Ciara Sivels (born 1990) is an American nuclear engineer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
[4][5] She completed her undergraduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[6] During her time at MIT, Sivels interned for Teach For America before considering a career in academic research.
[7] Sivels joined the University of Michigan (UoM) in 2013 for her graduate studies, working on Beta-Gamma coincidence-detectors and nuclear forensics with Sara Pozzi.
[11][12] She received the first Place Poster Award US Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration University and Industry Technical Interchange in 2016.
Subsequently, a 3D printed statue of Sivels was displayed on the Smithsonian National Mall in March 2022 as part of Women's History Month.