LRC Seminar Program 2024
19 February, ODRA-11
- 13:00–14:00 Guest Speaker – Prof. Dr. Xiaolin Hou (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, CN)
"Analysis of ultra-low level anthropogenic radionuclides for tracing environmental processes" - 14:00-14:15 Break
- 14:15–15:15 Guest Speaker – Dr. Maya Jäggi (PSI, Villigen PSI, CH)
"Decommissioning at PSI – Radioanalytics Laboratory" - 15:15–16:15 Paul Dutheil
"Flow-electrolytic approach for separation and analysis of radionuclides"
5 April, ODRA-11
- 14:00–15:00 Guest Speaker – Dr. Andreas Knecht (PSI, Villigen PSI, CH)
"Muon research at PSI today and in the future" - 15:00-15:15 Break
- 15:15–16:15 Dr. Ðorde Cvjetinovic
"Green radiochemistry for sustainable development" - 16:15–17:15 Noemi Cerboni
"Different source preparation techniques for Auger electron spectroscopy"
3 May, ODRA-11
- 14:00–15:00 Guest Speaker – Prof. Dr. Jonathan W. Engle (University of Wisconsin, Madison, US)
"Small cyclotron theranostics" - 15:00-15:15 Break
- 15:15–16:15 Xiaohan Pan
"Removal of radionuclides from nuclear wastewater by radiation-induced graft polymeric adsorbents" - 16:15–17:15 Edoardo Renaldin
"Holmium Radioisotopes for Nuclear Medicine: Recent Progress and Future Steps"
14 June, OSGA/EG06
- 13:00–14:00 Guest Speaker – Prof. Dr. Anna L. Smith (TU Delft, Delft, NL)
"Nuclear Materials Research at TU Delf" - 14:00-14:15 Break
- 14:15–15:15 Ivan Zivadinovic
"Release behavior of Po and Te from LBE-cooled reactors" - 15:15–16:15 Georg Tiebel
"Development and commissioning of a buffer gas cell for in vacuo chemistry experiments"
LRC Seminar Program 2021
11 June, OSGA/EG06
- 13:30-14:30 Ivan Zivadinovic (Paul Scherrer Institute)
‘‘Radionuclide release of refractory metals from LBE" - 14:45-15:45 Guilhem de Bodin de Galembert (Paul Scherrer Institute)
‘‘Preparation and characterization of Ho-163 cathodes for the HOLMES experiment’’ - 15:45-16:45 Prof. Saverio Braccini (Bern University)
‘‘Multi-disciplinary Research Activities at the Bern medical Cyclotron’’
28 May, OSGA/EG06
- 14:30-15:30 Paul Louis Dutheil (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"Electrochemical approaches for radioanalytics and transactinide research"
27 May, OSGA/EG06
- Dr. Malgorzata Makowska (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"Enlighten your project: Synchrotron techniques available for radioactive materials"
16 April, zoom
- 14:00-15:00 Dr. Nick van der Meulen (Paul Scherrer Institute)
‘‘TATTOOS (Targeted Alpha Therapy using Terbium and Other Oncological Solutions): A New Strategic Project Proposal’’
Zoom link: https://psich.zoom.us/j/2569249708
12 March, zoom
- 13:30-14:30 Dr. Frederic Juget (Institut de Radiophysique, Lausanne)
"Isotopes standardisation and decay properties measurements to realise the Becquerel" - 14:45-15:45 Dr. Ionut Mihalcea (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"SINCHRON: from idea to implementation" - 15:45-16:45 Chiara Favaretto (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"The Development of terbium radionuclides towards clinical applications"
Zoom link: https://psich.zoom.us/j/2569249708
NES Seminar Program 2021
16 April, zoom
- 10:30- 12:00 Prof. Roger Alberto (University of Zurich)
"Aspects of Technetium and Rhenium Chemistry; from pi-aromatic ligands to N2"
Zoom link: https://psich.zoom.us/u/aqoVkOixb
26 March, zoom
- 10:30-12:00 Prof. Gerda Neyens (KU Leuven, Belgium. ISOLDE Physics Group Leader, CERN, Switzerland).
‘Laser spectroscopy on exotic atoms and molecules at ISOLDE’’
Zoom link: https://psich.zoom.us/j/2569249708
LRC Seminar Program: Autumn 2020
4 December
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Cocolios (KU Leuven, Department of Physics & Astronomy)
"Combining radioisotopes with muons: unraveling the mysteries of the atom and its nucleus with the muX experimental setup at PSI" - Paul Ionescu (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"Trace Gas Effects on Chromatographic Yield of Hg and At" - Dr. Nadine Marie Chiera
"Chemistry with Exotic Radionuclides"
20 November
- Mario Veicht (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"Determination of the Excitation Function for the Production of 44Ti in Proton-Irradiated Vanadium Discs"
23 October
- Dr. Elisabeth Müller (PSI, Laboratory for Nanoscale Biology)
"Electron Microscopy Facility at PSI, how it works and what opportunities it offers" - Jennifer Wilson (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"Separation of Titanium and Calcium from Irradiated Vanadium using Exchange Column Chromatography" - Dr. Ivan Kajan (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"Challenges in half-life determinations by gamma spectroscopy"
11 September
- Djorde Cvjetinovic (University of Belgrade)
"Bioevaluation of glucose modified liposomes"
NES Seminar Program: Spring 2020
13 March
- Dr. Ulli Köster (Institut Laue Langevin & Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble)
"Life, the Universe and Everything" - Dr. Ivan Kajan (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"Diluent effects in solvent extraction of Europium and Americium" - Dr. Ionut Mihalcea (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"SINCHRON Method development challenges"
LRC Seminar Program: Autumn 2019
29 November, OFLA/209
- 14:30-16:00 Mario Aaron Veicht (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"SINCHRONized: Project Summary"
8 November, OSGA/EG06
- 13:30-14:30 Prof. Dr. Klaus Wendt (Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
"Laser Isotope Separation Revisited – Radioisotope spectroscopy and purification by
laser mass spectrometry at Mainz University" - 15:00-16:00 Dr. Ivan Kajan (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"Diluent effects in solvent extraction of Europium and Americium" - 16:00-17:00 Jiri Ulrich (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"Determination of astrophysical relevant properties of Mn-53"
25 October, OFLA/209
- 14:30-16:00 Erik Karlsson
Fission product chemistry in an LBE reactor
11 October, ODRA/111
- 13:30-14:30 Prof. Dr. Maarten Jacobus Schippers (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"The generation of a particle beam in a Cyclotron" - 15:00-16:00 Paul Ionescu (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"Chemistry of Copernicium – Past Results Guiding the Future" - 16:00-17:00 Ivan Danilov (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"Determination of thermochemical data of iodine, caesium and polonium in dilute
liquid lead bismuth solutions"
LRC Seminar Program: Spring 2019
14 June
- Hui-Zhang (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"IP2 Beam Line, Daily Operation and Further Development" - Mario Aaron Veicht (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"Implementing new isotopes for environmental research: Redetermination of the 32Si half-life" - Mu Lin (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"Selective removal of Cs from highly acidic spent nuclear fuel solutions"
22 March
- Martin Heule (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"Presenting the Radioanalytics Group: Range from Services to Research Contributions" - Anja Pregler
Increased uranium concentrations in ground and surface waters of the Swiss Plateau: A result of leaching and accumulation in the Molasse Basin and (ancient) wetlands? - Erik Karlsson (Paul Scherrer Institute)
"Polonium deposition behaviour in the event of a beam guide window puncture in an accelerator driven system"