Mössbauer Effect Data Center (MEDC): http://www.medc.dicp.ac.cn/

The main mission of the Mössbauer Effect Data Center (MEDC) is to provide information and knowledge services for worldwide researchers in the field of Mössbauer Spectroscopy. The Center was established by Professor John G. Stevens at the University of North Carolina in Asheville, United States. In 2010, the International Mössbauer Committee decided to relocate the Center to China, and is fully managed and operated by Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The primary services of the Center include: 1) Development, maintenance and management of the world’s largest Mössbauer Database (http://medcdb.dicp.ac.cn/); 2) Editing and publishing of Mössbauer Effect Reference and Data Journal (MERDJ, http://merdj.dicp.ac.cn); 3) Regular analysis of the frontiers research progress of Mössbauer spectroscopy, and publication of the Mössbauer handbooks; 4) Cultivate graduate students on the topics of applications of Mössbauer spectroscopy in chemistry and catalysis; 5) Development of in-situ/operando catalytic Mössbauer measurement instruments; 6) Advanced Mössbauer spectroscopy for deep space exploration applications in China. The current director of MEDC is Prof. Tao Zhang, and the secretary general is Professor Junhu Wang.

Through extensive international cooperation, the Center regularly organizes academic workshops and training courses in the field of Mössbauer spectroscopy, focusing on cultivating young scientists. Also including international conferences organization. Since 2010, MEDC has successfully organized the 8th International Symposium on the Industrial Applications of the Mössbauer Effect, ISIAEM2012, (http://www. medc.dicp.ac.cn/conference/isiame2012/); the 35th International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect, ICAME2019 (http ://icame2019.dicp.ac.cn/).