ICF Leadership
To conduct implosion experiments and basic physics experiments in support of the National Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) program.
Vision & Mission
Our Vision
To be the leading academic institution advancing laser technologies, fusion, and high-energy-density science at scale.
Our Mission
Innovation Leadership
To develop new laser and materials technologies.
Educate at Scale
To provide graduate and undergraduate education in electro-optics, high-power lasers, high-energy-density physics, plasma physics, and nuclear fusion technology.
Support the Nation
To operate a flexible, efficient user facility in support of national labs, academia, and the scientific community.
Advance R&D
To conduct research and development in advanced technology related to high-energy-density phenomena.
Leadership Team
Meet the people who guide LLE’s mission with experience, vision, and a commitment to keeping the lab collaborative, forward-looking, and focused on discovery.
Our Values
We hold ourselves accountable to the MELIORA values of the University of Rochester.
Meliora
We strive to be ever better, for everyone.
Equity
We commit to diversity, inclusion, and access.
Leadership
We take initiative and share responsibility for exemplifying excellence.
Integrity
We conduct ourselves with honesty, dedication, and fairness.
Openness
We embrace freedom of ideas, inquiry, and expression.
Respect
We value our differences, our environment, and our individual and collective contributions.
Accountability
We are responsible for making our community ever better, through our actions, our words, and our dealings with others.