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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…

SafeZone Initiative speaker presenting in the LLE Coliseum.

LLE Pride hosts Trans Allyship Seminar

January 29, 2024

On Monday, January 8th, LLE Pride hosted a Trans Allyship seminar with speakers Kayden Miller and Lori Cramer from the SafeZone Initiative. The SafeZone Initiative is a locally owned and…

Photo of Terrance Kessler with equations on a whiteboard in background.

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Terrance Kessler Elected Optica Fellow

January 8, 2024

Dustin Froula speaking with a reporter next to the LLE Contributions to Ignition plaque.

LLE Featured on News 10NBC

January 1, 2024

Scientist Jeremy Pigeon installing a radial echelon by inserting a metal part into a system in front of a blue-lit background.

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Jeremy Pigeon Awarded Young Investigator Research Program Grant

December 28, 2023

Jeremy Pigeon, a Scientist in the Plasma & Ultrafast Laser Science & Engineering Division, has been awarded a 2024 Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) grant, which spans three years with…

Image of Cooperative Agreement publication on a background of a blue target shot.

LLE Cooperative Agreement Renewed with U.S. Department of Energy

December 13, 2023

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

$10 Million in Funding Secured for New Inertial Fusion Energy Consortium

December 7, 2023