Lawrence Livermore physicist Hye-Sook Park received the American Nuclear Society’s Edward Teller Award for her work in high-pressure materials science, inertial confinement fusion, and astrophysical collisionless shock generation, including particle acceleration and magnetic-field generation. The biennial award recognizes pioneering research and leadership in high-energy-density experimental work.
MIT Technology Review named Livermore research scientist Xiaoxing Xia to its 2025 Innovators Under 35 list, which recognizes early-career researchers and entrepreneurs shaping science and technology. Honored in the “Inventors” category, Xia was cited for advances in two-photon polymerization 3D printing of complex microscale structures. (See A 3D Printing Resolution Solution.)
Laboratory physicist David Alessi has been named a senior member of Optica for his contributions to optics research and the optics community. Alessi serves as chief laser scientist for the Advanced Radiographic Capability within Lawrence Livermore’s National Ignition Facility and provides laser science support to the Laboratory’s Jupiter Laser Facility.
Livermore staff scientist Wei Jia Ong was awarded the American Physical Society’s 2025 Stuart Jay Freedman Award in Experimental Nuclear Physics for outstanding early-career experimentation in nuclear physics. The award recognizes Ong’s work to characterize elements produced in x-ray bursts that occur in neutron stars.
