The 6th PAL-XFEL Users' Meeting

Name: The 6th PAL-XFEL Users' Meeting
Start: 2026-07-02T09:00:00+09:00
End: 2026-07-03T17:00:00+09:00
Location: POSCO International Center, POSTECH

Jul 2, 2026, 9:00 AM → Jul 3, 2026, 5:00 PM Asia/Seoul

POSCO International Center, POSTECH

Contact

kosua-office@postech.ac.kr

Thu, July 2
- Thu, Jul 2
- Fri, Jul 3
- Registration
- Welcome Remarks
- PALXFEL Facility Reports
- Group Photo
- Invited Talks
  - 1
    
    Surface Disordering and Shock Wave Generation using Time-resolved Dark Field X-ray Microscopy
    
    Speaker: Prof. Hyunjung Kim (Sogang University)
  - 2
    
    Time-resolved X-ray scattering study of charge order in TiSe 2 and cuprates
    
    Speaker: Prof. Yingying Peng (Peking University)
- Coffee Break
- User Program Presentations
  - 3
    
    Sample Delivery Methods for SFX at PAL-XFEL: Current Status and Future Directions
    
    Speaker: Prof. Ki Hyun Nam (Kookmin University)
  - 4
    
    Development of a Polycapillary Hard X-ray Spectrometer for Dilute Time-Resolved XAS: First Commissioning Results
    
    Speaker: Prof. Jinkyu Lim (Hanbat National University)
  - 5
    
    How Material Behaves Inside Planets Revealed by XFEL Experiments under Extreme Conditions
    
    Speaker: Prof. Huijeong Hwang (GIST)
- Coffee Break
- Student Talks
  - 6
    
    Structural insights into the ADP-bound p97/VCP revealed by room-temperature XFEL crystallography N-D1 hexamer
    
    Speaker: Seri Koh (Soongsil University)
  - 7
    
    Resolving Electronic Final-State Channels Evolution with Resonant X-ray Emission and Tracking Temporal
    
    Speaker: Haneol Oh (KAIST)
- One-minute Pitch for poster presentations
- Banquet
Fri, July 3
- Thu, Jul 2
- Fri, Jul 3
- Invited Talks
  - 8
    
    Unveiling the Origin of Water's Anomalous Properties using PAL-XFEL
    
    Speaker: Prof. Kyung Hwan Kim (POSTECH)
  - 9
    
    Investigation of Extreme Properties of Warm Dense Matter with X-ray Free Electron Lasers
    
    Speaker: Prof. Byoung-ick Cho (GIST)
- Poster Presentation
- Poster Awards
- Lunch
- Exploring Chemical Reaction Dynamics with PAL-XFEL : A Symposium for Young Scientists
  
  Conveners: Jae Hyuk Lee, Rory Ma (PAL XFEL)
  - 10
    
    Spectroscopy “Tracking Electron Localization in Oxygen Vacancy-rich Blue TiO₂ Using XFEL-based Ti K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy”
    
    Speaker: Tae Gyun Woo (KAIST)
  - 11
    
    Liquidography “Unveiling Hidden Wavepacket Dynamics in Time-Resolved X-ray Scattering Data via Singular Spectrum Analysis”
    
    Speaker: Jaeseok Kim (DGIST)
  - 12
    
    Break
  - 13
    
    Liquidography “Metal–metal bond formation and subsequent solvent recruitment in a photoexcited gold(I) phosphine dimer visualized with femtosecond X-ray liquidography”
    
    Speaker: Kyung Won Lee (KAIST)
  - 14
    
    Beamline update and discussion
- Sample Preparation Strategies for Serial Femtosecond Crystallography Beamtime
  
  Convener: Jaehyun Park (PAL-XFEL)
  - 15
    
    A practical guide to serial femtosecond crystallography
    
    Speaker: Jaehyun Park (Pohang Accelerator Laboratory)
  - 16
    
    Mini lecture on basic design and operation scheme of crystal delivery instruments: fixed target & injector systems
    
    Speaker: Jaehyun Park (Pohang Accelerator Laboratory)
  - 17
    
    Break
  - 18
    
    Open discussion and Q&A
  - 19
    
    Hands-on practice with crystal delivery instruments
- Ultrafast Lattice Dynamics Probed by Dark-field X-ray Microscopy
  
  Convener: Sangsoo Kim (PAL-XFEL)
  - 20
    
    Current Status of DFXM at NCI End-station
    
    Speaker: Sangsoo Kim (Pohang Accelerator Laboratory)
  - 21
    
    Nanolayer-confined strain waves in femtosecond-optical-vortex-excited multiferroic BiFeO3
    
    Speaker: Sung Yun Lee (POSTECH)
  - 22
    
    Tr-DFXM at PAL-XFEL: Observing Ultrafast Melting and Supersonic Shock Waves Across Multiple Material Systems
    
    Speaker: Sung Soo Ha (KBSI)
  - 23
    
    Break
  - 24
    
    Open discussion and feedback
- Ultrafast Photo-induced Dynamics in Condensed Matter at PAL-XFEL
  
  Conveners: Hoyoung Jang (Pohang Accelerator Laboratory), SaeHwan Chun (PAL-XFEL)
  - 25
    
    Dynamical Relationship Between Charge and Spin Density Wave Orders in Mn3Sn
    
    Speaker: Byoungkyu Kim (DGIST)
  - 26
    
    Ultrafast Resonant X-ray Scattering of Cooperative Jahn-Teller Order in LaMnO3
    
    Speaker: Minho Kang (KAIST)
  - 27
    
    Non-equilibrium Order Parameter Dynamics in Kagome Metal Systems
    
    Speaker: Seongyong Lee
  - 28
    
    Introduction to the FXS Endstation and Scientific Opportunities
    
    Speaker: Kooktae Kim
  - 29
    
    Introduction to the RSXS Endstation and Scientific Opportunities
    
    Speaker: Gyeongbo Kang
  - 30
    
    Open Discussion, User Feedback, and Group Photo
- PAL-XFEL Facility Tour