Ryan Rygg
- LLE Senior Scientist
- Assistant Professor of Physics (Research)
- Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Research)
- APS Fellow
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006
307 Hopeman
(585) 475-1549
j.r.rygg@rochester.edu
Biography
Dr. J. Ryan Rygg is a senior scientist in the experimental High-Energy-Density Physics (HEDP) group at the 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), and an Assistant Professor of Research in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Physics and Astronomy. He received a B.S. in Physics (2000) and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering (2001) from Stanford University, followed by a Ph.D. in Physics (2006) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked as a postdoc and then as a Staff Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for nearly a decade before joining the HEDP group at LLE. His research includes development of novel experimental platforms for HEDP with applications in astrophysics, basic science, and inertial confinement fusion.
Research Overview
Research Interests
- high energy density physics