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New fellows will attend universities in California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio and Texas. full article ❯News: Alumnus on Oppenheimer and the Bomb: ‘He Thought It Could Put an End to All War’
Dylan Spaulding (2006-2010) is featured in an interview by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) publication, The Equation. Spaulding, a UCS senior scientist, discusses arms control since the Manhattan Project. full article ❯News: Fusion Physicist Named 2023 Corones Award Honoree
Dr. Tammy Ma, Lawrence Livermore’s Inertial Fusion Energy Initiative lead, is being recognized for her scientific contributions, her ability to simplify complex concepts for lay audiences, and her impact on the next generation of STEM researchers. full article ❯News: Alumnus Honored With Inaugural American Physical Society Ashcroft Early Career Award
Lawrence Livermore’s Richard Kraus received the Neil Ashcroft Early Career Award for Studies of Matter at Extreme High Pressure Conditions. full article ❯News: Alumna Addresses the United Nations
Mareena Robinson Snowden addressed the United Nations on behalf of the United States in recognition of the International Day Against Nuclear Tests. full article ❯News: Alumna Honored With Early Career Research Award From the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Amy Lovell, a fellow from 2015-2018, is one of two early career scientists recognized for their outstanding original contributions to the field of nuclear physics. full article ❯
A. Miguel Holgado
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
That freedom to come up with your own research question and lead the work on it is definitely a valuable experience.
Erin Nissen
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
People didn’t think we were going to be capable of producing a detonation.
Gil Shohet
Stanford University
It’s just such a complicated … problem. There’s so much physics going on.