AFLS2025

from Monday, 17 November 2025 (09:00) to Friday, 21 November 2025 (23:30)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
17 Nov 2025
18 Nov 2025
19 Nov 2025
20 Nov 2025
21 Nov 2025
AM
09:00
Monday Morning (until 10:00) ()
10:00 --- Break ---
10:30
Monday Morning (until 11:30) ()
11:00 Scaling Quantum Education and Industry in Africa - Ahmed Younes (Alexandria University and Alamein International University)   ()
11:30 --- Break ---
09:00
Tuesday Morning I (until 10:30) ()
09:00 Comparative analysis using SCAPS 1-D software on the stability and toxicity of FAPbI3 and FASnI3 perovskites, aiming for environmental protection. - Sékou TOURE   ()
09:15 Theoretical and experimental study of optoelectronic oscillators (OEO) for telecommuni-cations, metrology, and artificial intelligence - Jimmi Talla Mbé (University of Yaoundé 1)   ()
09:30 Advancement of the Optical Fiber Transmission System - Dr Ved Jha (MLSM College, Darbhanga)   ()
09:45 Partial Melting of Hydrous Carbonated Fertile Peridotite at 3 GPa: Influence of Water and CO2 in the Formation of Picrites and Komatiites - Mr SAGNIK SARKAR (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur)   ()
10:00 Partial Melting Experiments in Carbonated Secondary Pyroxenite at 3 GPa and Origin of Primary Arc Magmas - Mr Tamalkanti Mukherjee (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur)   ()
10:15 Effects of Cooling Rate and Wall Inclination on the Solidification of Pure Tin in a Quasi-2D Trapezoidal Cavity - Hafsa Akkaoui (Laboratory of Research in Physics and Engineering Sciences (LRPSI), Polydisciplinary faculty, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal, Morocco)   ()
10:30 --- Break ---
10:45
Tuesday Morning II (until 11:45) ()
10:45 DFT and AIMD Investigation of Hydrogen Storage in Alkali Metal Hydrides XH (X=Li, Na, and K) - Ms Hakima Ouhenou (Laboratory of Research in Physics and Engineering Sciences, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Polydisciplinary Faculty, Beni Mellal, 23000, Morocco.)   ()
11:00 Theoretical Study of the Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of Pt-Doped LiFeAs via first principle DFT - Manza Zityab (Adama Science and Technology University)   ()
11:15 Rare Earth based scintillation materials - Mr Abderrahmane ZAGHRANE   ()
11:45 --- Break ---
09:00
Wednesday Morning I (until 10:30) ()
09:00 Experimental Investigation of Indoor Air Quality of a Public Bus Transport under Driving Conditions in a Tropical Climate - Bertrand TCHANCHE (Université Alioune Diop de Bambey)   ()
09:15 Evaluation of Indoor and Outdoor Environmental Radiation in the Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe, North-Eastern. Nigeria. - Mr Isa Sabo Muhammad (Federal University of Kashere) Mr Muhammad Mudassir Usman (Federal University of Kashere) Mr Muhammad Nuruddeen Abdulkareem (Federal University of Kashere)   ()
09:30 Investigating the Accumulation of Heavy Metal Pollutant in Water Leaf and their Effects on Soil Microbial Population in Calabar, Nigeria. - USHIE PATRICK (CROSS RIVER UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, CALABAR NIGERIA)   ()
09:45 COMBINE ROLE OF CERAMIC-CARBON FILTER FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT - Mr Maxwell Kwarteng (University of Ghana)   ()
10:00 LIBS spectroscopy for urban zone pollution monitoring - Ahmadou Wague (African Physical; Society)   ()
10:30 --- Break ---
10:45
Wednesday Morning II (until 11:45) ()
10:45 Impact of Magnetic Properties on Selective Emitters metamaterial for Low Band-Gap Thermophotovoltaic Applications. - Tesfaye Hurrisa (Adama science and Technology university)   ()
11:00 Enhancing Radiative Cooling Power Using Ultra-Broadband Near-Unit Spectrally Selective Thermal Emitters Based On Metamaterial Structure. - Tesfaye Hurrisa (Adama science and Technology university)   ()
