Joint ICTP-IAEA Advanced Workshop on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Radiocarbon Dating for Heritage and Forensic Sciences'

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On May 25, 2023, Elettra welcomed the 40 participants of the ‘Joint ICTP-IAEA Advanced Workshop on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Radiocarbon Dating for Heritage and Forensic Sciences'.

This workshop provided an advanced training and information exchange platform to young and experienced scientists, archaeologists, curators, forensic experts/law-enforcement actors, and policy makers. It reviewed the state-of-the-art in the area of analysis with emphasis on the newest development and trends as well as to present novel applications, guidelines, protocols to improve radiocarbon dating. Several case studies in the field of heritage and forensics sciences discussions were also included in the program.
Visitors were welcomed by Giuliana Aquilanti, Coordinator of the Research Projects Cluster and Head of XAFS and XRF beamlines, who gave an introduction to the facility and on synchrotron radiation and an overview on the longstanding collaboration between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Elettra.
Afterwards, Franco Zanini, researcher at SYRMEP beamline, gave the lectures ‘Alternative synchrotron radiation methods for dating of heritage and forensic samples’ and ‘Synchrotron infrared spectroscopies and chemometrics for forensic applications’. Participants were then accompanied in the exhibition area and the experimental hall where they visited SISSI, XRF, MCX, TWINMIC and SYRMEP. The visitors followed the researchers’ explanations with great interest and had the chance to deepen some technical and practical aspects.

Since 2005 Elettra is "IAEA Collaborating Centre” and endorses the Agency’s activities in disseminating scientific and technical culture and promoting international networks among the research communities worldwide. IAEA also is a Partner of the XRF beamline at Elettra since 2012.
 
Last Updated on Tuesday, 06 June 2023 11:34