Dr. Kelsey Morgan is a research physicist at NIST Boulder and the University of Colorado Boulder, focusing on developing superconducting detectors for various applications. Her work involves creating transition-edge sensors for X-ray and gamma ray spectroscopy, with potential uses in astronomy, chemistry, biology, materials science, nuclear security, and measurement standards. Morgan is also interested in studying the physics of superconducting thin films and advancing multiplexing techniques for large detector arrays.
Morgan’s experience includes positions at NIST’s Quantum Sensors Group and the University of Colorado’s Department of Physics since 2017. She previously served as a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at NIST from 2015 to 2017. Morgan holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2015) and a B.A. in Physics from the University of Chicago (2008).
Source: https://www.nist.gov/people/kelsey-morgan
Keywords: superconducting, detectors, spectroscopy, physics, sensors
