The National Ignition Facility is highlighted in a recent assessment of the state and future of plasma science by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Recognition
Two Livermore scientists, Federica Coppari and Erin Nuccio, are recipients of the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Early Career Research Program award.
Longtime Lawrence Livermore climate scientist Karl Taylor has received the California Air Resources Board Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award for 2019.
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) has selected Lawrence Livermore scientist Peter Beiersdorfer as a fellow.
Livermore physicist Natalie Hell has been awarded the 2020 Dissertation Prize from the Laboratory Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society.
A team of Livermore computer scientists and mathematicians placed first overall in Challenge 1 of the Department of Energy’s Grid Optimization Competition.
A chemist who is the director of Livermore’s Forensic Science Center is the recipient of the 2020 “Outstanding Early Career Achievement in Forensic Science Award.”
Former Secretary of Energy Rick Perry recognized Livermore staff with six Secretary’s Honor Awards at a ceremony at Department of Energy headquarters.
In recognition of more than 40 years of service to the U.S. Air Force, Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration, Tom Gioconda, who recently stepped down as deputy director of the Lab, has been awarded the NNSA Administrator’s Gold Medal.