Matthias Kling

Matthias Kling is the director of the Science and R&D Division at Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and professor of photon science at Stanford University.

Credit: Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Shubhadeep Biswas, then-SLAC project scientist (left), and Matthias Kling, professor of photon science and applied physics at Stanford University and the director of the Science, Research and Development Division at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source (the laser isn’t on).
April 9, 2025
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