Chris Glover was first introduced to Synchrotron Radiation in 1996. His PhD studies involved significant use of EXAFS to characterise atomic scale structures in disordered semiconductor systems. He has been a beamline scientist at MAXLab, Sweden being responsible for a beamline performing Photoemission, Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering on surfaces, liquids and bulk materials. He was inaugurator and co-chair of the 2 week First Australian Synchrotron Radiation Summer School (Canberra, 2004), attended by 100 students and early career researchers. His main research interests are the study of the electronic and geometric structures of functional material systems (eg semiconductor and nanocrystals systems). Qualifications: BSc Hons 1 (Newcastle), PhD (Australian National University)