Serena Eley
Physics, Colorado School of Mines
Research Focus
Research Interests
About Serena
Serena Eley is an Assistant Prof. of Physics at the Colorado School of Mines. She earned her B.S. in physics at the Caltech then worked at the Superconductivity Research Labs in Tokyo, Japan as a Luce Scholar before earning her Ph.D. in physics at the University of Illinois. Her dissertation work, for which she received the John Bardeen Award, explored proximity effects and vortex dynamics in nanostructured superconductors, revealing behavior that deviated strongly from conventional proximity effect theories. After graduate school, she worked at Sandia National Labs on Si-based spin qubit devices and as a postdoc at Los Alamos National Labs on vortex dynamics in superconductors. Currently, Prof. Eley’s research group studies the effects of disorder on quantum materials and devices. More specifically, they focus on understanding vortex-defect interactions in superconductors, skyrmion dynamics in magnetic materials, and materials-related issues hindering quantum circuit operation.
Honors
Goddard Award for Best Research Contribution (NASA Academy)
Henry Luce Scholar
International Achievement Summit Delegate (Academy of Achievement)
John Bardeen Award (University of Illinois, outstanding dissertation)
NSF Early CAREER Award
Education
Postdoc
Condensed Matter & Magnet Science, Los Alamos National Lab, 01/2018
Ph.D.
Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 06/2012
Bachelor's
Physics, California Institute of Technology, 06/2002
