The permanent International European powder diffraction Committee was established during EPDIC-6 in Budapest, and is periodically renewed following established rules. Turnover is important to guarantee active participation and inclusion of all topics and skills relevant to powder diffraction.
The background, reasons and procedures for the establishment of EPDiCom were extensively discussed prior to EPDIC-6. Interested people can refer to any member for information and proposals.
Aims and tasks of EPDIC Committee are: promotion of powder diffraction in the scientific community, organizing scientific gatherings, symposia, consultations, lectures and other forms of gatherings experts in the field of powder crystallography and related activities, which in particular relates to organization of the European Powder Diffraction Conference (EPDIC), facilitating the membership’s personal contacts with other scientific experts and encouraging international cooperation in the field of powder diffraction and related disciplines.
The members of the EPDIC Committee (EPDiCCom) after EPDIC-18 are:
- A. (Angela) Altomare- CNR Istituto di Cristallografia, Bari (Italy)
- N. (Nicola) Casati – Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen (Switzerland)
- N. (Nathalie) Audebrand – Rennes Institute of Chemical Sciences, Rennes (France)
- F. (Federica) Bertolotti – University of Insubria, Como Italy
- S. (Sebastian) Bette – Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart (Germany)
- D. (Dave) Billings – University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa)
- M. (Mogens) Christensen – Aarhus University, Aarhus (Denmark)
- W.I.F. (Bill) David – ISIS, Oxon, England (UK)
- M. (Milan) Dopita – Charles University, Prague (Czech Rep)
- A.N. (Andy) Fitch – ESRF, Grenoble (France)
- K.M.Ø. (Kirsten) Jensen – University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Denmark)
- A. (Arnt) Kern – Bruker AXS, Karlsruhe (Germany)
- I. (Irene) Margiolaki – University of Patras, Patras (Greece)
- P. (Pascal) Schouwink – EPFL, Sion (Switzerland )
- G. (Gwilherm) Nenert – PANalytical, Almelo (The Netherlands)
- J. (Jasminka) Popovic – Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb (Croatia) – CHAIRMAN
- D. (David) Rafaja – University of Freiberg, Freiberg (Germany)
- R. (Rosanna) Rizzi – CNR Istituto di Cristallografia, Bari (Italy) – VICE CHAIRMAN
- J. (Jan) Rohliček – Czech Academy of Science, Prague (Czech Republic)
- G. (Gwen) Rousse – Sorbonne Université, Paris (France)
- P. (Paolo) Scardi University of Trento, Trento (Italy) – IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN
- M. (Martin) Schmidt Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt (Germany)
- M. (Mark) Senn University of Warwick, Coventry, England (UK)
- D. (Dave) S. Wragg University of Oslo, Oslo (Norway)
The informal set of rules indicating the scope and operation of the EPDIC Committee is listed, albeit please note that they might be subject to changes in the near future following in-depth discussion of the Committee and suggestions from the powder diffraction community.
Please note that the EPDIC Committee is meant to represent all scientific aspects of powder diffraction and the regional distribution of powder diffractionists in Europe. Suggestions and comments from all powder scientists in order to make the Committee more representative and complete are welcome and may be made at any time, either informally to the above members or formally to the Chairman:
Dr. Jasminka Popović
Ruđer Bošković Institute
Bijenička cesta 32, 10000 Zagreb
Tel.: +385 1 4561 120
email: jpopovic@irb.hrThe EPDiCom is now in the position of interacting with other organizations concerned fully or in part with powder diffraction. Mutual collaboration with the European Crystallographic Association has been ensured through the establishment of the ECA Special Interest Group on Powder Diffraction (SIG-8), which is identical in composition with the EPDIC Committee.