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Group photo of Stephen Craxton with 2023 Summer High School Research Program students.

LLE’s 34th Summer High School Research Program

September 25, 2023

LLE’s 34th Summer High School Research Program has just concluded. Sixteen high school students were given the opportunity to work with LLE’s nationally and internationally recognized scientists on real research…

The PEPC being loaded into a high power laser system.

Sydor Technologies Receives Grant for Developing Plasma Electrode Pockels Cells for Inertial Fusion Facilities

September 11, 2023

Rochester-based Sydor Technologies has been awarded a $200,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to work with the LLE to assess the commercial feasibility…

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

U.S. Department of Energy Awards $28.5 Million to LaserNetUS

August 20, 2023

Photo of Avi Milder.

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Avi Milder Selected to Receive Chiyoe Yamanaka Award

August 14, 2023

Portrait of Maria Gatu Johnson

Maria Gatu Johnson Promoted to Principal Research Scientist

Collage of four photos from BEST program. Group photo of LLE participants and High School participants on top. Bottom shows three photos with BEST participants touring LLE and having lunch with LLE director, Chris Deeney.

LLE’s 2023 Broad Exposure to Science and Technology Research Program

The LLE BEST (Broad Exposure to Science and Technology) Research Program, created for Rochester City School District (RCSD) students and teachers, began its third year earlier this month with expanded…

Portrait of David Turnbull.

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

David Turnbull Selected for 2023 Edouard Fabre Prize

Photo of four LLE Researchers named Optica Senior Members: Chengyong Feng, Mark Meyers, Erik Power, and Benjamin Webb.

Four LLE Researchers Named Optica Senior Members

Four researchers in the Laser and Materials Technology Division at LLE, Chengyong Feng, Mark Meyers, Erik Power, and Ben Webb, were named Senior Members of Optica. This honor recognizes their…

Riccardo Betti in front of a whiteboard covered in equations.

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Riccardo Betti Awarded the Blaise Pascal Medal from the European Academy of Sciences

Riccardo Betti, Chief Scientist at LLE, Robert L. McCrory Professor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, has been awarded the European Academy of Sciences’ Blaise Pascal Medal.…

$Danae Polsin, assembling a powder x-ray diffraction image plate (PXRDIP)$

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Danae Polsin Receives SUNY Geneseo Outstanding Young Alum Award

Dr. Danae Polsin, scientist in the High-Energy-Density Experimental Physics Group at LLE and Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester, received the 2023 Outstanding…

David VanWey being awarded the University of Rochester Witmer Award for Distinguished Service on Wednesday, June 8, 2023. Larry Kessler on left, David VanWey in center, and Sarah Mangelsdorf on right.

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

David VanWey Awarded Witmer Award for Distinguished Service

David VanWey, HR/Benefits Representative and Lead Analyst/Programmer at LLE was awarded the University of Rochester Witmer Award for Distinguished Service. The Witmer Award is presented to staff members whose careers…

Full portrait of Suxing Hu.

Suxing Hu Appointed Professor of Mechanical Engineering