & Carl Alwmark, Lund University
16:00 Pizza at LINXS
Tuesday, 9 June
Location: LINXS (all day)
09:00–12:00 SEM Theory, Carl Alwmark, Lund University
13:00–onwards Poster Session
Wednesday, 10 June
Location: LINXS in the morning, MGeo, Sölvegatan 12 in the afternoon
09:00–12:00 Synchrotron nano-XRD, Sanna Alwmark, Lund University
13:00–17:00 SEM Practice (group 1) & Work on report (group 2), Carl Alwmark, Lund University
Thursday, 11 June
Location: MGeo, Sölvegatan 12, lecture hall Baltica
09:00–12:00 Introduction to neutron tomography, Johan Hektor, Malmö University and Stefanos Athanasopoulos, ESS
13:00–17:00 SEM Practice (group 2) & Work on report (group 1), Carl Alwmark, Lund University
Friday, 12 June
Location: LINXS (all day)
09:00–12:00 Trace elemental analysis, Jeroen Groeneveld, National Taiwan University
13:00–16:00 LA-ICP-MS, Tomas Naeraa, Lund University
Monday, 15 June
Location: LINXS (all day)
09:00–12:00 An introduction to X-ray computed tomography, Stephen Hall, Lund University,
13:00–16:00 Combined NCT XCT, Carl Alwmark, Lund University
Tuesday, 16 June
Location: LINXS morning and MAX IV in the afternoon
09:00–12:00 Sample preparation and acquisition strategies for the micro-tomographic analysis of (planktonic) foraminifera Stergios Zarkogiannis, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research
13:00–14:00 Tour of MAX IV
Wednesday, 17 June
Location: LINXS
09:00–12:00 End of course, Evaluation and reflection, Helena Filipsson, Sanna Alwmark & Carl Alwmark, Lund University
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