Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory



Core Competencies

Lawrence Livermore's core competencies are R&D investment areas each defined by an identified best-of-class capability that underpins the national security missions of the Laboratory. Ongoing strategic planning examines the health and vitality of each of these areas, investing as necessary to enhance or build infrastructure, capabilities, and teams of researchers. The core competencies of Lawrence Livermore are as follows:

  • High-Performance Computing Ecosystems
  • High-Energy-Density Science
  • Nuclear Physics and Radiation Chemistry
  • Radiation Detection
  • Actinide Science and Energetic Materials
  • Measurement Science
  • Electronic Structure Methods, Molecular Dynamics, and Computational Biology, Chemistry, and Material Science
  • Engineered Materials
  • Computational Engineering
  • Climate Change and Atmospheric Science
  • Computational Geomechanics and Seismology
  • Nuclear Design
  • Laser and Optical Science
  • All-Source Intelligence Analysis