Events

Join us in the public evening lecture (in German):

Title: "Energieträger Wasser"

Invited speaker: Prof. Dr. Simone Techert (DESY/University Göttingen)

When: Tuesday February 27th at 7pm, DESY Auditorium

Further information can be found here

Every second Thursday at 14:00.

Join us via Zoom for the winter semester 2023 lectures on the following dates:

19.10.23 Mariana Rossi (Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter)
02.11.23 Ellen Adams (TU Dresden, HZDR)
30.11.23 Hans-Jürgen Butt (MPI für Polymerforschung)
14.12.23 Sascha Epp (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter)
11.01.24 TBC

For more information click here

SAVE THE DATE! Water Days coming up!

Join us at the upcoming CMWS Water Days, set to occur at DESY from February 26th to February 28th, 2024.
Stay tuned for forthcoming updates as we will provide additional details shortly.

We're happy to host you at this engaging event and look forward to your participation.

CMWS Water Days 2024

We cordially invite PhD students and young researchers to participate in our upcoming CMWS Graduate Days, scheduled to take place at DESY from November 15th to November 17th, 2023.

Stay tuned for further updates as more information will be provided shortly.

We look forward to welcoming you to this enriching event!

https://indico.desy.de/event/41460/

A match-making workshop related to the upcoming second call for Targeted Challenge-Driven (TCD) proposals on "Molecular Water Science" at PETRA III took place on October 5, 2023, from 13:30 to 18:30 in the CSSB Auditorium (DESY - Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg).

During this workshop, interested user groups were briefed about this call and given the opportunity to find partners for collaborative projects. Participants registered by providing a summary of their interest in "Molecular Water Science," which was shared among all attendees.

The related call for TCD proposals opened after the workshop, with the deadline for proposal submission set for March 1, 2024.

For further information about this event, please visit: https://indico.desy.de/event/40308/

Markus Valtiner speaking in the Materials Science Colloquium of the SFB 986

When: 11.01.2023, 17:00h

Where: K 0506, Denickestraße 15, TUHH

No registration is necessary for this meeting.

Presentation Title: "Probing reactive processes and molecular adsorption at solid/liquid interfaces"

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Markus Valtiner (TU Wien)

Click here for the Abstract.

When: September 22, 2023
Location: Reiche Zeche, Freiberg
Hosted by: TU Bergakademie Freiberg, ZeWaF

ZeWaF welcomes students and postdocs to attend a workshop and networking opportunity Friday, September 22nd, 2023. Featuring select presentations and a tour of the Reiche Zeche Geolab facility.
Reiche Zeche is a silver mining facility dating back to 1384, at the heart of TU Bergakademie Freiberg. Although mining ceased in 1969 it now houses a vast array of research infrastructure. Presentations focus on various aspects of water in mines, with specific emphasis on the current activities at the Geolab Reiche Zeche. With topics from Bio-leaching of metals, and shock wave laboratory work, to using detection robots underground and more.
 
For additional information and registration please contact the ZeWaF team by email. (zewaf@tu-freiberg.de)

21-24 February 2023

More than 120 participants from 20 countries met from 21-24th of February for the CMWS DAYS 2023 to discuss the key challenges in molecular water research and the status and future of the Centre for Molecular Water Science (CMWS).
Water is the most important liquid for our life and plays an important role in biology, chemistry, physics, and geoscience with high relevance for many societal challenges such as climate, sustainability, energy, environment, and health. Despite its central role and numerous research efforts worldwide, we are still lacking a comprehensive molecular picture of the hydrogen bonding network believed to be responsible for the wealth of effects in water. The CMWS initiative brings together key experts to approach the understanding of the fundamental questions about molecular processes in water and at water interfaces systematically. By now 55 partners from different institutes around Europe and beyond have already expressed officially their interest to participate in and support the CMWS initiative.
During the meeting the status and the future perspectives of CMWS were presented. This includes recently launched joint research projects between DESY and CMWS partners and Science highlights within CMWS. In a dedicated session the outcome and lessons learned from the topical calls on water research of European XFEL and PETRA III. A continuation of updated topical calls, possibly even a joint call, would be supported by the scientific network. A number of workshops and meetings covered further specific topics: The conditions for applying for a European MSCA Doctoral Network, the continuation of a network proposal on functionalized membranes (FUNKMEM), an assembly of young CMWS researchers and CMWS research pillar meetings.
In the framework of the "CMWS Science Program" collaborations between CMWS network partners have been established. In 2023 the projects have started, adding 10 new projects to the already running 19 projects from the first and second round. During the meeting young researchers had the opportunity
to report the status of their research projects within the program.

As a part of the CMWS DAYS 2023 the 20th annual DESY Research Course for students, young research fellows and interested scientists was focused on "Water in Climate-, Astro and Geo Sciences", which is an essential part of the CMWS research agenda.


02-04 March 2022 (online)
CMWS DAYS 2022

24-25 March 2021
CMWS DAYS 2021

Every Friday at 12:30pm the ZeWaF organizes an online seminar, covering different water-related topics.

01.07.2022 Seminar of the Freiberg Center for Water Research - ZeWaF online seminar: Tom Shatwell (UFZ Magdeburg)

"Stratified lakes as a habitat for algae"

27.06.2022 PIER workshop on “Joint DESY/UHH research perspectives in water research”

9 June 2022: Dr. Peihao Sun (Università degli Studi di Padova/SLAC National Laboratory) “Supercooled liquid tellurium: water’s distant relative?” online seminar.

28 May-2 June 2022: Water X meeting in Maddalena Island, Sardinia. www.waterx2022.it

4 October 2021: Anders Nilsson (Stockholm University) "X-ray Spectroscopy for Surface and Water Science" @ FELs of Europe tutorial series (registration: www.desy.de/foetutorials)

27.06.2022 PIER workshop on “Joint DESY/UHH research perspectives in water research”

9 June 2022: Dr. Peihao Sun (Università degli Studi di Padova/SLAC National Laboratory) “Supercooled liquid tellurium: water’s distant relative?” online seminar.

28 May-2 June 2022: Water X meeting in Maddalena Island, Sardinia. www.waterx2022.it

4 October 2021: Anders Nilsson (Stockholm University) "X-ray Spectroscopy for Surface and Water Science" @ FELs of Europe tutorial series (registration: www.desy.de/foetutorials)

SAVE THE DATE! Water Days coming up!

Join us at the upcoming CMWS Water Days, set to occur at DESY from February 26th to February 28th, 2024.
Stay tuned for forthcoming updates as we will provide additional details shortly.

We're happy to host you at this engaging event and look forward to your participation.

CMWS Water Days 2024