Sophie was invited to speak at the 2025 SGEAS Archaeological Science Cluster Seminar Series at the University of Melbourne where she presented her work on ‘Unravelling the Chemistry and Aging of Culturally Important Australian Plant Exudates’.

Yuchen will join our group in Summer 2025. He is majoring in Physics and Computer Science. He is excited to begin research and learn about X-ray science!

Zoe joined the group in Spring 2025. She is majoring in Physics and Chemistry. She is excited to be introduced to the research process and learn more about lasers! 

Congratulations to Minhal and Sophie for passing their preliminary exams! They have been awarded their MS, as well as achieved dissertator status!

Congratulations to Mikaela for submitting her graduate school applications! We wish you all the best in the next chapter!

Mace spent the Summer and Fall semesters working with post doc, Varun, on the XFAST instrument. Thank you so much for your contributions and good luck with the next steps, Mace!

Congratulations to Zain for passing her preliminary exam! She has been awarded her MS, as well as achieved dissertator status!

This year the Bergmann Group went to UW Trout Lake Station for the group retreat. Each day was filled with scientific talks with some fun outdoor exploration sprinkled in between!

Sophie attended the Ultrafast X-ray Summer School at SLAC. Her group won first prize in the mock proposal poster competition. Congrats!

Additionally, Sophie was interviewed about the summer school in the following article: https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2024-06-28-training-next-generation-ultrafast-x-ray-scientists 

BBQ dinner break during the XRF imaging beam time on early prints at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource with Susan Bates Schlotterbeck (right) from the Marriott Library, Utah.