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 this process could inform the next generation of artificial photosynthetic systems that produce clean and renewable energy.

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The results could lead to a better understanding of reactions with vital roles in chemistry and biology.

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High-power lasers will work in concert with the lab’s X-ray laser to dramatically improve our understanding of matter in extreme conditions.

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This is the first direct observation of a hydroxyl-hydronium complex – important for a wide range of chemical and biological processes from the tails...

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Their work helps reveal the inner workings of cells and the behavior of matter under extreme pressures and temperatures.

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The work sheds light on the web of hydrogen bonds that gives water its strange properties, which play a vital role in many chemical...

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Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers

Ali Sundermier

Bucket brigades and proton gates: Researchers shed new light on water’s role in photosynthesis

Rule-following molecules provide the first direct confirmation of a half-century-old theory

Department of Energy gives green light for a flagship petawatt laser facility at SLAC

Scientists capture the fleeting transition of water into a highly reactive state

Peter Dahlberg and Benjamin Ofori-Okai receive 2021 Panofsky Fellowships at SLAC

In a first, scientists capture a ‘quantum tug’ between neighboring water molecules

Written by Ali Sundermier