11:15 Structural and Optical Investigation on Undoped And Sm3+ Doped Na4Mg(WO4)3 Nanophosphors as an Efficient Photoluminescent Material - Neha Lalotra (SHRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI UNIVERSITY, KATRA, J&K)   ()
11:30 Comparative analysis of kimberlite Rock Using Activation Technique - Gideon Bentum (University of Johannesburg)   ()
11:45 --- Break ---
09:00
Thursday Morning I (until 10:30) ()
09:00 Nonextensive Black Hole Thermodynamics from Generalized Euclidean Path Integral and Wick's Rotation - Faiçal Barzi   ()
09:15 Quantum Mechanical Formalism of Charged-Particle Beam Optics - Prof. Sameen Ahmed Khan (Department of Mathematics and Sciences, College of Arts and Applied Sciences, Dhofar University)   ()
09:30 Non-collisions background studies with the ATLAS detector during the LHC Run-2 data taking - FATIMA ZAHRA LAHBABI (University Hassan II, Faculty of sciences Ain Chock (MA))   ()
09:45 Experimental investigation on thermoelectric cooler to evaluate the efficiency of a passive temperature harmonization device - Mr akilou ALLES (universite de lome) Dr Pali KPELOU (Universite de lome)   ()
10:00 Experimental Study of a Biomass Carbonization System with Heat Recovery for Hot Water Cogeneration. - Mr Essossinam Aminti (Université de Lomé)   ()
10:30 --- Break ---
10:45
Thursday Morning II (until 11:45) ()
10:45 Application Of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy And Chemometrics In Total Aflatoxin Detection And Quantification In An Alcoholic Beverage - Dr Zephania Birech (University of Nairobi) Ms Carolyne Jeptoo (University of Nairobi)   ()
11:00 Synergistic passivation of ZnO electron transport layer using 2D self-assembled monolayer and ZnO nanoparticles to improve stability of non-fullerene organic solar cells - Mrs Kidan G. Gebremariam (PhD student)   ()
11:15 DR. - USHIE PATRICK (CROSS RIVER UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, CALABAR NIGERIA)   ()
11:30 CALCULATIONS OF TRIPLE DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS FOR ELECTRON IMPACT IONIZATION OF Mg IN COPLANAR SYMMETRIC GEOMETRY FROM LOW TO INTERMEDIATE ENERGIES - Nyae Alii Tui (Kenyatta)   ()
11:45 --- Break ---
09:00
Friday Morning I (until 10:30) ()
09:00 Sound velocity measurements by inelastic x-ray scattering using a synchrotron light source - Daijo IKUTA (Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University)   ()
09:30 Exploring the Composition of Ghana’s Manganese through Geochemical, Mineralogical, and Particle Size Analysis - Marcel Selase Gbeddy (School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana)   ()
10:00 Discrimination of Colombo-tantalite minerals from South Kivu Province (DRC) using XRF techniques - Prof. Mac C. MUGUMAODERHA (Physics Department, ISP-Bukavu and TraCerLab)   ()
10:30 --- Break ---
10:45
Friday Morning II (until 12:00) ()
10:45 Green Synthesis and Characterization of Silver-Doped ZnO Nanoparticles Using Tobacco Leaf Extract: A Novel Hydrothermal Approach for Antibacterial and Antifungal Applications - Jebel Mahamud (Adama Science and Technology University)   ()
11:00 DFT analysis of structural, electronic and optical properties of Ni and Zn doped CoS counter electrode for dye sensitized solar cells - Mr Dereje Gelanu Dadi (Adama Science and Technology University)   ()
11:15 Synthesis and characterization of Mo2C-Cu composites as an electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction - Dipti Ranjan Sahu (Namibia University of Science and Technology)   ()
11:30 Photoionization of Low- and Highly-Charged Atomic Ions Using Synchrotron and Free-Electron Lasers - Awad Elamin Awad Mohamed (University of Camerino)   ()
PM
12:00
Opening Plenary Session (until 13:30) ()
