David D. Meyerhofer
Deputy Director
Director Experimental Division
Associate Director for Science
Professor David D. Meyerhofer is Deputy Director, Experimental Division Director, and Associate Director for Science at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics of the University of Rochester. He is also Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Physics & Astronomy, and a co-principal investigator 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 the Omega Laser Facility and the National Ignition Facility, along with developing and fabricating targets, diagnostics, and optical and laser technologies.
Dr. Meyerhofer joined the University of Rochester 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 was the Associate Editor of Reviews of Modern Physics for Physics of Plasma and Matter at High Energy Density (2004 –2010).
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 in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion and high-energy-density plasma physics, including high intensity laser–matter interactions. Dr. Meyerhofer has authored or co-authored more than 250 papers plus sections in The World Book Encyclopedia (2000) and in the MacMillan Encyclopedia of Physics (1996).
