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David D. Meyerhofer
Director Experimental Division
Prof. David D. Meyerhofer is Senior Scientist, Experimental Division
Director, and Associate Director for Science at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics of the University of Rochester
as well as Professor in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Physics & Astronomy.
He also serves as Deputy Director of the University of Rochester Fusion Science Center.
As division director, Dr. Meyerhofer leads a team of scientists, engineers, and
technicians that focus on designing and performing experiments on OMEGA along
with developing and fabricating targets, diagnostics, optical and laser systems.
Dr. Meyerhofer joined the University of Rochester community in 1988 as a professor
in the University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and as a scientist
for the LLE. Before becoming Experimental Division Director, Prof. Meyerhofer
held several positions within the Laboratory including Assistant Director for
Academic Affairs, Director of the Summer High School Student Research Program,
and Group Leader for OMEGA Experiments. Prior to moving to Rochester, he worked
as a researcher for Cornell University and Princeton University.
Dr. Meyerhofer is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute
of Physics (UK) and a member of the Optical Society of America. He is currently
a Divisional
Associate Editor for Physical Review Letters and Associate Editor of Reviews
of Modern Physics for Physics of Plasma and Matter at High Energy Density.
Dr. Meyerhofer received his A.B. degree in Physics from Cornell and his Ph.D.
from the Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Division of Plasma Physics, Princeton
University in 1987. His current research is primarily in direct-drive inertial
confinement fusion and high-energy-density plasma physics. He also has interests
in high intensity laser–matter interactions. Dr. Meyerhofer has authored
or co-authored more than 200 papers plus sections in The World Book Encyclopedia
(2000) and in the MacMillan Encyclopedia of Physics (1996).
