Hunter Markland Awarded 2024 Susumu Okubo Prize

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Congratulations to University of Rochester graduate student and LLE Horton Fellow Hunter Markland, who received the prestigious Susumu Okubo Prize at the 2024 Department of Physics & Astronomy commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18 in Hoyt Hall. This prize, given in honor of UR professor emeritus of physics Susumu Okubo, is awarded annually to two students for the most-outstanding performance on the graduate physics preliminary assessment. Hunter joined LLE as an undergraduate from SUNY Geneseo in the summer of 2021 before starting his UR graduate work in the Department of Physics & Astronomy under advisor Jeremy Pigeon. Hunter’s research, which is supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, focuses on developing an intense THz probe using the flying-focus technique.

WISE-LLE and CMAP Featured at RMSC Eclipse Festival

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The Laboratory for Laser Energetics’ Women in Science and Engineering (WISE-LLE) group had a wonderful time collaborating with the Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures (CMAP) at the Rochester Museum and Science Center Eclipse Festival Weekend this past April. The event was held in celebration of the once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse that passed through Rochester on April 8, 2024. The three-day event, featuring booths from various universities and organizations in the greater Rochester area, attracted thousands of visitors and community members who attended the event and interacted with the activities and displays at the booth. Volunteers performed hands-on demonstrations aimed at explaining the basic principles of laser fusion and high-pressure science. Stay tuned for the next outreach opportunity!