Sumea Klokic is an Assistant Professor at the University of Primorska and a tenure-track researcher at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz). She received her Doctor of Natural Sciences in Chemistry and Master’s degrees in Chemistry and Technical Chemistry from TU Graz and previously worked as a post-doctoral researcher at CERIC-ERIC in Italy. Her research focuses on understanding the structure and dynamics of functional and nanostructured materials, with a particular emphasis on synchrotron-based X-ray scattering and advanced in situ and operando characterization.

Her research combines chemistry and material science with scattering-based approaches to investigate structure, dynamics and structure–property relationships across different material systems. Her expertise includes small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS, WAXS), grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS), time-resolved and in situ synchrotron measurements, as well as the integration of X-ray scattering with complementary spectroscopic and analytical techniques. She has extensive experience in experimental design, data interpretation, synchrotron instrumentation and the development of measurement approaches for probing structural transformations and dynamic processes. Her research interests broadly focus on structure and dynamics in functional materials, with an emphasis on synchrotron-based characterization and understanding how materials respond and transform under different conditions.

Her scientific achievements have been recognized by several awards, including the Karl-Schlögl and Otto-Vogl Awards of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the GÖCH Promotional Award and the Austrian Federal Ministry Honorary Award for Women in Science and Technology.