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To the left is a photo of Brittany Callin shaking hands with Denise Hinkel. On right is a photo of Will Trickey. In foreground is image of Brittany Callin's poster entitled Bayesian Optimization of Direct-Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion Simulations.

Outstanding APS Undergraduate Poster Award to Brittany Callin

November 7, 2022

Brittany Callin, a visiting undergraduate student in LLE’s Integrated Modeling Group from the University of Colorado, won an Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Award. Brittany presented her poster entitled “Bayesian Optimization of…

Group photo of Reetam Paul in center with thesis committee

Reetam Paul, the First Ph.D. from the HEDP-Theory Group

October 24, 2022

Dr. Reetam Paul (LLE Horton Fellow, Ph.D. 2022) is the first Ph.D. from the HEDP-Theory Group. He successfully defended his thesis on “Temperature-Induced Complexities in Phase Transitions and Dynamics of Compressed…

LLE 2022 High School Program group photo.

LLE’s 33rd Summer High School Research Program

September 12, 2022

LLE’s 33rd Summer High School Research Program challenged 16 high school students have the opportunity to engage with nationally and internationally recognized scientists plus work with scientific data and tools…

BEST program 2022 group photo.

BEST High School Program

September 6, 2022

The LLE BEST (Broad Exposure to Science and Technology) Research Program, intended for Rochester City School District (RCSD) students and teachers, completed its second year. Many LLE mentors visited East…

Photo of Alison Christopherson posing with equations on whiteboard in background.

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Alison Christopherson Awarded the 2022 American Physical Society Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis

September 6, 2022

“Power!! Unlimited Power!!” Mechanical engineering and Laboratory for Laser Energetics alumna Alison Christopherson ’20 (Ph.D.) quoted the Emperor Palatine from the Star Wars saga at the start of her Ph.D.…

Rendered image of new building for LLE on top with Chris Deeney and other speakers posing with shovels on bottom.

Groundbreaking for the LLE Building Expansion

August 22, 2022

Groundbreaking to celebrate the construction of the new addition to the LLE Complex occurred on 17 August with representatives from federal, state, and local offices; University senior leadership; and LLE.…

Mike Campbell holding bobble head with a dinosaur body and human head in his likeness.

Tributes to Past Director Include a Presidential Reception and a Dedicated Symposium

Morgan LaMere shown with an example of the new custom-designed GHS label.

Implementation of the International GHS Standard to Chemicals

Effective safety communication is vital in maintaining a safe work environment, and proper labeling is an effective and required method used to identify hazardous chemicals. The Globally Harmonized System (GHS)…

Certificate that reads: The Flag of the United States of America, this is to certify that the accompanying flag was flown over the Pentagon on April 25, 2022 in honor of Mike Campbell for your service to the Nation.

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Mike Campbell Honored for his Service to the Nation

Portrait of Chris Deeney, interim Director of University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics photographed at the LLE March 29, 2022. // photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester.

Christopher Deeney Appointed New Director of the Laser Lab

Christopher Deeney has been named the new director of the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics, succeeding Michael Campbell, who retired in December. He is a leader in science…

Two plaques recognizing the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics are hung in the LLE Lobby.

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Plaques Honoring Nobel Prize Recipients

Two plaques honoring LLE’s Nobel Prize winners, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland, hang on the walls of LLE to commemorate their achievements. The first shows photos of Mourou and Strickland…

Sam Miller and his thesis committee.

Sam Miller Defends Thesis and Joins LLE

Sam Miller has successfully defended his thesis entitled “Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Inertial Confinement Fusion: Physics, Numerical Methods, and Implementation.” His research highlighted the importance of target defects, both surface and…