The RADIATE Summer Schools are aimed at doctoral students and early stage researchers wishing to understand the basic physics underlying ion beam techniques. Scientists wishing to refresh their knowledge are also welcome to sign up for summer schools.
RADIATE Summer School 2022 on environmental applications of IBA and AMS
The RADIATE Summer School will take place over a 3 day period in Florence, Italy in the fall of 2022 (late September / early October). Dates to be set depending on the availability of the lecturers. The Summer School is organized by INFN.
In the mornings, RADIATE researchers will give lectures, while the afternoons will be filled with presentations by participants.
Tentative Summer School Program
Day 1 morning – lectures
Day 1 afternoon – student presentations
Day 2 morning – lectures
Day 2 afternoon – student presentations
Day 3
Visit to the LABEC laboratory
More details will follow shortly.
Planned lectures:
TBD, VERA, University of Vienna, Austria
TBD, HZDR, Germany
Introduction to AMS technique, Environmental applications
TBD, JSI, Slovenia
Applications with microbeams, e.g. elemental mapping of plants
TBD, LABEC, INFN, Italy
14C measurements in the study of atmospheric aerosols
IBA for climate change and air quality issues
TBD, University of Florence, Italy
dendrochemistry projects, elemental analysis of tree rings from wood cores to reconstruct pollution in the recent past in heavily polluted areas
Venue
Villa Il Gioiello
Via del Pian dei Giullari 42
50125 Firenze
Italy
Set on the southern hills around Florence, Villa Il Gioielo (“The Jewel”) is a Renaissance villa owned by the University of Florence. Galileo Galilei spent the last years of his life here.
Application procedure
There is no fee to participate in the summer school. At least one candidate from each RADIATE project partner will be able to receive funding/a travel grant through their institution. Additional travel grants for candidates not affiliated with RADIATE will be available.
Applications will be evaluated by HZDR and INFN.