Astrid Schneidewind elected as new chair of ENSA

At the ENSA meeting held on November 15th 2023 at PSI in Switzerland, Dr. Astrid Schneidewind was elected chair of ENSA. Dr Schneidewind is instrument scientist of PANDA, a cold three axis spectrometer located at MLZ and operated by FZ Jülich. She takes over the role of ENSA chair after Prof Henrik Rønnow. The ENSA …

ENSA-ESUO Joint Meeting held at PSI

On 13-14 November 2023, ENSA and ESUO (European Synchrotron User Organization) held a joint meeting in conjunction with a meeting on European data policy organized by the DAPHNE4NFDI (DAta from PHoton and Neutron Experiments) project. DAPHNE4NFDI, a German initiative, works on promoting collaborations between users and facilities of the European Photon and Neutron community to …

Stefano Deledda elected as new vice-chair

At the ENSA meeting held during the ECNS2023, Dr. Stefano Deledda was elected ENSA vice-chair. Dr Stefano Deledda is a senior scientist at the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) in Norway and takes over the vice-chair role after Dr. Lambert van Eijck. The ENSA board would like to thank Lambert for his invaluable contribution as …

Welcome to Portugal

The ENSA board expresses a warm welcome to Portugal as a new member of the European neutron scientists community! Portugal will be represented by the president of the Portugese Groups of Neutron and Muon Users NeMPo, Maria Paula Marques.

Tribute to Dr. Hannu Muttka

ENSA joins ILL in the tribute to Hannu Muttka, who passed away earlier this year. Among the many scientific adventures he participated in and responsibilities he took upon himself, Hannu Muttka acted as the ENSA chair from October 2004 to October 2006. He shall be greatly missed. https://www.ill.eu/news-press-events/news/detail/in-memory-of-hannu-mutka

Call for nominations ENSA PRIZES

The ENSA Awards for 3 Prizes for 2021 are held in 2022. Information can be found on the websites of the Walter Hälg Prize (sponsored by SwissNeutronics), the Erwin Felix Lewy Bertaut Prize (shared between ECA and ENSA) and the Neutron Instrumentation and Innovation Award (sponsored by Mirrotron)

prof. Ferenc Mezei wins Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award

We would like to congratulate our much appreciated colleague and distinguished scientist Prof. Ference Mezei as a laureate of the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Awards 2021 Citing the website of the Award: Ferenc Mezei will receive the award “For the inventions of the neutron spin echo method and the super mirror, which have significantly advanced neutron …

QENS/WINS: online 2021 + San Sebastian 2022

Dear Colleague, First of all, we sincerely hope that you and all your close people are healthy and safe. As you may remember, QENS/WINS2020 could not be held as planned, and was postponed to 17-21 May 2021. In view of the development of the pandemics, we have rescheduled the face-to-face conference again. We are happy …