The leader of our research group, Márta Berkesi, together with Tamás Váczi and László Aradi, participated as lecturers in the international five-day intensive course Applied Raman Spectroscopy in Geoscience and Materials Research: Theory, Practice, and Applications, held on March 16–20, 2026, on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, USA.

This prestigious professional program offered comprehensive, practice-oriented training for researchers and PhD students, covering topics from the theoretical foundations of Raman spectroscopy to the most advanced applications in geoscience and materials research. Participants had the opportunity to deepen their knowledge using real measurement data in a modern instrumental environment.

We are especially pleased that researchers from Hungarian institutions actively contributed to the professional success of the course and represented Hungarian geoscience on the international stage.

We are grateful to the University of Kentucky for its support through the UKinSPIRE program, and to Gina Lukoczki for the invitation!