Serena Eley
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
Education
- PhD, Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
- BS, Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Professional Experience
- COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
- Assistant Professor of Physics, August 2018 to present
- LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY, LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO
- Postdoctoral Researcher, February 2015 to February 2018
- SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
- Senior Member of the Technical Staff, December 2012 to February 2015
- INTERNATIONAL SUPERCONDUCTIVITY TECHNOLOGY CENTER, TOKYO, JAPAN
- Research Assistant, 2002 to 2003
- Henry Luce Scholar
SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- American Physical Society
- Materials Research Society
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
- John Bardeen Award (University of Illinois, outstanding dissertation)
- Goddard Award for Best Research Contribution (NASA Academy GSFC)
- International Achievement Summit Delegate (Academy of Achievement)
- Luce Scholar (Henry Luce Foundation)
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
- S. Eley, M. Miura, B. Maiorov, L. Civale. Universal Lower Limit on Vortex Creep in Superconductors. Nature Materials 16, 409-413 (2017). [Highlighted in Fitzgerald, R.J., Physics Today 70, 4, 24 (2017)]
- S. Eley, R. Willa, M. Miura, M. Sato, M. Leroux, M. D. Henry, L. Civale. Accelerated vortex dynamics across the magnetic 3D-to-2D crossover in disordered superconductors. npj Quantum Materials 3, 37(2018)
- S. Eley, K. Khilstrom, R. Fotovat, Z.L. Xiao, A. Chen, D. Chen, M. Leroux, U. Welp, W-K Kwok, L. Civale. Glassy Dynamics in a heavy ion irradiated NbSe2 crystal. Scientific Reports 8, 13162 (2018).
- S. Eley, Gopalakrishnan, P.M. Goldbart, N. Mason. Approaching zero-temperature metallic states in mesoscopic superconductor–normal–superconductor arrays. Nature Physics 8, 59–62 (2012). [Highlighted in Annett, J. F., Nature Physics 8, 8–9 (2012)]
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Low temperature condensed matter physics
- Superconductivity, Materials issues for qubits, Disorder in quantum materials