Full Directory

A

Profile photo

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

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

Profile photo

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

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

Profile photo

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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

B

Photo unavailable

Bahukutumbi, Radha P.

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Profile photo

  • 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

David Bishel

Bishel, David

  • Physics and Astronomy Department
Blackman, Eric G.

  • Professor of Physics and Astronomy
    LLE Distinguished Scientist

Interests: theoretical astrophysics and plasma physics

Photo unavailable

Boehly, Thomas

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Gerrit Bruhaug

Bruhaug, Gerrit

  • Mechanical Engineering Department
Profile Image

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

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

C

Photo unavailable

Campbell, Mike

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
David Alexander Chin

Chin, David Alexander

  • Physics and Astronomy Department
Gilbert 'Rip' Collins

  • Tracy Hyde Harris Professor
    Professor of Mechanical Engineering
    Professor of Physics
  • Associate Director of Science, Technology and ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é, 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

Linda Crandall

Crandall, Linda

  • Physics and Astronomy Department

D

Photo unavailable

Davies, Jonathan

  • Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Profile Photo

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

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

E

Photo unavailable

Epstein, Reuben

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics

F

Person's Photo

  • 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

Interests: theoretical astrophysics and plasma physics

Person's Photo

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

Interests: experimental plasma physics

G

Mary Katherine Ginnane

Ginnane, Mary Katherine

  • Mechanical Engineering Department
Valeri Goncharov

  • 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

Xuchen Gong

Gong, Xuchen

  • Mechanical Engineering Department
Pierre Alexandre Gourdain

  • Associate Professor of Physics
    LLE Staff Scientist

Interests: experimental plasma physics

H

Brian Henderson

Henderson, Brian

  • Physics and Astronomy Department
Photo unavailable

Hu, Suxing

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Maggie Huff

Huff, Maggie

  • Physics and Astronomy Department

K

Douglas H. Kelley

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

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

Photo unavailable

Knauer, James

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics

L

John Lambropoulos

  • 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

M

Andrei Maximov

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

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

Photo unavailable

Myatt, Jason

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics

N

Profile Image

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

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

Photo unavailable

Nilson, Philip

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics

P

Heather Pantell

Pantell, Heather

  • Physics and Astronomy Department

Q

Person's Photo

  • Professor of Physics and Astronomy
    LLE Senior Scientist

Interests: theoretical astrophysics and observational astronomy

R

Chuang Ren

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

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

JJ Ruby

Ruby, J.J.

  • Physics and Astronomy Department
Photo unavailable

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

S

Rahul Saha

Saha, Rahul

  • Physics and Astronomy Department
Photo unavailable

Sangster, Craig

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Person's Photo

  • Professor of Chemistry and Physics

Interests: experimental nuclear physics

Photo unavailable

Sefkow, Adam

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Jessica Shang

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

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

Photo unavailable

Shaw, Jessica

  • Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Zaire Sprowal

Sprowal, Zaire

  • Physics and Astronomy Department

T

Grigoriy Tabak

Tabak, Grigoriy

  • Physics and Astronomy Department
John Tarduno

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

Interests: experimental geodynamics; planetary science and astrophysics

Photo unavailable

Theobald, Wolfgang

  • Senior Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Dustin Trail

  • 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

Photo unavailable

Turnbull, David

  • Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics

W

Dan Watson

  • Professor of Physics and Astronomy
    LLE Senior Scientist

Interests: astrophysics; observational astronomy