Arianna Gleason

Staff scientist and deputy director of SLAC's High Energy Density Science division

(Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

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In this Q&A, Arianna Gleason discusses the technologies needed to make commercialized fusion energy a reality and how SLAC is advancing this energy frontier.

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Double your pressure, double your fun! Join us for SLAC on Tap on May 9, when SLAC scientist and rock star Arianna Gleason will...

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Following the NIF ignition demonstrations, the prospect of developing a fusion energy source using lasers looks brighter than ever.

Illustration featuring three SLAC scientists Alan Fry, Arianna Gleason, and Siegfried Glenzer.

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They saw how the material finds a path to contorting and flexing to avoid being irreversibly crushed.

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Researchers mimicked these extreme impacts in the lab and discovered new details about how they transform minerals in Earth’s crust.

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High-power lasers will work in concert with the lab’s X-ray laser to dramatically improve our understanding of matter in extreme conditions.

Arianna Gleason

What will it take to bring fusion energy to the US power grid?

Shocking to the Core: Adventures in Earth Science

SLAC scientists explain: What is inertial fusion energy?

Researchers resolve decades-long debate about shock-compressed silicon with unprecedented detail

‘Fingerprinting’ minerals to better understand how they are affected by meteorite collisions

Department of Energy gives green light for a flagship petawatt laser facility at SLAC

Selected stories featuring Arianna Gleason