Lara Leininger
Director of the Energetic Materials Center at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, leading the hub of subject-matter expertise for explosives and energetic materials and overseeing research that underpins national security and deterrence.
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Mar 24, 2026 • 22min
Energetic Materials
Lara Leininger, director overseeing LLNL's energetic materials research hub. Alex Gash, deputy director and technical lead on detonation physics and experiments. They explore molecule-to-megascale science, how detonations behave under extreme conditions, advanced testing facilities and diagnostics, exascale simulations, robotics for consistent materials prep, rapid field ID tools, and cross-lab collaborations.
