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Attendees of the 2025 OLUG Workshop at LLE.

OLUG 2025 Recap: A Cornerstone of the High-Energy-Density Science Community

Photo of Annie Maloney.

Annie Maloney Wins 2025 Stoddard Prize for Best Senior Thesis

Annie Maloney, a recent University of Rochester graduate in the class of 2025 with a BS in physics and astronomy, has won the 2025 Stoddard Prize for Best Senior Thesis…

Victor Zhang and Will Trickey posing in front of the Laboratory for Laser Energetics branding wall.

LLE Scientists Included in the 2024 Physics of Plasmas Early Career Collection

Congratulations to LLE Assistant Scientist Will Trickey and to doctoral student Victor (Yu) Zhang, whose work was recently selected for inclusion in the 2024 Physics of Plasmas Early Career Collection—the third collection…

Portrait of Petros Tzeferacos.

University of Rochester and LLE Faculty and Collaborator Receive 2025 PECASE Award

January 21, 2025

Group photo of the Cyro Fill Systems Group in lab attire next to computers and lab equipment.

LLE’s Cryogenic and Tritium Facility Sets New Record in 2024

December 16, 2024

The Laboratory for Laser Energetics’ (LLE) Cryogenic and Tritium Facility (C&TF) has achieved a remarkable milestone by successfully transferring 51 consecutive cryogenic deuterium–tritium (DT) targets since April 12, 2024. This…

An artistic depiction of an accretion disk and an image of a simulation.

OMEGA 60-Beam Laser System Helps Shed Light onto Black Hole Accretion Disks

October 8, 2024

Portrait of Jason Puth.

Jason Puth Takes Helm as Omega Facility Division Director

Portrait of JJ Ruby

LLE Alumnus JJ Ruby Supports Houston Astros with Physics and Engineering

Varchas Gopalaswamy Appointed Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Varchas Gopalaswamy, LLE Scientist in the Integrated Modeling Group, has been appointed to the position of Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Gopalaswamy, who has worked at…

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LLE Featured in May 2024 Edition of Laser Focus World

Group of people cutting ceremony ribbon outside of LLE's Office and Lab Expansion building.

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Officially Opens LLE Office and Laboratory Expansion

A brilliant warm and sunny day made for the perfect backdrop at this past Friday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, where invited officials, university personnel, scientists, staff,…

Retiree being handed an award with party attendees sitting and clapping in the background.

LLE Celebrates the Retirement of Distinguished Scientist Vladimir Glebov

Earlier this spring, LLE scientists, students, and staff gathered to celebrate the retirement of Distinguished Scientist Dr. Vladimir Glebov, whose 30-year career at the University of Rochester included 27 years…