Speaker
Description
The Committee Research with Synchrotron Radiation (“Komitee Forschung mit Synchrotronstrahlung" (KFS), Link see [1]) is an elected body which represents the interest of more than 4000 synchrotron radiation users (including FEL) in Germany.
Our aim is to act as a link between users and the facilities, between the users and the funding agencies, between Germany and Europe and international sources. In particular, we help to coordinate and to develop strategies for synchrotron radiation applications at national and international sources such as outlined in the recently published strategy paper (“Light for the future” [2]). We want to promote synchrotron research, networking and support especially young enthusiastic researchers and initiatives like NFDI, ErUM-Data and “BMBF-Verbundforschung“ (ErUM-Pro).
The new KFS has been set up very recently in December 2020 after the election in autumn 2020. The following scientists were elected as members for the next three years:
Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt (chair, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Sarah Köster (vice chair, University of Göttingen)
Bridget Murphy (University of Kiel)
Birgit Kanngießer (Technical University of Berlin)
Andrea Thorn (University of Hamburg)
Christian Gutt (University of Siegen)
Taisia Gorkhover (University of Hamburg)
Dirk Lützenkirchen-Hecht (University of Wuppertal)
In addition, guests representing the German photon facilities BESSY II, DELTA, KIT-Synchrotron, PETRA III, FLASH and the European facilities ESRF and the European XFEL, representatives from funding agencies, PT-DESY and further experts are members.
Do you have topics to be discussed? We are open for opinions, suggestions and questions. Do not hesitate to contact us (Karin Griewatsch, kfsadmin@sni-portal.de).
References:
[1] https://www.sni-portal.de/kfs
[2] Strategy-Brochure: https://www.sni-portal.de/en/news/new-strategy-brochure-of-the-kfs
Short info on the speaker:
Chair of the 12. KFS, Full professor at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology since 2010, www.itcp.kit.edu/grunwaldt
