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University of California awards grant to CfHEDS team

January 6, 2023
The University of California Office of the President has awarded a $1.4M grant "California Initiative for Solid-to-Plasma Dynamics for Fusion Energy" led by Prof. Strubbe, including CfHEDS team members Aurora Pribram-Jones at UC Merced, and Frank Graziani and Ronnie Shepherd at ...

Reaching a New Energy Workforce grant awarded to CfHEDS team

December 14, 2022
A project entitled "Internship program for MSI undergraduates at LaserNetUS facilities" has been funded by the Department of Energy Fusion Energy Sciences. It is led by LLNL's Dr. Félicie Albert, and involves UC Merced, Florida A&M, and Morehouse College. It is based on LaserNetUS...

Ronnie Shepherd named Fellow of the APS

October 19, 2022
Dr. Ronnie Shepherd of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been named a 2022 Fellow of the American Physical Society, nominated by the Division of Plasma Physics. Citation: For contributions to understanding HED plasmas through experiments at short pulse lasers, for the development of...

CfHEDS undergraduates at UC Merced honored

May 11, 2022
CfHEDS undergraduates Estefania Cuevas-Zepeda and Zachary Mauri have been selected for the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany. CfHEDS undergraduate Maya Morris, who spent last summer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is a commencement speaker. See also here....

CfHEDS undergraduates receive Outstanding Student Awards at UC Merced

April 28, 2022
Spring 2022 Outstanding Student Awards from the UC Merced School of Natural Sciences were given to 3 graduating CfHEDS undergraduates. Awardees are selected based on criteria including academic excellence, achievements in research, service to UC Merced and service to the community....

CfHEDS student on TV news about UC Merced experiences

April 1, 2022
CfHEDS undergraduate student Zachary Mauri, a physics major at UC Merced headed to a PhD program at Stanford after graduation, was interviewed by ABC 30 News about his experiences at UC Merced with reference to a new NSF program here supporting STEM scholars.

CfHEDS attends the APS March Meeting 2022

March 14, 2022
Chicago, IL   Matter at Extreme Conditions: High Energy Density Physics, 16 March Md. Mehdi Masud, Bradford A. Barker, and David A. Strubbe, "Continuum Lowering in a Solid under Extreme Pressure and Temperature: Fermi Surface Rising and Re-entrant Semimetallicity," ...

Prof. Pribram-Jones wins Cottrell Scholar Award!

February 8, 2022
Prof. Aurora Pribram-Jones at UC Merced was selected as a Cottrell Scholar by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, for a project entitled "Reframing Interaction in Quantum Mechanical Ensembles and Across Chemistry Learning Communities." UC Merced news: https://news....

Prof. Pribram-Jones on "Science in Parallel" podcast

October 27, 2021
UC Merced Prof. Aurora Pribram-Jones was interviewed on the "Science in Parallel" podcast, about their time as a DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellow, journey in science, and current research and educational work as a faculty member. From the podcast episode notes: Aurora...

Five-year renewal for CfHEDS!

September 1, 2021
The National Nuclear Security Administration has officially awarded a renewal grant to CfHEDS for another five years, based on our progress so far and future plans.

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