Join a growing community of early-career researchers in neutron and X-ray sciences.

Through workshops, seminars, and networking events, we bring together PhD students, postdocs, and undergraduates across life science, hard matter, and soft matter.

ABOUT

The Young Researchers’ Initiatives (YRIs) at LINXS is designed for PhD students, postdocs, and undergraduate students who use, or are interested in exploring, neutrons and X-rays in their research. Our aim is to foster interaction and learning across scientific disciplines, and to provide meaningful networking opportunities for early-career researchers at all stages.

Our activities are organised around three focus areas: Life Science, Hard Matter, and Soft Matter, broadly reflecting LINXS' thematic domains. These boundaries are intentionally flexible, and crossover between areas is very much encouraged.

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ FOCUS AREAS

The key objectives of Young Researchers’ Initiatives include:

Networking and collaboration: We are committed to forming an inclusive and supportive community, where both experienced users and newcomers to neutron and X-ray techniques can discover new collaborations and explore novel applications in their current and future research projects. Through symposiums, courses and tailored events designed for early career scientists, you will get opportunities to engage in discussions, exchange ideas and form new collaborations.

Education: Many of our activities include lectures and talks covering the fundamentals of neutron and X-ray techniques and their applications across different fields.

By Early Career Scientists, for Early Career Scientists: The network is driven by PhD students and postdocs who coordinate activities within each thematic area. The coordinating committee plays a vital role in shaping the initiative, organising events that reflect the real needs of early-career researchers. If you have ideas or thoughts on how to develop the network, don't hesitate to get in touch with the coordinators.

Who can benefit? The network is primarily aimed at students, PhD students, and postdocs who are currently using or have an interest in exploring the potential of neutrons and X-ray techniques in their research. The initiative is driven mainly by PhD students and post-docs that are active users of these techniques.

How can I get involved? Stay tuned for upcoming events! You don’t need to be a LINXS fellow or affiliated in any kind to participate in YRIs’ activities – simply register to events that you find interesting. Read more about the focus areas to connect with the respective coordinators.

Did you know? LINXS has an Educational Platform where we share videos covering everything from the fundamentals of neutron and X-ray techniques to their diverse applications.

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