Name: 2023 African Light Source Conference
Start: 2023-11-13T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-11-17T23:30:00+02:00
Location: No location set

Monday, 13 November 2023
14:00
14:00 - 14:30
Contributions

14:00 Official Opening - Philip Oluseyi Oladijo (Botswana International University of Science and Technology)

14:10 AfLS : Opening Address - Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg)

14:20 AfPS : Opening Address - Ahmadou Wague (African Physical; Society)
14:30
14:30 - 15:30
Contributions

14:30 SESAME BM02-IR Microspectroscopy beamline: a plethora of opportunities - Gihan Kamel (SESAME Light Source)

15:00 Coral reef formation from nanometers to kilometers - Pupa Gilbert (University of Wisconsin-Madison and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
15:30 AfLS Session
AfLS Session
15:30 - 15:45
Contributions

15:30 Using X-PEEM and XANES to explore barnacle exoskeleton mineralization - Rebecca Metzler (Colgate University)
15:45

15:45 - 16:00
16:00 Plenary
Plenary
16:00 - 17:00
Contributions

16:00 How can countries of the Global South get a fair deal out of membership and participation in Big Science projects? - Anna-Lena Rüland (Leiden University, NL)

16:30 The African Strategy for Physics and Applied Physics - Mounia Laassiri (Mohammed V University)

16:50 ASFAP Discussion - Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
17:00

17:00 - 17:15
17:15 Ministers Forum and Strategic Task Force
Ministers Forum and Strategic Task Force
17:15 - 19:00
Contributions

17:15 Pan African and Ministerial perspectives - Nkem Khumbah (AAS)

17:45 STF - African Regional Infrastructure - Diouma Kobor (University Assane Seck of Ziguinchor)

18:00 STF - Collective African Membership of an International AdLS - Sonia Semedo (UFPLP and Universidade de Cabo Verde)

18:15 STF - African Beamline at an International AdLS - Edward Mitchell (ESRF)

18:30 African Ministers of Science Forum and STF Discussion - Lawrence Norris (National Society of Black Physicists)
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
10:00 African Physical Society
African Physical Society
10:00 - 12:00
Contributions

10:00 Dark Matter Subhalo Properties in the Cosmic Web - Feven Markos Hunde (Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences)

10:15 Black Holes in Holography Thermodynamics - Ladghami yahya (Mohammed I University, Oujda, Morocco)

10:30 Constraining the phantom dynamical dark energy model and smoothing the Hubble tension. - Safae DAHMANI (Mohammed I University)

10:45 Comparing phantom dark energy models using statefinder diagnostic - Dalale mhamdi (Laboratory of Physics of Matter and Radiations, Mohammed I University, BP 717, Oujda, Morocco)

11:00 Deconvoluting source function from two-particle correlations in Heavy-ion Collision - Pierre Nzabahimana (Albion College and FRIB)

11:15 Higgs inflation model with non-minimal coupling in hybrid Palatini approach - Brahim Asfour (LPMR, Faculty of sciences, Mohammed First University, Oujda.)

11:30 Deblurring for Nuclear Physics - Sinethemba Neliswa Mamba (African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS))

11:45 Modified Hybrid Inflation, Reheating and Electroweak Vacuum stability - Mustafa Ashry (Faculty of Science, Cairo University) Merna Ibrahim (Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University)
12:00

12:00 - 12:15
14:00 Plenary
Plenary
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 The role of synchrotrons in African Bio-science? - Thandeka Moyo (National Institute for Communicable Diseases)

14:30 A new view of the Inner Core from the primary pressure scale derived from synchrotron X-ray study at high pressure - Eiji Ohtani (Tohoku University)

15:00 Watching real materials in real devices with the atomic pair distribution function (PDF) - Simon Billinge (Columbia University)
15:30 AfLS Contribution
AfLS Contribution
15:30 - 15:45
Contributions

15:30 The influence of cation disorder on the mineral physics of ankerite: new HP synchrotron X-ray diffraction data - Azzurra Zucchini (Department of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia (Italy))
15:45

15:45 - 16:00
16:00
16:00 - 17:00
Contributions

16:00 ASESMA: the second decade and its role in new initiatives for scientific research - Richard Martin (University of Illinois)

16:30 Scientific and Societal Impact of Synchrotron Light Sources - Qun Shen (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
17:00

17:00 - 17:15
17:15 IMA
IMA
17:15 - 18:00
Contributions

17:15 Exploration of the deep Earth water cycle: a collaboration of first-principles calculations and synchrotron x-ray diffraction studies - Jun Tsuchiya (Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University)

17:30 Quantifying trace metal stoichiometry of marine microalgae by synchrotron x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (SXRF) - Laura Sofen (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)

17:45 Experiences in several synchrotrons as a user and as staff using infrared spectroscopy and X-ray microscopy - Diana E. Bedolla (International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology)
18:00 Plenar
Plenar
18:00 - 19:00
Contributions

