Two Staff Job Openings at UNM Physics & Astronomy Department

We’re looking for a new Admin Assistant III.

We are also looking for a new Senior Research Scientist.

Welcome New Faculty!

Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine, Diana Dragomir, and Tara Drake are three new faculty members who are starting in the Department this fall as Assistant Professor, Research Assistant Professor (she will transition to Assistant Professor in August 2020), and Assistant Professor, respectively.

Dr. Cyr-Racine comes to us from the High-Energy Theory Group at Harvard. His research focuses on dark matter, gravitational lensing, neutrinos, and cosmology, with an emphasis on their relation with particle physics.

Dr. Dragomir was most recently a Hubble fellow at MIT. Her field is small extrasolar planets, specifically their demographics and atmospheres.

Prior to her appointment at the Center for High Tech Materials, Dr. Drake worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado. Her background is in nanophotonics, nonlinear optics, and quantum gases.

When you see them, please welcome them to the Lobo wolfpack! #woofwoofwoof

PAÍS Nearing Completion

Currently, UNM is going through the second largest capital project outlay in school history. There is a substantial investment to acquire, construct, repair, and upgrade our unique and beautiful campus. The new Physics, Astronomy, and Interdisciplinary Science building is one of them. Find out more, and see how you can put your name on PAÍS.