Faculty Directory
Meenakshi Singh
Associate Professor
Quantum Engineering Program Director
Contact Information
CoorsTek 314
- Materials Science
- Physics
- Quantum Engineering
Biography
Our research spans from exploring basic Physics in reduced dimensionality systems to building novel devices for applications.
From a fundamental Physics standpoint, small is often different. A prime example of this is the difference between the quantum and the classical worlds. We seek to gain fundamental understanding of quantum effects and other novel Physics at nanoscales. Charge, spin and thermal transport measurements performed at low-temperatures in our lab offer a versatile probe into these properties.
The unique insights uncovered by these studies are used to guide device design for different applications. We are especially interested in exploring materials and devices that can aid in developing alternative computing paradigms in a post-Moore, post-Dennard world.
Education
- PhD, Pennsylvania State University
- MS, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
- BS, University of Lucknow, India
Research
- Quantum Coherence
- Spintronics
- Neuromorphic Computing
- Quantum Computing
- Superconductivity
- Physics at nanoscales
- Science education and outreach
Labs & Research Centers
- Singh Group Website
- CoorsTek 020, 303-384-2145
- CoorsTek 040, 303-273-3684
- GRLA 110, 303-384-2192
Publications
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=pChJFdgAAAAJ
Speaking & Conferences
- DoE: Probing the origins of Chirality Induced Spin Selectivity via transport measurements (2023-2026)
- NSF: Collaborative Research: NRT-QL: A Program for Training a Quantum Workforce (2021-2026)
- NSF: CAREER: Electron-phonon processes in gate-defined silicon quantum dots: measurement, control, and applications (2021-2026)
- NSF: Defect States of Silicon Allotropes for Quantum Information Science (2021-2024)
- NSF: MRI: Acquisition of an Automated, Variable Temperature and Magnetic Field Multi-property Measurement System (2019-2022)
- NSF: Thermoelectric Effects in Superconductor Ferromagnet Hybrids (2018-2022)
- NSF: RAISE-TAQS: Entanglement and information in complex networks of qubits (2018-2022)
Awards & Honors
- Peter Eklund Memorial Award, Penn State University
Additional Information
Group News
- Our perspective article on silicon allotropes was published in Applied Physics Letters March (2025)
- Sam Saiter and Connor Denney received the best poster award at the Front Range Advanced Magnetics Symposium (2024). Congratulations!
- Our paper on measuring entanglement speed limits with superconducting qubits was accepted in PRR (December 2023)
- Meenakshi Singh received a Fulbright Professional and Academic Excellence Award (April 2022)
- Kirsten Blagg graduated in December 2021 with a Ph.D. Congratulations Dr. Blagg! We will miss having you around.
- Our perspective article on developing a quantum workforce, stemming out of a Kavli Institute Workshop on the subject, was published in Quantum Science and Technology (June 2021)
- Honored to receive NSF’s CAREER award (Feb 2021).
- Our paper appeared in PRX Quantum! Quantum Simulators: Architectures and Opportunities was part of three Quantum roadmap papers, a new article type for APS, of which our three are the first examples.
- Our work on developing an on-chip, mask-free thermometer sensitive down to 8 milliKelvin was published in Carbon (Focused ion beam deposited carbon-platinum nanowires for cryogenic resistive thermometry).
- Our user proposal related to gate-defined quantum dots was accepted at CINT, Sandia National Lab (June 2020).
- Congratulations to Joel Howard for winning the NSF QISE-NET Triplets Fellowship (February 2020). Our Triplets partner is Raymond Simmons, NIST Boulder.
Research Pillars
Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas
Fundamental Physics | Materials Discovery | Microelectronics & Devices | Quantum Science & Engineering
Research Keywords
Advanced Characterization Techniques | Device Characterization | Device Design & Fabrication | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials Design | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Microstructure Development | Nanoscale Materials | Perovskites | Quantum Devices | Quantum Materials | Semiconductor Devices