The management team for the Extreme Light, Matter, and Fusion (LMF) Directorate supports the directorate’s key mission areas: Stockpile modernization, national security applications, NIF Discovery Science, laser-based directed energy and related laser and optical technologies, and advanced photon technologies.
Jeff Bude
Principal Deputy Principal Associate Director
Lydia Camara
Deputy Principal Associate Director for Operations
Tammy Ma
Deputy Principal Associate Director for Science and Technology
Jeff Horner
Principal Associate Directorate Chief Engineer
Thomas Lynch
Principal Associate Directorate Communications Director
Benita Bass
Principal Associate Directorate Resource Manager
Staci Riggs
Principal Associate Directorate Business Manager
National Ignition Facility
Jeff Bude
Co-Program Director, Laser S&T and Systems Engineering
Dan Kalantar
Chief Systems Engineer for Experimental Systems
Optics and Materials Science and Technology
Laser Science and Technology
High Energy Density and Fusion Science and Technology
Tammy Ma
Acting Director, HED and Fusion Science and Technology
Jupiter Laser Facility and High Energy Density Science Center
Livermore Institute for Fusion Technology