The SAS Student Ambassadors are organizing the “Synchrotron Radiation for Cultural Heritage Materials” webinar taking place on Wednesday, 3 December 2025 at 14:00 GMT.
This webinar will explore how synchrotron radiation contributes to the study of diverse cultural heritage materials, including ceramics, metals, pigments, and bones. Through selected case studies, we will show how synchrotron-based techniques, such as XRF, XAS, XRD, CT, offer unique insights into composition, microstructure, and alteration processes that are otherwise inaccessible with conventional methods.
Building on examples from ongoing research, 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 1 of the series (3 December 2025 at 14:00 GMT) will focus on Synchrotron applications for ceramics and bones, and on Computed Tomography for Cultural Heritage materials.
Talk 1: Ceramics
Speaker: Carlo Marini (Beamline Group Leader, ALBA Synchrotron, Spain)
Talk 2: Bones
Speaker: Simone Lemmers (MSCA Research Fellow, Elettra Synchrotron, Italy) and Ilaria Carlomagno (Beamline Scientist, Elettra Synchrotron, Italy)
Talk 3: Computed Tomography
Speaker: Vincent Fernandez (Beamline Scientist, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESRF, France)
To register, participants need to fill in this form.
https://forms.gle/kY2jc6MjFNbNrfCfA
