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Abdolrahim, Niaz

  • Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

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Interests: Multiscale Modeling of Materials; Nanoporous Materials; Nanowires; Thin Films; Atomistic Simulations

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Aluie, Hussein

  • Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Staff Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

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Interests: Turbulence; Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; Compressible Flows; Magnetohydrodynamics; Hydrodynamic Instabilities

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Askari, Hesam

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Interests: Mechanics of Solids and soft matter; Granular systems; Stocahstic response ; Manufacturing techniques

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Bahukutumbi, Radha P.

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
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Betti, Riccardo

  • Robert L. McCrory Professor
    Professor of Mechanical Engineering
    Professor of Physics and Astronomy
  • Chief Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    Director, Fusion Science Center of Extreme States of Matter and Fast Ignition

Interests: Thermonuclear plasmas; Controlled thermonuclear fusion; Magnetic and inertial confinement fusion; High-energy-density physics

Blackman, Eric G.

Blackman, Eric G.

  • Professor of Physics and Astronomy
    LLE Distinguished Scientist

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Interests: theoretical astrophysics and plasma physics

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Boehly, Thomas

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
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Burns, Stephen J.

  • Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Professor Emeritus, Materials Science

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Interests: Fracture Mechanics Applied to Grinding; Polishing, Adhesion and Slitting; Deformation Kinetics; Thermodynamic Energy Balances in Linear Systems

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Campbell, Mike

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Gilbert 'Rip' Collins

Collins, Gilbert 'Rip'

  • Tracy Hyde Harris Professor
    Professor of Mechanical Engineering
    Professor of Physics
  • Associate Director of Science, Technology and Academics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    Director, Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures (CMAP)
    NSF Physics Frontier Center

Interests: Laboratory Astrophysics; High Pressure/High Energy Density Physics; Condensed Matter; Planetary Science; Plasma Physics ; Thermonuclear Fusion

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Davies, Jonathan

  • Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
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Dias, Ranga

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
    Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

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Interests: High Temperature superconductivity; Quantum phase transitions; Dynamic response of solids; Novel material synthesis; High pressure NV optical magnetometry; High energy density physics

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Epstein, Reuben

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics

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Frank, Adam

  • Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
    Professor of Physics and Astronomy
  • Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

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Interests: theoretical astrophysics and plasma physics

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Froula, Dustin

  • LLE Distinguished Scientist
    LLE Director PULSE Division
    Professor of Physics (Research)

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Interests: experimental plasma physics

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Valeri Goncharov

Goncharov, Valeri

  • Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Interests: Computational physics; Fluid mechanics; Partial differential equations with applications in fluid mechanics; Hydrodynamic instabilities; Plasma physics

Pierre Alexandre Gourdain

Gourdain, Pierre-Alexandre

  • Associate Professor of Physics
    LLE Staff Scientist

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Interests: experimental plasma physics

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Hu, Suxing

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics

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Douglas H. Kelley

Kelley, Douglas H.

  • Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Staff Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

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Interests: Fluid dynamics of the brain’s waste removal system; Mixing in the inner ear; Liquid metal batteries and grid-scale energy storage; Mixing in metals casting; Coherent structures in reactive mixing

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Knauer, James

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics

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John Lambropoulos

Lambropoulos, John

  • Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Professor, Materials Science
    Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
    Materials Science Graduate Recruiting Committee

Interests: Micromechanics; Mechanics & Materials Issues in Optics Manufacturing; Defect Generation During Crystal Growth

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Andrei Maximov

Maximov, Andrei

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Interests: Theoretical plasma physics; Inertial confinement fusion; High-energy-density physics

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Myatt, Jason

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics

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Nakajima, Miki

  • Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
    Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy

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Interests: Dynamics of planetary impacts; Evolution of planetary interiors; Planet formation and evolution; Early Earth, Earth-Moon formation; Modeling Enceladus plumes; Origin of the Martian moons; Exomoon formation; Space missions

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Nilson, Philip

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics

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Quillen, Alice C.

  • Professor of Physics and Astronomy
    LLE Senior Scientist

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Interests: theoretical astrophysics and observational astronomy

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Chuang Ren

Ren, Chuang

  • Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Professor, Department of Physics
    Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Interests: Inertial confinement fusion; Plasma astrophysics; High performance computing

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Rygg, J. Ryan

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
  • Assistant Professor of Research, Mechanical Engineering

Interests: high-energy-density physics; shock waves; inertial confinement fusion

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Sangster, Craig

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
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Schroeder, Wolf-Udo

  • Professor of Chemistry and Physics

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Interests: experimental nuclear physics

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Sefkow, Adam

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Jessica Shang

Shang, Jessica

  • Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

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Interests: Experimental fluid mechanics; biological fluid systems; fluid-structure interactions; vortex dynamics; HED hydrodynamics and transport

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Shaw, Jessica

  • Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics

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John Tarduno

Tarduno, John A.

  • Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Physics and Astronomy
    LLE Distinguished Scientist
    Dean for Research in Arts, Sciences and Engineering

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Interests: experimental geodynamics; planetary science and astrophysics

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Theobald, Wolfgang

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Dustin Trail

Trail, Dustin

  • Associate Professor

Interests: Experimental geochemistry; early Earth - including understanding the origin(s) of the oldest terrestrial rocks and minerals; planetary geology; astrobiology; lunar geochemistry; "water" in nominally anhydrous minerals; isotope geochemistry and geochronology of accessory minerals; redox chemistry of magmas, fluids, and minerals - including the application of synchrotron-based techniques

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Turnbull, David

  • Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics

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Dan Watson

Watson, Dan M.

  • Professor of Physics and Astronomy
    LLE Senior Scientist

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Interests: astrophysics; observational astronomy