Introduction and Welcome

Collecting, handling, and preserving marine samples for speciation of soft, tender, and hard X-ray elements

• Brandy Toner (University of Minnesota)

Probing Halogens in Marine Particles Using Synchrotron-Based Methods

• Alessandra Leri (Professor of Chemistry, Marymount Manhattan College)

Break and discussion

Deciphering the organic-mineral relationship of marine particles using Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy

• Colleen Hoffman (Postdoctoral Scholar, Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES), School of Oceanography, University of Washington)

Soft X-ray Nanoprobe Beamline at NSLS-II – a new soft x-ray beamline for STXM and ptychography techniques

• Wen Hu (NSLS-II)

Break and discussion

Speciation and oxidation states of marine particulate Fe and Mn: sampling and analysis

• Phoebe J. Lam (Associate Professor, Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz)

Probing the element content of marine plankton with synchrotron XRF

• Benjamin S. Twining (Senior Research Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science)

The Records of Dust Iron Provenance in Marine Cores and Its Potential to Affect Ocean Productivity

• Ben Bostick

Panel discussion

Closing and benediction