Biography:
Dr. Bernt Johannessen studied at Auckland University in New Zealand and then at the Australian National University graduating in 2007 with a PhD. He then worked as a beamline scientist at the Australian National Beamline Facility at the time located at the Photon Factory in Tsukuba, Japan, for two years. Following this appointment, he joined the team at the X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy beamline at the Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO, where he is now a Senior Scientist in the team. He has co-authored more than 70 peer-reviewed research articles in international journals.
Title : Using X ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) to probe single atom catalysts in carbon nanotubes