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Connecting with Senator Gillibrand

July 30, 2018
Alison Christopherson with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Graduate Student Alison Christopherson had an opportunity to meet with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand at a Rochester Town Hall Meeting held by Senator Gillibrand at Monroe Community College on July 20th. Christopherson is a Ph.D. candidate in the University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering studying under Prof. Riccardo Betti. She is working on inertial confinement fusion focused on the physics of ignition. Senator Gillibrand has been a great supporter of the lab and an advocate for federal investment in LLE.