Rachel Kilbride is a Research Fellow on the XMaS beamline at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France, where she studies the self-assembly of soft matter and energy materials. Before joining the ESRF, she completed her PhD in Physics at the University of Sheffield (UK), focusing on the characterization of organic photovoltaic blends, followed by a postdoctoral position in the Chemistry Department developing nanocomposite 'photon-multiplier' films for enhanced energy harvesting. Her research to date focuses on the use of neutron and X-ray scattering techniques to understand structure–property relationships in a range of emerging optoelectronic systems.