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Group photograph of Neel Kabadi, Mokin Lee, Edban Watt, Alex Kulvivat, Julie Hernandez, and Adam Cummings on the East Lobby staircase, a colorful illustration with an image of a diagnostic.

New Diagnostic Platform for OMEGA EP Established by Team of Undergraduate Students

A team of five undergraduate seniors from the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Rochester performed the design and fabrication of original parts needed for the BBReflect-EP shot day…

Portrait of Julia Kubes at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Julia Kubes Inducted into Tau Beta Pi Honor Society

Photo of Declan Walden.

Declan Walden Selected for CLEO 2024 Post-Deadline Session

Rip Collins speaking at a podium in the University of Rochester's Douglas Commons building.

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Gilbert (Rip) Collins Elected as Fellow to AAAS

Congratulations to LLE Distinguished Scientist Gilbert (Rip) Collins on his recent election to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society and prestigious…

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Varchas Gopalaswamy Receives 2024 EPS–PPCF Sylvie Jacquemot Early Career Prize

Congratulations to LLE Scientist Varchas Gopalaswamy, who has recently been awarded the 2024 European Physical Society–Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Sylvie Jacquemot Early Career Prize. This award, which honors exceptional…

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Matthew Cufari Awarded 2024 NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship

Matthew Cufari, a participant in LLE’s 2018 Summer High School Research Program, has been awarded the 2024 US Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship. This…

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…

Group photo of students in front of the National Ignition Facility with a border around it showing the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of Rochester, and LLE logos and University of Rochester: March 11, 2024.

Inaugural National Lab Trip for Students in LLE’s Undergraduate Education Program

Gregory Demos where protective eyewear adjusting equipment on a light table.

Paper by LLE Summer High School Research Program Student Published in Optical Engineering

A paper by lead author Gregory S. Demos titled “Laser-damage performance of gallium-alloy liquid metal mirrors” has just been published in the journal Optical Engineering. Gregory, currently a senior at…

Portrait of Michelle Marshall.

Michelle Marshall to Lead High-Energy-Density Physics Experiments Group

High School Program students inside of the OMEGA EP Laser System.

2024 Summer High School Research Program

February 12, 2024

The Laboratory for Laser Energetics announces its 35th Summer High School Research Program. Up to 16 students from Rochester-area high schools work full time for eight weeks between their junior…

Collage of people giving demonstrations at the LLE Safety Appreciation Day.

LLE Holds Safety Appreciation Day

February 5, 2024

LLE held it’s first Safety Appreciation Day for employees to come together and connect on issues related to safety and to better appreciate each other’s role within the laboratory. The…