Amy L Coleman

Dr. Coleman is an experimental physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Her research focuses on the structure and thermodynamics of materials driven far from equilibrium using tailored laser pulses to generate complex compression paths. She combines x-ray diagnostics, including diffraction and EXAFS, with velocimetry and hydrodynamic simulations to probe structural evolution and temperature in dynamically compressed matter.

At LLNL, she leads an LDRD program developing bulk temperature measurement techniques for porous materials, aimed at resolving long-standing uncertainties in pore-collapse physics. Her experimental work spans major facilities, including the National Ignition Facility, Omega-EP, the Dynamic Compression Sector, and XFELs, where she investigates material behavior from megabar to terapascal pressures.