EMSI 2026 Pre-Conference Workshops
Materials Science Workshop
Advanced Electron Microscopy and Allied Techniques in Materials Science
In partnership with
SATHI, IIT Kharagpur
Workshop focus
Advances in (S)TEM
EBSD
The two sessions will run in parallel.
Co-ordinatorsShibayan Roy, Sumantra Mondal and Indranath Chakraborty
Speakers
Workshop TrackMaterials Science
Advances in (S)TEM Gargi Auditorium, Vikramshila
Naoya Shibata
Lewys Jones
Trinity College Dublin
Syo Matsumura
Kyushu University
Saleh Gorji
Ametek
Ali Ahmadian
KIT Germany
Jen-It Wong
Philipp Haslinger
TU Wien, Vienna
Nithyanand Prabhu
IIT Bombay
EBSD Maitrayee Auditorium, Vikramshila
Satyam Suwas
IISc Bangalore
Indradev Samajdar
IIT Bombay
V. Subramanya Sarma
IIT Madras
K. G. Pradeep
IIT Madras
René de Kloe
AMETEK
Workshop TrackBiosciences
Partha Pratim Datta
IISER Kolkata
Saikat Chowdhury
CCMB
Somnath Dutta
IISc
Smarajit Polley
Bose Institute
Sayani Das
IEM Kolkata
Uddipan Das
AIIMS New Delhi
Vidya Mangala Prasad
IISc
Abhijith Kumar Radhakrishnan
IIT Madras
Dhabaleswar Patra
IICB
Tofayel Ahmed
SINP
Advances in (S)TEM
Gargi Auditorium, VikramshilaDay 1 – Wednesday 30th Sept 2026
| Time | Speaker / Tentative Topic |
|---|---|
| 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM · Registration · Common to STEM and EBSD · Movement to the respective auditorium | |
| 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM | Lewys JonesCounting electrons & making every electron count: a toolbox of high-speed and dose-efficient STEM and SEM techniquesTalk · 45 min |
| 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM | Syo MatsumuraElectron TomographyTalk · 45 min |
| 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM · Coffee Break | |
| 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Ali AhmadianIn-situ TEM experiments for Energy StorageTalk · 45 min |
| 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Saleh GorjiDose-Fractionated Atomic-Resolution EELS with Multimodal 4D-STEM and EDS on a Non-Aberration-Corrected MicroscopeIndustry talk · 30 min |
Lunch · 12:30 PM – 1:30 PMVikramshila Foyer · Both tracks | |
| 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM | Naoya ShibataRecent developments and applications of magnetic-field-free atomic-resolution electron microscopyTalk · 45 min |
| 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM | Jen-It WongIn-Situ Experiments in Multi-Purpose Analytical TEMIndustry talk · 30 min |
| 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM · Coffee Break | |
| 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM | Nithyanand PrabhuAnalysis of Twinned Diffraction PatternsTalk · 45 min |
| 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM | Philipp HaslingerTopic to be announcedTalk · 45 min |
| 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM · Coffee Break | |
| 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Offline data analysis session for EELSOffline data analysis session for EELSSession · 90 min |
Dinner · 7:00 PM onwardsVikramshila Foyer · Both tracks
Day 2 – Thursday 1st Oct 2026
| Time | Speaker / Tentative Topic |
|---|---|
| 9:00 – 10:30 AM | Ahin RoyTEM alignment and basic imaging |
| 10:30 AM – 12:00 noon | Arup Ghoshal and Souvik MukherjeeAtomic-scale STEM imaging and spectroscopy |
Lunch · 1:00 – 2:00 PMTech Club | |
Departure to Kolkata for EMSI 2026Drop-off point: IIT Kharagpur Research Park, New Town, Kolkata | |
EBSD
Maitrayee Auditorium, VikramshilaDay 1 – Wednesday 30th Sept 2026
| Time | Speaker / Tentative Topic |
|---|---|
| 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM · Registration · Common to STEM and EBSD · Movement to the respective auditorium | |
