Dec. 9, 2025

Dr. John Lyons, LUCI Fellow (Class of 2024), elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society!

This prestigious honor recognizes Dr. Lyons' exceptional contributions to understanding and designing wide-band-gap semiconductors using first-principles methods. As a physical scientist at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory , his groundbreaking work on semiconductor doping and exciton fine structure is advancing the next generation of radar and high-power electronic systems.

March 10, 2025

Call for Abstracts - 2025 DoD Basic Research Conference

The 2025 DoD Basic Research Conference aims to showcase groundbreaking research, facilitate collaboration, and inform researchers about opportunities in basic research. The conference is a multi-day event featuring breakout sessions on over 15 topics. The abstract submission deadline is April 23, 2025.

Sept. 28, 2023

DOD Announces 2023 Laboratory-University Collaboration Initiative Fellows

LUCI fellows are accomplished researchers within defense laboratories who seek to collaborate with prominent DOD-funded academic researchers – either recipients of the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship or principal/co-principal investigators under the Multi-Disciplinary University Research Initiative.