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About ANSDAC

The African Neutron and Synchrotron Data Analysis Competency (ANSDAC) project aims to develop expertise amongst emerging Africa-based faculty researchers to engage with and make use of large scale international institutions such as neutron and synchrotron light sources.

Funded by the Newton Fund administered by the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Catalysis c*change, in kind contributions by the Universities of Glasgow, the Western Cape and SASOL and partnering with the Global Challenges Research Fund  project START (Synchrotron Techniques for African Research and Technology) three workshops on synchrotron and neutron data analysis will be offered in 2018, 2019 and 2021. Lectures will be held by experts from the Diamond Light Source and the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source in the UK as well as South African specialists. In 2021 the third workshop, in a virtual form, will be held over three blocks in the afternoons of 5-8, 12-16 and 26-28 July 2021. The preliminary program can be accessed here. Registration for the workshop will open on 1 June 2021.

ANSDAC also holds close ties with the African Light Source Foundation (AfLS). The AfLS drives progress along the Roadmap towards the establishment of an Advanced Light Source on the African Continent. It also collates and promotes different research initiatives and training possibilities on the continent and beyond and is therefore a great resource for any researcher interested in the techniques.