Workshop organised by the EAG Program Committee
Tools in Environmental Biogeochemistry - Opportunities and Limitations
Sunday 7 August - Thursday 11 August 2011, Tübingen, Germany
Contact: Andreas Kapplerandreas.kappler@uni-tuebingen.de
Scientific program:
The 4-day workshop will present and discuss the application of several spectroscopic and microscopic techniques in environmental biogeochemistry.
The presentations will cover the background and principles of these techniques as well as applications from the fields of biogeochemistry,environmental chemistry and geomicrobiology. The focus will be in particular on organic matter- and microbe-mineral interactions (with special emphasis on iron oxides), soils and sediments, toxic metals (e.g. As, Cu) and organic contaminants.
Topics to be covered include:
Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy (STXM)
Synchrotron-based X-ray absorption techniques (e.g., XANES, EXAFS)
Moessbauer spectroscopy - Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) in combination with Focused Ion Beam (FIB)
Target group:
The 4-day workshop is aimed at PhD students and postdocs with a strong background and interest in biogeochemical processes (maximum number of participants is 20). The presentations will be held in English and will be given by leading experts in the fields.