In this short clip Harini Hapuarachchi, a young researcher at the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, tells us about her work trying to understand the interaction between light and matter on the nanoscale, what got her into it, and about her favourite research experience. The video was produced at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2019.
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