Dr. Ning Chen, Ph.D., is Senior Scientist at Canadian Light Source in Saskatoon. He has more than 20 years’ experience in X-ray absorption spectroscopy. His expertise is in XAFS application in materials engineering and materials science study, chemical engineering, earth and environmental sciences, XANES and EXAFS theoretical modeling. Dr. Chen has collaborated in 46 user projects from 36 research groups of 27 universities/institutes across Canada and internationally. This includes work as an Adjunct Professor in Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Western University.