Name: Operando Day
Start: 2026-09-30T08:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-30T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Paul Scherrer Institut

Operando Day

Wednesday, 30 September 2026 - 08:30

Monday, 28 September 2026
Tuesday, 29 September 2026
Wednesday, 30 September 2026

08:30 Pick up badge, hang up posters
Pick up badge, hang up posters
08:30 - 09:00
Room: Auditorium West

09:00 Welcome Remarks

09:00 - 09:10
Room: Auditorium West

09:10 Oral presentation: Dr. Anand Kumar - 'Employing Photoelectron Spectroscopy to Understand Atmospherically Relevant Nitrate Systems'
Dr. Anand Kumar - 'Employing Photoelectron Spectroscopy to Understand Atmospherically Relevant Nitrate Systems'
09:10 - 09:40
Room: Auditorium West

09:40 Oral presentation: Cheshta Chopra - 'Tracking Cobalt Redox Dynamics under Operando OER Conditions by Time-Resolved X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy'
Cheshta Chopra - 'Tracking Cobalt Redox Dynamics under Operando OER Conditions by Time-Resolved X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy'
09:40 - 10:10
Room: Auditorium West

10:10 Coffee / tea
Coffee / tea
10:10 - 10:40
Room: Auditorium West

Poster presentations

10:10 - 10:40
Room: Auditorium West

10:40 Keynote presentation: Prof. Andrew Beale - 'Operando Approaches for Catalysing the Transition to Net Zero'
Prof. Andrew Beale - 'Operando Approaches for Catalysing the Transition to Net Zero'
10:40 - 11:45
Room: Auditorium West

11:45 Oral presentation: Dr. Anna Liutkova - 'Following Host-Guest Dynamics in Cu-Modified UiO-66 Metal-Organic Framework Catalysts During CO2 Hydrogenation'
Dr. Anna Liutkova - 'Following Host-Guest Dynamics in Cu-Modified UiO-66 Metal-Organic Framework Catalysts During CO2 Hydrogenation'
11:45 - 12:15
Room: Auditorium West

12:15 Lunch
Lunch
12:15 - 13:45
Room: Auditorium West

Poster presentations

12:15 - 13:45
Room: Auditorium West

13:45 Oral presentation: Leon Skarjan - 'High-Sensitivity Isotope-Enhanced Imaging of Lithium Batteries by Neutron Capture Methodology'
Leon Skarjan - 'High-Sensitivity Isotope-Enhanced Imaging of Lithium Batteries by Neutron Capture Methodology'
13:45 - 14:15
Room: Auditorium West

14:15 Oral presentation: Tim Welmers - 'Illuminating the Pt-electrolyte Interface During the ORR Using Operando FTIR'
Tim Welmers - 'Illuminating the Pt-electrolyte Interface During the ORR Using Operando FTIR'
14:15 - 14:45
Room: Auditorium West

14:45 Coffee / tea
Coffee / tea
14:45 - 15:15
Room: Auditorium West

Poster presentations

14:45 - 15:15
Room: Auditorium West

15:15 Oral presentation: Dr. Matteo Vanni - 'Enhanced Alkene Productivity in Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Conversion Using a Secondary Catalyst Component and Hydrogen Co-feeds'
Dr. Matteo Vanni - 'Enhanced Alkene Productivity in Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Conversion Using a Secondary Catalyst Component and Hydrogen Co-feeds'
15:15 - 15:45
Room: Auditorium West

15:45 Oral presentation: Yu-Hsiang Chiang - 'Unveiling Cathode Complexities via Operando X-ray Diffraction: Insights into Phase Mosaicity and Pre-intercalation Ion Dynamics'
Yu-Hsiang Chiang - 'Unveiling Cathode Complexities via Operando X-ray Diffraction: Insights into Phase Mosaicity and Pre-intercalation Ion Dynamics'
15:45 - 16:15
Room: Auditorium West

16:15 Closing remarks: Including best poster announcement
Including best poster announcement
16:15 - 16:40
Room: Auditorium West