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Chair: Richard Rand

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News from the Chair

Professors Mafi and Allahverdi get award for unique project

Professor Arash Mafi and Associate Professor Rouzbeh Allahverdi recently received an award of more than $580,000 from the Army Research Office for a project named Supersymmetry in Optics: Beyond Traditional Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics.

Read the UNM Newsroom article.

News from the Chair

Deutsch receives APS Five Sigma Physicist Award

In April, 2019, the American Physical Society (APS) awarded Regents' Professor and CQuIC Director, Ivan Deutsch the APS Five Sigma Physicist Award, "a pin awarded to APS members who exhibit outstanding advocacy work in addressing science policy issues." Deutsch was selected as an award recipient because of his "multiple advocacy actions" and communication with the APS Office of Government Affairs throughout the year.