Commission on XAFS

Commission on XAFS

Commission members


Sofia Diaz-Moreno (UK) Chair. Liaison with IXAS.
Valerie Briois (France) Secretary. Liaison with the International Programme Committee.
Hitoshi Abe (Japan) Secretary. CXAFS web-site responsible person. Coordinator of Summary from Japan XAFS Society.
Dibyendu Bhattacharya (India) Event coordinator.
Rene Loredo Portales (Mexico) Coordinator of funding support including support from IUCr Congress Executive and the IUCr for critical missions [IUCr Congress, Workshop, Satellite, IXAS, Q2XAFS, other]. This portfolio is shared with Gloria Subias-Peruga.
Gloria Subias-Peruga (Spain) Coordinator of funding support including support from IUCr Congress Executive and the IUCr for critical missions [IUCr Congress, Workshop, Satellite, IXAS, Q2XAFS, other]. This portfolio is shared with Rene Loredo Portales.
Chanh Q Tran (Australia) Working group on databases.
Edmund Welter (Germany) Coordinator of Round Robin activity.
Anna Wolska (Poland) IUCr dictionary of XAFS terminology; Liaison with International Tables [i.e. Volume I, Volume C, …]. These portfolios are shared with Eli Stavitski.
Eli Stavitski (USA) IUCr dictionary of XAFS terminology; Liaison with International Tables [i.e. Volume I, Volume C, …]. These portfolios are shared with Anna Wolska.

Consultants

Chris Chantler (Australia), Federico Boscherini (Italy), Bruce Bunker (USA), Matt Newville (USA), Giuliana Aquilanti (Italy), Kiyotaka Asakura (Japan).

Related organizations

Terms of Reference

The Commission on XAFS was established at the Seattle General Assembly in 1996.

In the following by XAFS is meant the fine structure associated with the inner shell excitation (both near edge and extended) by various probes (e.g., absorption or scattering of X-ray, electrons), and related techniques for which the data is interpreted on the same physical basis.

  • To promote the development and acceptance of standards and criteria in XAFS measurements and analysis so as to improve the overall quality of the research being performed in the field.
  • To interact with the organizing committee of the International XAFS Society to contribute to the organization of the biannual International XAFS meetings.
  • To increase the interaction and coordination among researchers who are involved in XAFS research.
  • To increase the interaction between researchers in the XAFS field and other groups in the IUCr who have the common goal of understanding the structure of matter and its relation to properties.
  • To promote the improvement of the experimental facilities for XAFS at synchrotron sources.
  • To help develop courses to teach the advanced techniques of measurement and analysis of XAFS.
  • To cooperate with other Commissions of the IUCr in establishing adequate guidelines and standards for articles to be published in IUCr journals reporting structural investigations of materials.
  • To advise the IUCr on organizing or sponsoring sessions on XAFS at Congresses.
  • To coordinate a database on XAFS with IUCr.
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