| 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM | EBSD WorkshopInauguration of the EBSD WorkshopOpening |
| 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM | Indradev SamajdarElectron Backscattered Diffraction (EBSD): Past-Present and “Perhaps” the FutureTalk · 75 min |
| 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM · Tea Break | |
| 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM | René de KloeNew trends of HR strain measurementTalk · 75 min |
Lunch · 12:30 PM – 1:30 PMVikramshila Foyer · Both tracks | |
| 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM | K. G. PradeepTransmission Kikuchi Diffraction and its relevance to high spatial resolution orientation mappingTalk · 75 min |
| 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM · Tea Break | |
| 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM | René de Kloe / LokendraEBSD demonstration at CRF/SATHIDemonstration · 150 min |
Dinner · 7:00 PM onwardsVikramshila Foyer · Both tracks
Day 2 – Thursday 1st Oct 2026
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM | V. Subramanya SarmaCritical Comparison of Hough, Spherical, and NPAR Indexing Analysis of Misorientation Metrics in a Medium Mn SteelTalk · 75 min |
| 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM | Satyam SuwasApplications of Electron Back-Scattered Diffraction in Materials ResearchTalk · 75 min |
| 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM · Tea Break | |
| 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM | René de KloeAdvanced EBSD Analysis: Live DemonstrationDemonstration · 75 min |
Lunch · 1:00 – 2:00 PMTech Club | |
Departure to Kolkata for EMSI 2026Drop-off point: IIT Kharagpur Research Park, New Town, Kolkata | |
Day 1 – Wednesday 30th Sept 2026
| Time | Speaker | Tentative Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Registration: 8:30 AM onwards · Bose Institute | ||
| Inauguration function · 9:10–9:25 AM | ||
| 9:30–10:05 AM | Partha Pratim Datta, IISER Kolkata | Fundamentals of Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| 10:10–10:45 AM | Somnath Dutta, IISc | Cryo-EM single-particle analysis: theory and examples |
| High Tea break · 10:50–11:10 AM | ||
| 11:15–11:50 AM | Saikat Chowdhury, CCMB | Cryo-EM single-particle analysis: theory and examples |
| 11:55 AM–12:30 PM | Dhabaleswar Patra, IICB | Micro-ED |
| 12:35–1:10 PM |  | Industry talk (ThermoFisher) |
| Lunch break | ||
| 2:15–4:15 PM | Smarajit Polley, Bose Institute; Sayani Das, IEM Kolkata | Cryo-EM grid freezing and clipping. Autoloader and automated data collection using EPU software in Thermo Fisher Scientific 300 kV Titan Krios cryo-TEM |
| 4:20–6:40 PM | Uddipan Das, AIIMS New Delhi | Cryo-EM data processing in CRYOSPARC demo |
| Dinner · 7:00–8:00 PM | ||
Day 2 – Thursday 1st Oct 2026
| Time | Speaker | Tentative Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30–10:05 AM | Vidya Mangala Prasad, IISc | Cryo-tomography and subtomogram averaging: theory and examples |
| 10:10–11:10 AM | Tofayel Ahmed, SINP | Tomogram reconstruction using IMOD demo |
| High Tea break · 11:15–11:30 AM | ||
| 11:35 AM–12:20 PM | Vidya Mangala Prasad, IISc | Subtomogram averaging using PEET/EMAN/etc demo |
| 12:25–1:00 PM |  | Industry talk (JEOL) |
| Lunch break | ||
| 2:00–2:35 PM | Abhijith Kumar Radhakrishnan, IIT Madras | Cryo-CLEM & Cryo-FIB milling: theory and examples |
| Transfer · 2:35–3:05 PM · Walk to ICMR-NIRBI | ||
| 3:10–6:40 PM | Somnath Dutta, IISc; Arpita Sarbajna, ICMR-NIRBI; Raju Datla, Gatan Inc. | Side entry Gatan cryo-holder insertion in JEOL 200 kV cryo-TEM, dry pumping station, and automated data collection in Gatan Alpine camera using Latitude-S. |
| Transfer back to Bose Institute for dinner · 7:00–8:00 PM | ||