Dr. Elizabeth Merritt is currently a staff Scientist in the Plasma Physics group
(P-24) at Los Alamos National Laboratories where she specializes in experimental high-energy-density
(HED) plasma physics and inertial-confinement fusion (ICF). For her undergraduate education Dr. Merritt
received a B.A. in math and physics from Mount Holyoke College, with a concentration in optoelectronic for
telecommunications. She received her Ph.D. in physics from the University of New Mexico in 2013 for work on
rail-gun generated plasma jets done in collaboration with Los Alamos National Lab, where she remained for her
postdoctoral work as well. Currently her work includes studies of hydrodynamic instabilities and turbulence under
HED conditions, equation-of-state experiments, and development of inertial-confinement fusion platforms on large
laser facilities like OMEGA, Omega EP, and the NIF.