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Shannon Duff (Fed)
Shannon Duff is a Supervisory Electronics Engineer in the Device Fabrication Group within the Quantum Sensors Division of the Physical Measurement Laboratory at NIST in Boulder, CO. Upon joining Quantum Sensors in 2015, she began leading the development of micro-fabrication processes for densely packed, large-format arrays of superconducting transition edge sensor (TES) polarimeters for making precise measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). This development has enabled many successful cosmological observations with NIST-fabricated detectors. Shannon and her team continue to lead millimeter-wave and far-infrared detector process development, while working toward realizing next-generation superconducting sensors for a variety of applications.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Superconducting sensor arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background observations
- Development of ultra-low noise transition edge sensors for far infrared astrophysics
- Micro-fabrication process development for next-generation superconducting readout and detectors (e.g., NIS-TES and SQUIDs on 150 mm wafers)
Awards
- Arthur S. Flemming Award, 2024
- U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal, 2024
- NIST PML Award for Excellence in Cooperation, Collaboration, and Teamwork
- National Institute of Standards and Technology Bronze Medal, 2017
- Protiro, Inc. Above and Beyond Award, 2014