Ali Sundermier

Science Communications Officer and Social Media Lead

Ali came to SLAC in 2018 from the University of Pennsylvania where she was a science writer. She covers very cool (or very hot, or sometimes room temperature) research happening at LCLS, the lab’s giant X-ray laser. She is also the social media lead, which explains the occasional bad pun or adorable animal pic on our channels. When she’s not working, you can probably find her helicopter parenting her three cats or pretending not to be afraid of bugs.

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A better understanding of how these receptors work could enable scientists to design better therapeutics for sleep disorders, cancer and Type 2 diabetes.

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A new method could be used to look at chemical reactions that other techniques can’t catch, for instance in catalysis, photovoltaics, peptide and combustion...

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In the decade since LCLS produced its first light, it has pushed boundaries in countless areas of discovery.

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Some theorists have taken to designing their own experiments to broaden the search for dark matter.

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Researchers will use SLAC’s X-ray light source to probe 150-million-year-old dinosaur fossils at the atomic level.

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Researchers used a unique approach to learn more about what happens to silicon under intense pressure.

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Researchers create the first maps of two melatonin receptors essential for sleep

In brief: Watching molecules split in real time

10 ways SLAC’s X-ray laser has transformed science

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A mile-long graveyard of Jurassic fossils sparks a new international science collaboration

A new lens on materials under extreme conditions allows researchers to watch shock waves travel through silicon

Written by Ali Sundermier