The Ion Microprobe Laboratory at UCLA will offer a workshop for graduate and advanced undergraduate students on the application of secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) to the Earth and planetary sciences and related fields. The workshop will combine lectures on the fundamentals of SIMS, applications to various topics in the natural sciences, and practical demonstrations using our two large-radius SIMS, the CAMECA ims1270 and ims1290. Special emphasis topics will include geochronology, stable isotope geochemistry, trace element geochemistry, and cosmochemistry.
The workshop will be held at UCLA on February 24-27, 2025 (arrival Feb 23, departure Feb 27), and we will support lodging and airfare/gas (up to $400) for students at US-based institutions.
Application Submission
Interested students are required to submit an application. Please ensure that the application is prepared according to the “Guideline for Creating Application”, which is detailed below. Once you have completed your application, you need to send it to the email (simsstudentworkshop@gmail.com). After applying, you will receive a confirmation email. If you don’t receive the confirmation email within a day after submission, please contact Nozomi (nozomi32@ucla.edu).
Deadline
The application deadline is December 2nd at 5 pm (PST). Notifications regarding the acceptance or rejection of the applications will be sent via email between late December and early January.
Guideline for Creating Application
Your application should be submitted as a PDF file. The content should fit within two pages of US Letter-size paper. The total file size, including tables and figures, should not exceed 20MB in PDF format. Please follow the provided application template and the prescribed format and name the PDF file name as your full name.
Formatting Details:
• Upper, lower, right, left margins: 1”
• Font: Times New Roman
• Font Sizes: 11pt
Application Template
SIMS student workshop application template
Contact
For further information and questions, please contact Beth Ann Bell (ebell21@ucla.edu) and Nozomi Matsuda (nozomi32@ucla.edu).
We look forward to seeing you at the workshop 2025!