18:00 LAAAMP : Lightsources for Africa, Asia, Americas, Middle East and Pacific - Sekazi Mtingwa (Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Brookhaven National Laboratory& African Laser Centre)

18:30 New beamlines for Siam Photon Source-II in Thailand - Chanan Euaruksakul
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
10:00 African Physical Society
African Physical Society
10:00 - 12:00
Contributions

10:00 Thermodynamic Properties of Duffin Kemmer Petiau oscillator in a magnetic field with EUP - Lakhdar Sek (University of Eloued )

10:15 Confined Atomic Systems in Charged Environments - Mustafa Moumni (University of Batna1)

10:30 Mathematical and Physical Foundations for QED - Tepper Gill (Howard University)

10:45 Terms of Trade, Institutional Quality and Exchange Rate Volatility in the Economic Community of West African States - Rosemary Eshun (University of Education, Winneba)

11:00 Comparative Study on X-ray Imaging with CsI(Tl) Scintillators: Monte Carlo Simulation using GEANT4 - Charaf Eddine BENKABDI (ÉQUIPE DE RADIATIONS ET SYSTEMES NUCLÉAIRES) Tarek El bardouni (Équipe de radiations et systemes nucléaires)

11:15 Tapered Fiber Connector and its performance analysis - Ved Nath Jha (MLS College, Madhubani)

11:30 A Novel Sparse Linear Array via Maximum Interelement Spacing Concept for DOA Estimation Applications - Steven Wandale (Dept. of Electronics & Physics, University of Malawi)

11:45 Freely Available Complete Video Optics Course - Rick Trebino (Georgia Institute of Technology)
14:00
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Synchrotron X-Ray micro-computed tomography on beamlines BM18 and BM05 at the ESRF and current applications in biomedicine, material sciences and natural and cultural heritage - Kathleen Dollman (ESRF)

14:30 A structural biology approach to win the fight against infectious diseases - Emmanuel Nji (BioStruct-Africa)

15:00 Africa Bioimaging Consortium - Strengthening the microscopy community in Africa - Caron Jacobs (UCT - Disease and Molecular Medicine and Wellcome-CIDRI)
15:30
15:30 - 15:45
Contributions

15:30 New opportunities on the studies of matter at extreme conditions in the ESRF-EBS - Gaston Garbarino (ESRF)
15:45

15:45 - 16:00
16:00
16:00 - 17:00
Contributions

16:00 Status and Capabilities of INDUS-2 at Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology - Tapas Ganguli (Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology )

16:30 Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy at Synchrotron Light Source - Prosper Ngabonziza (Louisiana State University)
17:00

17:00 - 17:15
17:15 AfLS Plenary
AfLS Plenary
17:15 - 17:45
Contributions

17:15 FinEstBeAMS: a beamline for atmospheric and materials sciences at MAX IV Laboratory - Antti Kivimäki (Lund University)
17:45 AfLS Contributions
AfLS Contributions
17:45 - 19:00
Contributions

17:45 Exploring grain-scale chemistry of African meteorites using Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence Microprobes - Paul Northrup (Stony Brook University)

18:00 Instrumentation Neutron Activation Analysis & Proton Induced X-RAY Emission techniques supported with Machine learning analysis for rare earth/macro/micro elements correlation from O. Sativa Rice varieties in Senegal River valley - Alassane TRAORE (Universite Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar)

18:15 Synchrotron X-ray studies of superconducting vacancy-ordered monoclinic Titanium monoxide films during synthesis - Divine Kumah (Duke University)

18:30 Phytonanoremediaton using mangroves and iron nanomaterials to remove heavy metals - Keyla Soto Hidalgo (University of Puerto Rico)

18:45 Spectroscopy capabilities in the VUV - Soft X-ray region at the Canadian Light Source, the Variable Line Spacing-Plane Grating Monochromator beamline - Lucia Zuin (Canadian Light Source)
Thursday, 16 November 2023
10:00 African Physical Society
African Physical Society
10:00 - 11:30
Contributions

10:00 Optimization of Properties of Bismuth doped Germanium-Antimony-Selenium-Tellurium for Threshold Switching Applications - Austine Amukayia Mulama (Maseno University, Kenya)

10:15 Fabrication of dye sensitized solar cell using produced platinum doped multiwall carbon nanotube as counter electrode. - Sharifat Olalonpe Ibrahim (Department of Physics, Federal university of Technology, Minna, Nigeria)

10:30 Protocol for Dy3+ modified NaCaVO4 Nanophosphors in Solid-State Lighting Applications: Structural and Luminescence Investigations - KAMNI PATHANIA (SHRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI UNIVERSITY, KATRA,INDIA)

10:45 Study of optical and energy transfer on co-activated ZnAl2O4:0.1% Tb3+, 0.1% Sm3+ nanomaterial prepared using the citrate precursor method. - Clinton Dlamini (south african)

