This course can only be followed after the general lab skills training has been successfully completed.
This training course provides an opportunity to learn different techniques to determine organic matter, like biomass, leaves. The student will be introduced to CHN analysis, TGA, FTIR spectroscopy (or as the student wants to learn). These techniques are explained and the student will be trained in the technique implemented in their MSc research phase.
The student is welcome to bring samples for MSc research to practice and measure, so they can be ultimately used as data set for his/her MSc thesis.
Also in this course, the student will learn how to perform statistical analysis on the results of lab experiments, and how to convert received data to the required concentrations. Throughout the course the student will be challenged to continuously monitor the quality of his/her experiments.