12:00 AfLS / AfPS Conference Opening - Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg) Ahmadou Wague (African Physical; Society) Philip Oluseyi Oladijo (Botswana International University of Science and Technology)   ()
12:15 The World of Atoms at the Attosecond Time Scale - Prof. Anne L'Huillier (Lund University)   ()
13:30 --- Break ---
14:00
Monday Afternoon I (until 15:45) ()
14:00 The recent status of High Energy Photon Source (HEPS) - Yuhui Dong (Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS)   ()
14:30 LAAAMP Overview - Sekazi Mtingwa (Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Brookhaven National Laboratory& African Laser Centre)   ()
14:45 GCLS and the Proposal of a Light Sources Program for the Global South- Where we stand - Galileo Violini (Centro Internacional de Física, Bogotá)   ()
15:00 Archeological Materials - Victor Castano (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)   ()
15:30 Science Impact and perspectives at SESAME - Andrea Lausi (SESAME)   ()
15:45 --- Break ---
16:00
Monday Afternoon II (until 17:00) ()
16:00 Scientific opportunities at the SESAME Synchrotron X-rays beamlines. - Messaoud Harfouche (SESAME)   ()
16:30 SESAME BM02-IR Beamline: present and future. - Gihan Kamel (SESAME Light Source)   ()
17:00 --- Break ---
17:15
Monday Afternoon III (until 18:30) ()
12:00
Detectors Tutorial (until 17:30) ()
12:00 Introduction to 2025 African Light Source Detectors Tutorial - Dr Anna Bergamaschi (PSI, Switzerland) Dr Matthew Veale (UKRI-STFC, UK) Dr Erik Fröjdh (PSI, Switzerland) Prof. Heinz Graafsma (DESY-Hamburg, Germany) David Pennicard (DESY) Frank Lehner (DESY)   ()
12:05 Introduction to X-ray detectors - Prof. Heinz Graafsma (DESY-Hamburg, Germany)   ()
12:55 --- Break ---
13:00 Photon counting detectors - Dr Anna Bergamaschi (PSI, Switzerland)   ()
13:50 --- Open Discussion Sign-up for Online Community of Practice ---
14:30 Integrating detectors - Dr David Pennicard (DESY-Hamburg, Germany)   ()
15:20 --- Break ---
15:30 Sensors for low-E, medium-E and high-E photons - Dr Matthew Veale (UKRI-STFC, UK)   ()
16:20 --- Break ---
16:30 DAQ, data handling, data reduction and AI/ML - Dr Erik Fröjdh (PSI, Switzerland)   ()
17:20 Detectors Tutorial Summary and Evaluation - Prof. Heinz Graafsma (DESY-Hamburg, Germany) Pennicard All Participants Fröjdh Frank Lehner (DESY) Dr Matthew Veale (UKRI-STFC, UK) Dr Anna Bergamaschi (PSI, Switzerland)   ()
12:00
Tuesday Morning Plenary (until 13:30) ()
12:00 XAFS observes chemical states and local structures of materials - Hitoshi Abe (Photon Factory (PF), Institute of Materials Structure Science (IMSS), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK))   ()
13:30 --- Break ---
14:30
ASFAP - AfLS Symposium I (until 16:35) ()
14:30 Light Sources - Gihan Kamel (SESAME Light Source)   ()
14:45 Compact Light Sources - Dr Luca Serafini   ()
15:00 Condensed Matter & Materials Physics - ADRAOUI IMANE   ()
15:15 Biophysics - Kristian Müller-Nedebock (University of Stellenbosch)   ()
15:30 Atomic & Molecular Physics - Stephane Kenmoe   ()
15:45 Summary of recommendations - Gihan Kamel (SESAME Light Source)   ()
16:15
ASFAP - AfLS Symposium II (until 17:00) ()
16:15 Discussion of ASFAP Report wrt Light Sources   ()
17:00 --- Break ---
17:15
Tuesday Afternoon III (until 18:30) ()
17:15 LEAPS Data Strategy and Open Science - Andrew Gotz (ESRF)   ()
12:00
Wednesday Morning Plenary (until 13:30) ()
12:00 Africa at Quantum Crossroads: From Coordination to Power - Mr Farai Mazhandu (Africa Quantum Consortium)   ()
13:30 --- Break ---
14:00
Wednesday Afternoon I (until 15:45) ()
14:00 Synchrotron radiation enabled advances in Human Bioarchaeology: Current research and future potential - Dr Kirsi Lorentz (Cyprus Institute)   ()
