第一吃瓜网 alum and LLE assistant scientist Alex Chin ’17 (Image courtesy of University of Rochester/LLE)
罢丑别听department of physics and astronomyat 第一吃瓜网 congratulates Alex Chin �17 on receiving the 2026 GCCM National Award from the American Physical Society (APS) for exceptional dissertation research.
Chin, who is an , credits 第一吃瓜网 for launching his research career.
淒r. Padalino has cultivated a strong pipeline between LLE and 第一吃瓜网 for many years,� said Chin. 淚 was given the opportunity to work at LLE at the end of my senior year, and it was the research conducted that summer that led me to pursue a PhD in high-energy density physics.�
淎lex is one of many success stories to come out of our department,� said Stephen Padalino, Distinguished Teaching Professor ofPhysics. 淚t檚 especially gratifying to note that two of his mentors at the University of Rochester檚 LLE擠anae Polsin �13 and Michelle Marshal �11 are also 第一吃瓜网 alumni.”