Livermore's talented staff is its key asset. The Laboratory’s many scientists and engineers bring their knowledge, expertise, and experience to bear on the difficult challenges of its national security mission. They do so with an extreme curiosity, and a drive to uncover knowledge and better understand how things work. Here are some examples of Livermore’s gifted staff, and their work.
Innovating antibody design driven by artificial intelligence
Building new materials with a “Team Science” approach
Providing missile and space intelligence analysis to policy and defense leaders
Pioneering chemical threat agent science against emerging toxins
Leading LLNL’s pursuit of Inertial Fusion Energy
Dr. Tammy Ma currently leads the Laboratory’s Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) Institutional Initiative, which is enabling the U.S. national, technical and community leadership needed to build the foundational science and technology for IFE and support the Department of Energy (DOE’s) vision for accelerating the commercialization of fusion energy.
Using biology and isotope biogeochemistry to understand environmental microbial communities
Although tiny, the microbes that live in soil have a huge impact on the world around us.
Using synthetic biology to harness rare earth elements domestically
Rare earth elements (REE) help power the electronics we use every day: smart phones, televisions, computers, cars, and more. REE are a small subset of 16 elements on the periodic table but have an outsized impact on high-technology and clean-energy applications.
Developing a framework for transformative, scalable climate technologies to support CO2 removal
When tackling a multigenerational, multifaceted scientific challenge like climate change mitigation, it’s easy to become overwhelmed with the scale of the problem. For Dr.
Designing 3D-printed chemical reactors and merging science with community service
To his younger cousins, Jeremy’s description of his job as a chemical engineer sounded a lot like being a magician. That’s a bit of a stretch, but it can seem pretty magical to transform the air we breathe into everyday substances.
U.S. Naval Academy Brigade Commander advanced her education as Livermore summer intern
Protecting our borders with next-generation radiation detectors
Developing technologies to detect radiological and nuclear weapons of mass destruction
Not all Livermore scientists remain at the Laboratory their whole careers. Some accept temporary assignments elsewhere, for example, when an opportunity arises to advance work they started at the Laboratory.
Assuring the continued safety, security, and effectiveness of America’s nuclear arsenal
One of the most formidable scientific challenges is assuring the continued safety, security, and effectiveness of America’s nuclear arsenal in the absence of underground nuclear testing.
Leverages the power of simulation
It’s estimated there are more possible moves in a game of chess than atoms in the universe, making accurate predictions of players’ moves impossible.
Leads an optics revolution
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) is the world’s largest and most energetic laser—and the biggest optical instrument.
Applies machine learning and artificial intelligence to security applications
Building a quantum computer
One of the most intriguing—and extraordinarily difficult—challenges in scientific research is building a practical quantum computer.
Simulates natural phenomena using high-performance computers
The simulation of natural phenomena using high-performance computers (HPC) is essential to Livermore’s work and touches on almost all of its science, from high-energy-density research for stockpile stewardship to basic science.
Studies how rocks fracture for energy security
Understanding the behavior of energy in the subsurface—how rocks fracture, how energy travels through the solid earth, and what its signature can tell scientists—is the key to several of Livermore’s security missions.
Advances high-energy-density science
High-energy-density science (HED) is an integral component of the Laboratory’s national security mission.
Advances cybersecurity technologies
Revolutionizes rocket engine designs with supercomputer simulations
Develops 3D printing techniques for manufacturing human-like tissues
Monica Moya is developing three-dimensional printing techniques for manufacturing vascularized tissue (containing blood vessels) using bioink—a fluid with biological components. Researchers can use these tissues to study exposures to chemical and biological agents, and assess medical treatments.
Transforms U.S. manufacturing with 3D printing
Lawrence Livermore has been at the forefront of developing revolutionary new methods to make materials and parts faster, cheaper, lighter, and with entirely new properties.