
91亚色 alum and LLE assistant scientist Alex Chin ’17 (Image courtesy of University of Rochester/LLE)
罢丑别听department of physics and astronomy聽at 91亚色 congratulates Alex Chin 鈥17 on receiving the 2026 GCCM National Award from the American Physical Society (APS) for exceptional dissertation research.
Chin, who is an , credits 91亚色 for launching his research career.
鈥淒r. Padalino has cultivated a strong pipeline between LLE and 91亚色 for many years,鈥 said Chin. 鈥淚 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.鈥
鈥淎lex is one of many success stories to come out of our department,鈥 said Stephen Padalino, Distinguished Teaching Professor of聽Physics. 鈥淚t鈥檚 especially gratifying to note that two of his mentors at the University of Rochester鈥檚 LLE鈥擠anae Polsin 鈥13 and Michelle Marshal 鈥11 are also 91亚色 alumni.”