Construction commissioning control and operation of large scale

Construction, commissioning, control and operation of large scale scientific facilities: From Protein Crystallography to Radioastronomy Daniel Fullà Marsà Beamline Scientist ALBA Synchrotron Light Source IFE, 15 th June 2015

EMBL: Multilayer Optics for MX BW 7 A beamline at DORIS synchrotron Multilayer Optics for MX ESO: Construction and Commissioning of ALMA The ALMA project The facilities My tasks ALBA: Operation and Control of the MX beamline The MX beamline Control and GUIs Operation and user support

EMBL at DESY

The beamline BW 7 A @ DORIS

The Radiotelescope ALMA

Commissioning tasks:

The Experimental Hutch

Centering of the Sample

Flux Diagram of Beamline Operation Beamline team OFFICE WORK Paper work Sample logistics Safety Data Collection Strategy Data Collection USER SUPPORT Laboratory support Beamline training Support and Consultation Automated Data Processing Data Storage and post-processing Users Feedback

Summary X-ray Optics and Instrumentation Monochromatization and conditioning of the X-ray beam Synchrotron MX beamline design, commission and operation X-ray optics tracing X-ray detectors Alignment MX - Protein Crystallography Powder X-ray Diffraction SAXS - Small X-ray Angle Scattering EXAFS – Extended X-ray absorption fine structure Programming – Python, GUIs Data reduction and processing Teaching and Training Science Outreach Leading/Coordinating teams