Kathryn Moler

Kathryn Moler serves as Vice President of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and holds the Marvin Chodorow Professorship while being a Professor of Applied Physics, Physics, and Energy Science & Engineering at Stanford University. She has extensive administrative experience including serving as Vice Provost and Dean of Research (2018-2023), Transition Dean of the Doerr School of Sustainability (2022), and Senior Associate Dean for Natural Sciences in the Humanities and Sciences Deans Office (2016-2018).

Professor Moler's research focuses on superconductivity, quantum materials, and mesoscopic physics, with particular expertise in magnetic imaging techniques. Her laboratory develops advanced tools for measuring magnetic properties of quantum materials at micron length-scales. She specializes in scanning SQUID (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device) susceptometry, which enables imaging of local magnetic fields and susceptibilities with sub-micron spatial resolution. Her work spans fundamental materials physics, exotic Josephson effects, and superconducting device characterization.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong focus on unconventional superconductors including UTe₂, URu₂Si₂, and iron-based superconductors. Her work frequently examines vortex dynamics, superfluid density, and magnetic properties at the nanoscale. A significant portion of her research investigates fractional vortices and non-universal flux quantization in multiband superconductors, which could have implications for fluxonics-based computing.

• Sapp Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, Stanford University (2014-)
• Richtmyer Award for "Outstanding Leadership in Physics Education", American Association of Physics Teachers (2011)
• APS Fellow, American Physical Society (2008-)
• Packard Fellow, Packard Foundation (2001-2006)
• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2000)
• CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (1999-2003)
• Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (1999-2001)

Professor Moler actively mentors graduate students and postdocs, currently serving as Doctoral Dissertation Reader for Praveen Sriram, Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor for Nabhanila Nandi, and Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor for Alexander Kiral. She leads the Moler Group, a mesoscopic magnetic imaging laboratory that develops new measurement techniques for quantum materials. Her lab maintains the Stanford Nano Shared Facilities and was previously the Center for Probing the Nanoscale, an NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center. The group also develops open-source software tools like SuperScreen for simulating magnetic responses in superconducting devices.