Training Workshops and Short Courses

Many training workshops and short courses on XAFS and X-ray spectroscopy are held each year around the world.

Much of the content on this page links to presentation materials preserved from a sequence of courses organized throughout the 2000s and early 2010s by the folks who develop this website.

Workshop materials prepared and presented over the years by Bruce Ravel can be found at GitHub and SpeakerDeck.

More training and learning material can be found on the Tutorials page

NSLS XAFS Short Courses 2005 - 2021

This is a series of courses organized by Anatoly Frenkel, the Synchrotron Catalysis Consortium, and the NSLS/NSLS-II User Office.

In some cases, links to presentation materials are provided on the Agenda page.

See XAFS Workshops for more (and more up-to-date) information.

IIT 2013

Matt Newville:: EXAFS Analysis
Matt Newville:: X-ray Absorption Fine-Structure Spectroscopy

APS 2009

Grant Bunker:

Preparation of XAFS Samples

Serena deBeer:

Beyond XAS - The importance of other techniques

Shelly Kelly:

Basics of EXAFS Data Processing

Bruce Ravel:

Advanced Topics in EXAFS Analysis

Bruce Ravel:

Obtaining General User Beamtime and Guidelines for XAFS Manuscripts

Bruce Ravel:

An Artemis Example: Methyl Tin

Exercises:

APS 2008

Matt Newville:: Getting XAFS beamtime at the APS
Simon Bare:: XANES Measurements and Interpretation
Scott Calvin:: EXAFS is not a Black Box or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fit
Daniel Haskel:: XAFS and other techniques:
Shelly Kelly:: XAS Data Processing (example files)
Matt Newville:: X-ray Absorption Fine-Structure Spectroscopy
Bruce Ravel:: Advanced Topics in EXAFS Analysis

APS 2007

Simon Bare:: Introduction to X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
Trudy Bolin:: Overview of Beamlines and Measurements
Grant Bunker:: Interpreting XANES
Robert Gordon:: Preparing samples for XAFS data collection
Steve Heald:: Basics of Synchrotron Radiation Beamlines and Detectors
Shelly Kelly:: Modeling bulk and nano WS2 (example files)
Matt Newville:: Data Processing with Ifeffit, Athena, & Artemis
Matt Newville:: The APS Proposal System: Getting beamtime
Scott Calvin:: EXAFS demonstration
Bruce Ravel:: A Practical Introduction to Multiple Scattering Theory
Bruce Ravel:: An Artemis Example: Methyl Tin (example files)

APS 2006

APS 2005

Simon Bare:: XANES Measurements and Interpretation
Grant Bunker:: Preparation of XAFS Samples
Daniel Haskel:: XAFS and other techniques:
Steve Heald:: Basics of Synchrotron Radiation Beamlines and Detectors
Shelly Kelly:: Basics of EXAFS data analysis
Matt Newville:: Fundamentals of X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
Bruce Ravel:: A Practical Introduction to Multiple Scattering Theory

Browse beamline and banquet photos

NSLS 2004

Simon Bare:: XANES Measurements and Interpretation
Scott Calvin:: Basics of Data Processing
Vince Harris:: The role of XAFS in a Research Program: Applied Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Shelly Kelly:: Introduction to EXAFS data analysis
Matt Newville:: Anatomy of an XAFS Measurement
Matt Newville:: Fundamentals of X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
Bruce Ravel:: A Practical Introduction to Multiple Scattering Theory
Pete Siddons:: Synchrotron Radiation Detectors

NSLS 2003

Simon Bare:: XANES Measurements and Interpretation
Scott Calvin:: Real-Life XAS Sample Preparation or What Happens If You Break the Rules
Anatoly Frenkel:: First Shell EXAFS Analysis
Shelly Kelly:: Basics of EXAFS data analysis
Matt Newville:: XAFS: X-ray Absorption Fine-Structure
Rich Reeder:: Utilizing XAFS Spectroscopy in a Research Program: Some examples in environmental geochemistry
John Rehr:: Introduction to XAS Theory

NSLS 2002

Simon Bare:: XANES Measurements and Interpretation
Grant Bunker:: Synchrotron Radiation and XAFS Data Collection
Anatoly Frenkel:: First Shell EXAFS Analysis
Shelly Kelly:: Basics of EXAFS data analysis
Matt Newville:: XAFS: X-ray Absorption Fine-Structure
Bruce Ravel:: Introduction to XAS Theory
Rob Scarrow:: Sample Preparation for EXAFS Spectroscopy
Trevor Tyson:: Applying XAS to Your Research: Theory Overview and Application to YBCO

NSLS 2001

Daniel Haskel:: XAFS in Anisotropic Structures: Exploiting Angular Dependence for Better Modeling
Alain Michalowicz:: 2π Shift and Ligand-Swapping EXAFS Modeling: Tricks in Applications to Catalysis and Biology
Matt Newville:: The Use of Bond Valence Sums in EXAFS Analysis
Ralph Nuzzo:: Atomic Scale Ordering in Metallic Nanoparticles
Jim Penner-Hahn:: X-ray absorption spectroscopy of Zn sites in biology
Ed Stern:: Avoiding Some Pitfalls in XAFS Analysis
Steve Wasserman:: Principal Component Analysis: Getting an Edge on EXAFS