The SAS Student Ambassadors have organized the “Synchrotron Radiation for Cultural Heritage Materials – Part 2” webinar, which will take place on Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at 14:00 GMT.

Register to attend here: https://forms.gle/yCJTvTJb1d1c4QLy7

This webinar will explore how synchrotron radiation contributes to the study of pigments and metals through selected case studies including XRF, XAS, XRD, CT, which offer insights into composition, microstructure, and alteration processes that are otherwise inaccessible with conventional techniques. Building on examples from current ongoing research by experts in the field, the webinar will highlight how these analytical approaches help archaeologists, conservators, and heritage scientists answer key questions about 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. The webinar also aims to open a dialogue between cultural heritage researchers and synchrotron beamline scientists, laying the groundwork for 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

Part 2 of the series will focus on Synchrotron applications for pigments and metals.

𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝟏 𝐏𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
Speaker: Marine Cotte (Beamline Group Leader, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESRF, France)

𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝟐 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬
Speaker: Emilie Bérard (Assistant Professor, Université Paris-Saclay, France)

𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟!
The SAS Student Ambassadors team