1.0 Imperial Natural Sciences bloghttps://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/natural-sciencesFoNS Newshttps://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/natural-sciences/author/fonsnews/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="7eqL8WWEf7"><a href="https://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/natural-sciences/2026/03/11/women-at-imperial-sofia-moliner/">Women at Imperial: Sofia Moliner</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/natural-sciences/2026/03/11/women-at-imperial-sofia-moliner/embed/#?secret=7eqL8WWEf7" width="600" height="338" title="“Women at Imperial: Sofia Moliner” — Imperial Natural Sciences blog" data-secret="7eqL8WWEf7" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/natural-sciences/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> For Women at Imperial week, we spoke to Sofia Moliner, a PhD student looking at quantum algorithms in Financial applications. She answered questions around academic career so far, her role models and what barriers to progression she thinks women in academia still face today.https://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/natural-sciences/files/2026/03/Sofia-Moliner.jpeg8941072