SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
tuesday, october 7
8:00 Registration
9:00 Opening remarks
9:15 Keynote Lecture: Lisa Van Loon |LISA CAN Analytical Solutions Inc.; Western University – Mint condition: a journey from Sardis to the Snack Machine
10:10 Coffee Break
10:40 Celia Chari – Deciphering the ancient nanotechnologies of numbered Jun glazes
11:05 Clément Holé – Investigating the iron gradients at the micro-scale of Northern Song Dynasty brown glazes: a combined µ-XRD, µ-XAS and µ-SMS study
11:30 Qian Cheng – Unveiling Chinese glass craftsmanship through synchrotron micro-CT
11:55 Jasquelin Pena – Northwest trees, wildfire, and wood ash glazes in high-fire ceramics: insights from synchrotron-based analysis of ash and glaze geochemistry
12:20 Lunch
2:00 Valentina Rossi – Chemical preservation of 300 million years old fossil soft tissues revealed by synchrotron-XRF and vibrational spectroscopy
2:25 Laurent Tranchant – Spectral and spatial monitoring of the XEOL decrease as a signature of the synchrotron beam induced modifications in fossil teeth
2:50 Ina Reiche – Study of trace element accommodations in Paleolithic mammoth ivory by combined synchrotron micro-XRF mapping and XANES as markers of diagenetic alteration or biogenic origin
3:15 Jane Reeves – New solutions to Old problems: using multi-analytical synchrotron-based approaches to identify and quantify previously unseen detail in ~440 million-year-old soft-tissue early vertebrate fossils
3:40 Coffee Break
4:10 Sophia Vogelsang – Characterizing indigenous Australian plant exudates and cultural heritage by X-ray Raman scattering spectroscopy
4:35 Ocson Reginald Cocen – Bimodal neutron and X-ray computed tomography technique for non-destructive corrosion tracking and rate determination
5:00 Patrycja Janina Petrasz – Study of microbial gel treatment for copper stabilization combining semi-quantitative synchrotron micro-CT and ED-XRD 3D imaging
5:25 Aliz Simon – Accelerators for the preservation and protection of world cultural heritage
WEDNESDAY, october 8
8:30 Registration
9:00 Keynote Lecture: Matthias Alfeld |Delft University – Smart*Light – The Dutch Compact Inverse Compton Source – Design, First Light and early experiments
9:55 Madeline Meier – Investigating Structural Color in Feathers via Synchrotron USAXS Techniques
10:20 Sam Webb – X-ray Spectroscopy Investigation of Color Centers in Amethyst Gemstones
10:45 Coffee Break
11:15 Heinz-Eberhard Mahnke – Accessing hidden text on PAPYRI – An example for cultural heritage research at SESAME
11:40 Malgorzata Grzelec – Scanning synchrotron X-ray scattering techniques in provenancing and technological characterization of paper artifacts: analysis of fiber orientation and type of raw material
12:05 Syeda Minhal Gardezi – X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging of Early Print
12:30 Lunch
2:00 Riki Kobayashi – Neutron Imaging-Based Structural Evaluation of Japanese Swords Inherited from the Ryukyu Royal Family
2:25 Emily Frame – Advanced Investigation of Tibetan Votive Statues Using Neutron Imaging
2:50 Yong Lei – Investigating the Ancient Han Dynasty Writing Knife via Neutron Imaging: Insights into Corrosion and Design
3:15 Tour of the GCI Science Labs and J. Paul Getty Museum Conservation Studios
4:30 Reception
THURSDAY, october 9
8:30 Registration
9:00 Keynote Lecture: Uwe Bergmann |University of Wisconsin-Madison – Chemical Mapping and Carbon Speciation Analysis of Ancient Materials with X-ray Spectroscopy
9:55 Maite Maguregui – Deciphering the Degradation of Cinnabar after Vesuvius Eruption with Synchrotron Radiation
10:20 Rachel Popelka-Filcoff – Speciation and identification of heat-treated Australian ochre pigments using XANES
10:45 Coffee Break
11:15 Alessia Venturi – Investigating Varnish Blanching in Oil Paintings Using Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Optical Coherence Tomography
11:40 Annelies Rios Casier – Investigating James Ensor’s Enigmatic Grey Surface Coatings and Their Implications for Conservation
12:05 Amelia Suzuki – Operando VIS-NIR microscopic Hyperspectral imaging for synchrotron X-ray damage monitoring on paintings
12:30 Closing Remarks
2:00 Social Program
DATA ANALYSIS WORKSHOP
FRIDAY, october 10
The workshop will be delivered by Sam Webb (SSRL) who will discuss the principles of XRF microanalysis and lead the group through several worked examples.
The software used will be the MicroAnalysis Tooklit (https://www.sams-xrays.com/smak) which will be downloadable before the workshop.
The main focus of the workshop will cover:
● Data Viewing
● XRF Analysis and Statistical Comparisons
● XRF Spectral Fitting
● Quantitative Analysis
● Importing Other Imaging Data
● FTIR/Raman Imaging
● Multimodal Statistical Analysis
The last section of the workshop will be dedicated to examples that the participants may have, either through their own data or further questions in the application of the software.
SOCIAL PROGRAM
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6
Informal Get-together at a local venue
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8
● Tour of the Getty Conservation Institute Science Labs and J. Paul Getty Museum Conservation Studios
● Cocktail Style Reception at the Getty Center
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9
Site visits:
● UCLA Conservation Program and Fowler Museum
● UCLA Particle-Beam Physics Lab
● LACMA Conservation Labs
● Academy Museum
● Getty Museum and Gardens
