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The grandeur of the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office building reminds Carole Mundell of scientists’ role in tackling transnational challenges.
  1. Amber Dance

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Carole Mundell poses for a portrait on an ornate staircase at the UK Foreign Office building

Carole Mundell is the chief scientific adviser at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and an astrophysicist at the University of Bath. Credit: Leonora Saunders for Nature

When I first looked up at the dome above the grand staircase of the United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) building, it brought together for me my two professional roles. I work three days a week as chief scientific adviser to the FCO in London, and two days a week as an astrophysicist at the University of Bath.

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Nature 580, 298 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00996-4

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