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Internships

Student research opportunities with a global impact

Whether you’re an undergraduate or graduate student, you can engage in exciting learning experiences across the spectrum of physical and life science research through paid LLNL internships. Participation in these internships—available during the summer months and throughout the academic year—offers you the chance to gain research experience that supports your education and career goals.

Interns in PLS:

  • Contribute to hands-on research projects
  • Work side-by-side with mentors and researchers from diverse research backgrounds
  • Expand their professional networks
  • Become familiar with world-class facilities and capabilities
  • Learn about the variety of research opportunities available in PLS (many students return to PLS as repeat interns, postdocs, or employees)
  • Attend weekly seminars, participate in the student poster symposium, and meet other students during social events (summer programs only)
Interns at a summer ice cream social.

Internship programs

Come explore our research and meet our researchers by participating in a related internship program at LLNL.

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Hear from PLS interns

Ph.D. student Sophie Parsons conducts laser alignment work on an ultrafast pulse table-top laser system modified for sub-nanosecond shock compression and velocimetry.

 Being at the Lab has been an amazing experience for me. I’ve been able to participate in very large laser campaigns at user facilities, like the onsite optical science laser, and I’ve benefited from great mentorship at the Lab.”
—Graduate student in the Materials Science in Extreme Environments University Research Alliance

Zachary Murphy, a summer intern with LLNL’s Glenn T. Seaborg Institute, analyzes underground samples from an organic-rich rock formation to determine the location’s potential as a long-term nuclear waste repository.

 It’s been great to get some radioactive material experience and to use the cool analytical techniques that are available at the Lab. It has even given me a lot of ideas and directions to explore further in my Ph.D. work.”
Glenn T. Seaborg Institute summer intern

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