SSRL will conduct the 2013 SSRL Summer School on Synchrotron X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy between June 10 and June 14. The school will consist of two sets of parallel sessions, one covering basics of XANES and EXAFS data collection, FEFF based analysis and interpretation and the other covering advanced topics in data analysis, FEFF based near-edge analysis and DFT approaches to XANES data. The first curriculum will be suitable for beginner level participants, who have little or no practical experience with EXAFS data collection and analysis. The second curriculum is designed around the needs of participants who already have some experience with data collection and FEFF based data analysis and wish to learn more about approaches to data analysis for more challenging problems.

Co-chairs for the Summer School are SSRL Staff Scientists John Bargar and Ritimukta Sarangi. The Summer School will be held at SSRL with additional facilities used at the SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory site. Funding for the SMB Summer School program is provided by NIH, DOE-BES, and DOE-BER.