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Ask me anything: Sophie Morley – ‘Active listening is the key to establishing productive research collaborations with our scientific end-users’

03 Feb 2025

Sophie Morley, who has a PhD in physics from the University of Leeds in the UK, is a staff scientist at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) synchrotron facility – part of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California – where she helps visiting researchers to probe the fundamental properties of quantum materials

Sophie Morley
Lighting the way As a staff scientist working at a synchrotron facility, Sophie Morley finds that organizational skills, persistence and “exhaustive preparation” are vital for her career. (Courtesy: ALS)
What skills do you use every day in your job? I am one of two co-chairs, along with my colleague Hen

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