Recognition

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Zhi Liao has been elected as a senior member of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.
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SPIE names LLNL’s Zhi Liao a senior member

LLNL Zhi Liao has been elected as a senior member of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. 

LLNL’s Brent Stuart and Paul Armstrong have been named Optica senior members.
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Two LLNL researchers named to Optica’s 2024 class of senior members

LLNL researchers have been named senior members of Optica in recognition for more than 10 years of professional experience in optics or an optics-related field.

NIF Operations Manager Bruno Van Wonterghem, who has worked on NIF since the planning stages, received a Distinguished Career Award from Fusion Power Associates.
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Fusion Power Associates honors Bruno Van Wonterghem

Bruno Van Wonterghem, operations manager at LLNL's National Ignition Facility (NIF), was awarded a 2024 Distinguished Career Award by Fusion Power Associates (FPA).

Left to right: Hye-Sook Park (LLNL), George Swadling (LLNL), Anna Grassi and Frederico Fiuza.
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Two LLNL physicists honored for international collaboration

LLNL physicists Hye-Sook Park and George Swadling received the 2024 Lev D. Landau and Lyman Spitzer Jr. Award for Outstanding Contributions to Plasma Physics.

Yash Vaishnav received ”Best in Class” award from the Department of Energy’s Technology Transfer Working Group for his work on licensing nanolipoprotein particles (NLPs) technology to EVOQ Therapeutics.
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Innovation and Partnerships Office employee wins second national award

LLNL receives its second national recognition for collaborations surrounding the biomedical technology called nanolipoprotein particles (NLPs).

Ricardo Monge Neria from Case Western Reserve University, Andrew Marino from the Colorado School of Mines and Anthony Stewart from the University of Washington will arrive at the Lab this summer to start their fellowships.
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Three selected as Graduate Student Research program recipients

Three graduate students have earned Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program awards to perform postdoctoral research at LLNL.

Amanda Randles, recipient of the 2023 ACM Prize in Computing.
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Former Lawrence fellow Amanda Randles awarded 2023 ACM Prize in Computing

Amanda Randles was recognized for groundbreaking contributions to computational health with the 2023 ACM Prize in Computing. 

Kyle Bushick is the recipient of the 2024 Frederick A. Howes Scholar award for his work in computational science.
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Lab scientist wins DOE Howes Scholar award for work in computational science

LLNL postdoc Kyle Bushick garners the 2024 Frederick A. Howes Scholar award for technical excellence, leadership and character in the field of computational science.  

LLNL postdoc Sam Hedges sits inside the high voltage test bed (referred to as LXTS) for nEXO experiments.
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Lab scientist wins Springer Thesis Award for work in neutrino research

LLNL postdoc Sam Hedges wins a 2024 Springer Thesis Award for his work in searching for the elusive neutrino.

Jennifer Pett-Ridge has been named a fellow of the Ecology Society of America.
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Pett-Ridge selected as a 2024 Ecological Society of America fellow

LLNL scientist and head of the Lab’s Carbon Initiative Jennifer Pett-Ridge has been selected as an ESA fellow for her work in soil ecology.