14:30 "Molecular movies of Biomolecules in action with X-Ray Free Electron Lasers and status on building the world’s first compact XFEL” - Prof. Petra Fromme (Arizona State University)   ()
15:00 Shedding ESRF-EBS light on artworks to get insight into their creation and to better preserve them - Marine Cotte   ()
15:45 --- Break ---
17:00 --- Break ---
17:15
Wednesday Afternoon III (until 20:20) ()
17:15 Synchrotron Earth and Environmental Science (SEES) program - Prof. Andrew J. Campbell (University of Chicago)   ()
17:45 FinEstBeAMS atmospheric science beamline at MAX IV - Dr Axel Eriksson   ()
18:15 MAXIV FemtoMAX - Dr Jorgen Larsson (MAXIV)   ()
12:00
Thursday Morning Plenary (until 13:30) ()
12:00 Ultrahigh Resolution 2D-RIXS at NanoTerasu BL02U - Jun Miyawaki (National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology)   ()
13:30 --- Break ---
14:00
Thursday Afternoon I (until 16:00) ()
14:00 How AI Is Changing the Ways Experiments Are Conducted at Synchrotron Light Sources   ()
14:30 The Imaging and Microscopy Group at Diamond Light Source - Julia Parker (Diamond Light Source)   ()
14:45 X-ray Imaging at Diamond Light Source   ()
15:35 I12 (JEEP) – the Joint Engineering, Environmental, and Processing facility at Diamond Light Source - Genoveva Burca (Diamond Light Source)   ()
16:00 --- Break ---
16:10
Thursday Afternoon II (until 17:10) ()
16:10 Synchrotron and other CT data of South African Dinocephalians - Tristen Lafferty (University of the Witwatersrand)   ()
16:25 The osteohistology of Orthosuchus stormbergi using synchrotron radiation microcomputed tomography - Dr Bailey Mark Weiss (Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand)   ()
16:40 The Evolution of the Maxillary Canal in Therocephalians: Implications for Facial Sensitivity and Phylogeny. - Ms Reitumetse Sebusi   ()
17:10 --- Break ---
17:25
Networking Light Source Facilities and User Organizations Through an Online Community of Practice (until 18:40) ()
17:25 Networking Light Source Facilities and User Organizations Through an Online Community of Practice - Lawrence Norris (National Society of Black Physicists)   ()
12:00 --- Break ---
12:15
Friday Morning Plenary (until 13:45) ()
12:15 The European Battery Hub at ESRF - History, concept and operation - Dr Lise Daniel (Project Manager – Batteries Characterization LITEN/DEHT CEA Grenoble, FRANCE)   ()
13:00 Bulk electronic structure of lanthanum hexaboride (La⁢B6) by hard x-ray angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy - Dr Arunothai Rattanachata (SIAM Thai Light Source)   ()
13:45 --- Break ---
14:00
Friday Afternoon I (until 15:30) ()
14:00 Phosphorylation of the BAR domain protein PACSIN2 regulates caveolae morphogenesis and endocytosis - Yosuke Senju   ()
14:15 Longitudinal Beam Diagnostics Using Streak Camera Imaging - Ibrahim Maishanu (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics)   ()
14:30 Trends in Defect Stability and Electronic Properties of 3d TM-Doped WSe₂ - Mr Brian Nyandoro (Unisa)   ()
14:45 Synthesis and Characterization of Aluminophosphate. Application to photodegradation of Methyl Violet Dye - Prof. Mohamed Trari (USTHB) Prof. Radia Bagtache (USTHB)   ()
15:00 Hierarchical core–shell NiS/Co₃S₄@ Ni Nanowire composite for high performance supercapacitor electrode - Thinhinane TEBAA (Laboratory of Electrochemistry-Corrosion, Metallurgy and Inorganic Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry, USTHB, BP 32, 16111 Algiers, Algeria)   ()
15:15 Water storage capacity of davemaoite constrained by in-situ volume measurements using a multi-anvil press - Takayuki Ishii (Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University)   ()
15:45 --- Break ---
16:00
Friday Afternoon II (until 17:00) ()
16:00 Overview of the Diamond Light Source - Dr Gianluigi Botton (Diamond Light Source Ltd)   ()