Recognition

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the University of Texas at Austin’s Oden Institute and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego on Nov. 20 were awarded the prestigious 2025 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Gordon Bell Prize for developing a real-time tsunami early warning framework powered by the world’s fastest supercomputer, El Capitan.
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LLNL, UT & UCSD win Gordon Bell Prize with exascale tsunami forecasting

LLNL researchers were among those awarded the prestigious 2025 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Gordon Bell Prize for developing a real-time tsunami early-warning framework.  

Michael R. Anastasio has been awarded Livermore’s 2025 John S. Foster Medal.
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Michael Anastasio awarded Livermore’s 2025 John S. Foster Medal

Director Kim Budil announced that the 2025 John S. Foster, Jr. Medal is awarded to Michael R. Anastasio, former director of both LLNL and Los Alamos National Laboratory. 

The American Physical Society has recognized Wei Jia Ong, a staff scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, as the recipient of the 2025 Stuart Jay Freedman Award in Experimental Nuclear Physics.
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LLNL’s Wei Jia Ong receives American Physical Society’s 2025 Freedman Award

Wei Jia Ong, an LLNL staff scientist, has been recognized as the recipient of the APS 2025 Stuart Jay Freedman Award in Experimental Nuclear Physics.

MIT Technology Review has named Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) research scientist Xiaoxing Xia as one of its 2025 Innovators Under 35 — a global list honoring early-career researchers and entrepreneurs who are shaping the future of science and technology.
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LLNL’s Xiaoxing Xia named among MIT Technology Review’s top Innovators Under 35

MIT Technology Review has named LLNL research scientist Xiaoxing Xia as one of its 2025 Innovators Under 35.

LLNL physicist Hye-Sook Park was honored for her pioneering high-energy-density experimental work with the American Nuclear Society’s Edward Teller Award.
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LLNL physicist Hye-Sook Park receives Edward Teller Award

LLNL physicist Hye-Sook Park wins the Edward Teller Award by the American Nuclear Society. 

Diana Chen, an optical engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), has been named a Senior Member of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.
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LLNL optical engineer Diana Chen named SPIE Senior Member for 2025

Diana Chen, an LLNL optical engineer, has been named a Senior Member of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. 

Four LLNL technologies received 2025 R&D 100 awards, including the FIDDLE diagnostic. Peter Nyholm, Andrew Sharp, Robin Benedetti and Brandon Morioka (from left) make adjustments in the FIDDLE diagnostic, which can produce multiple images of phase transitions in materials over a few nanoseconds.
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Lab scientists win four 2025 R&D 100 awards

LLNL scientists and engineers earn four awards among the top 100 inventions worldwide.

LLNL physicist Cole Pruitt is the recipient of the 2025 FRIB Early Career Award in theoretical nuclear physics for his contributions to uncertainty-based nuclear reaction modeling.
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LLNL physicist Cole Pruitt honored with early-career achievement award

LLNL physicist Cole Pruitt has been awarded the 2025 Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers in theoretical nuclear physics. 

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Director Kim Budil was named to Forbes' 50 Over 50 List in August.
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LLNL Director Kim Budil named to Forbes 50 Over 50 List

LLNL Director Kim Budil has been named to the 2025 Forbes 50 Over 50 list.

LLNL scientist Luis Zepeda-Ruiz was recognized by the American Association for Crystal Growth for his service to the scientific community.
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LLNL’s Luis Zepeda-Ruiz wins prestigious award from American Association for Cr…

At a conference held this summer, the American Association for Crystal Growth (AACG) recognized LLNL scientist Luis Zepeda-Ruiz with its Gentile Service Award.