Sophie Morley
Research Scientist
Coherence and Magnetism, Photon Science Operations
Contact
smorley@lbl.govMailstop: 6R2100510-495-2971 (Office)831-295-9459 (Mobile)
Location(s): 006-2222
Responsibilities
Coherent soft x-ray scattering beamline scientist. In charge of beamline 7.0.1.1 with fast soft x-ray detector technology, probing dynamics of condensed matter and quantum systems into the sub-ms regime. Development of coherent soft x-ray imaging in the reflection geometry and in-situ probes.
Biographical Information
Employment
| Research Scientist | Advanced Light Source | 2020 – present |
| Postdoc | Advanced Light Source | 2019 – 2020 |
| Postdoc | UC Santa Cruz, USA | 2017 – 2019 |
| Postdoc | University of Leeds, UK | 2015 – 2017 |
Education
| Ph. D., Physics | University of Leeds, UK | 2016 |
| MPhys, Physics | University of Leeds, UK | 2011 |
Research Interests
Electronic and magnetic ordering and coupled phenomena ~ magneto-electric and multiferroic materials ~ simultaneous scattering and magneto-electrical transport ~ thermodynamics and phase transitions ~ twisted/non-collinear magnetic ordering and chirality ~ nano- and micro- structure ~ strain-driven phenomena ~ nano-patterned materials ~ antiferromagnetic materials ~ reduced dimensionality systems
Selected Publications
“Soft X-ray Reflection Ptychography”, D. Guenzing, D. Y. Sasaki, A. S. Ditter, A. L. Levitan, E. M. Gullikson, S. Dhuey, A. Gashi, H. Ohldag, S. Roy, D. A. Shapiro, R. Comin, S. A. Morley Optics Letters (in press)
“Unconventional skyrmions in synthetic antiferromagnets.” K. Fallon; R. Peremadathil-Pradeep; C. E. A. Barker; Z. Tumbleson; E. Darwin; A. Meo; E. Haltz; B. A. Brereton; T. Almeida; C. Kirkbride; S. Villa, S. A. Morley, M. Carpentieri, R. Tomasello, H. J. Hug, C. H. Marrows, & S. McVitie, Nature Materials (2026)
“Multimodal correlative study of Hall transport and magnetic phases in Fe/Gd multilayer systems. “, A. U. Saleheen, A. Singh, D. Raftrey, M. A. Brozius, M. R. McCarter, Z. Tumbleson, M. Y. Im, S. A. Montoya, E. E. Fullerton, P. Fischer, S. D. Kevan, S. Roy, & S. A. Morley, Applied Physics Letters, 126(14) (2025)
“Thermodynamic Phase Transitions of Nematic Order in Magnetic Helices.“, Z. Tumbleson, S. A. Morley, E. Hollingworth, A. Singh, T. Bayaraa, N. G. Burdet, A. U. Saleheen, M. R. McCarter, D. Raftrey, R. J. Pandolfi, V. Esposito, G. L. Dakovski, F-J Decker, A. H. Reid, T. A. Assefa, P. Fischer, S. M. Griffin, S. D. Kevan, F. Hellman, J. J. Turner, S Roy, Science Advances, 11,eadt5680(2025) (2025)
(Editor’s Suggestion) “Antiferromagnetic real-space configuration probed by dichroism in scattered x-ray beams with orbital angular momentum”, M. R. McCarter, A. I. U. Saleheen, A. Singh, R. Tumbleson, J. S. Woods, A. S. Tremsin, A. Scholl, L. E. De Long, J. Todd Hastings, S. A. Morley, and S. Roy, Physical Review B 107, L060407 (2023)
“Photon-counting MCP/Timepix detectors for soft X-ray imaging and spectroscopic applications”, A. S. Tremsin, J. V. Vallerga, O. H. W. Siegmund, J. Woods, L. E. De Long, J. T. Hastings, R. J. Koch, S. A. Morley, Y.-D. Chuang, & S. Roy. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 28(4), 28. (2021)
“Subterahertz spin pumping from an insulating antiferromagnet”, P. Vaidya, S. A. Morley, …, D. Lederman, E. Del Barco, Science 368,160 (2020)
“Epitaxial strain and the magnetic properties of canted antiferromagnetic perovskite NaNiF3 thin films”, S. A. Morley, H. Marquez, D. Lederman, APL Materials 8, 011101, (2020)
“Frustration and thermalization in an artificial magnetic quasicrystal”, D. Shi, Z. Budrikis, A. Stein, S. A. Morley, P. D. Olmsted, G. Burnell, C. H. Marrows, Nature Physics 14, 309 (2019)
“Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann freezing of a thermally fluctuating artificial spin ice probed by x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy”, S. A. Morley, D. Alba Venero, J. M. Porro, … C. H. Marrows, Physical Review B 95, 104422 (2017)