11:00 Cobalt Sulfide-Based Biosensor anchored on Graphene for Continuous Monitoring of glucose in sweat. - Ngutor Akiiga (Egypt Japan University of Science and Technology)

11:15 Prediction of Polymorphism and Crystallographic Properties of Cinnamic Acid using CSD-Materials - Samuel Tetteh (University of Cape Coast, Ghana)
11:30

11:30 - 11:45
11:45 African Physical Society
African Physical Society
11:45 - 13:05
Contributions

11:45 Obtaining high yield recombinant Enterococcus faecium nicotinate nucleotide adenylyltransferase for X-ray crystallography - Olamide Jeje

12:00 Layered high-pressure, high-temperature experiments with lunar Fe-Ti cumulate and Mg-rich mantle compositions to understand the origin of varied Ti-contents of lunar basalts - HIMELA MOITRA (INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR)

12:15 First-principles investigation of MXenes M4C3 (M = Sc, Cr, and Mn) for clean energy - El Mokhtar Darkaoui

12:30 Laser-induced nonthermal diffusion of impurities and vacancies in Silicon - C. I. K. Mebou (University of Kassel)
14:00
14:00 - 15:45
Contributions

14:00 4th Generation High Energy Synchrotron X-rays at the ESRF: A Pivotal Large-Scale Tool with Socio-Economic Benefits - Michael Krisch (ESRF)

14:30 LATAM Synchrotron in the Greater Caribbean and AfLS - Galileo Violini (Centro Internacional de Física, Bogotá)

14:45 Frontier Synchrotron Technologies Contribution to Society : The role of light source governance structures to explain it - Victor Del Rio (SOCIEDAD MEXICANA DE LUZ SINCROTRÓN A.C.)

15:15 How to build skills for the African Synchrotron - Brenda Valderrama (Instituto de Biotecnología UNAM)

15:30 Crystallogenesis and structural research on human transferrins as potential drug transporter using Synchrotron techniques - Abel Moreno (Institute of Chemistry, UNAM)
15:45

15:45 - 16:00
16:00 Plenary
Plenary
16:00 - 17:00
Contributions

16:00 Sirius Light Source - machine and Science highlights and a message for Africa - Harry Westfahl (LNLS)

16:30 SESAME, a perspective view - Andrea Lausi (SESAME)
17:00

17:00 - 17:15
17:15
17:15 - 18:15
Contributions

17:15 An overview of the Munich CLS - Franz Pfeiffer (Technical University of Munich)

17:45 Elettra - Machine and Science Highlights, a message for Africa - Giorgio Paolucci
18:15
18:15 - 19:00
Contributions

18:15 Commwealth Chemistry - The Federation of Commonwealth Chemical Sciences Societies - Peter Mallon

18:30 Status of Hefei light source II, a recently constructed IR-FEL, and the new 4th generation diffraction limited storage ring - Heten Li (National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (China))

18:45 Finnish Synchrotron Radiation User Organisation (FSRUO) - Simo J Huotari (Finnish Synchrotron Radiation User Organisation (FSRUO))
Friday, 17 November 2023
10:00 African Physical Society
African Physical Society
10:00 - 12:00
Contributions

10:00 Lamellipodia-like membrane protrusions regulate the integrity of epithelial cell-cell adhesions - Yosuke Senju (Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science (RIIS), Okayama University)

10:15 Eﬀect of an ambient environment on light-induced degradation of organic solar cells based on a benzodithiophene–quinoxaline copolymer in air - Kidan Gebremariam (University lecturer)

10:30 Biogeochemical Chlorination of Marine Organic Matter - Alessandra Leri (Marymount Manhattan College)

10:45 Bio-fertilizers - Aondoakura Shaapera
14:00
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 The Photon Factory: Some XAFS studies and a message for Africa - Hitoshi Abe (Photon Factory (PF), Institute of Materials Structure Science (IMSS), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK))

14:30 X-TechLab in Benin as a model for human capacity building in X-Ray science - Thierry d'Almeida (CEA)

15:00 Recent highlights from Diamond Light Source - Andrew Quigley (Diamond Light Source)
15:30 AfLS Contribution
AfLS Contribution
15:30 - 15:45
Contributions

15:30 Temperature and Moisture Triggered Crystallization of Triple Cation-Mixed Halide Perovskite Cells to Reduce Phase Segregations - Elly Miller Shatsala (Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
15:45

15:45 - 16:00
16:00
16:00 - 16:45
Contributions

16:00 AfCA : Introduction update and working towards the AfLS - Gift Mehlana (Zimbabwe Chemical Society)

16:30 Importance of X-ray diffraction for the economic and industrial development of Latin American countries - Carolina Santacruz-Perez (International Science Council)
16:45

16:45 - 17:00

17:00

17:00 - 17:15