Grad Student Hijas Farook Wins ATLAS Center Fellowship

Graduate Student Hijas Farook has been awarded a fellowship from the ATLAS Center to conduct research in particle physics instrumentation and education at the Brookhaven National Laboratory for 6 months in 2023.

This research will contribute to the development of novel semiconductor tracking detectors proposed for future collider experiments, and it will seek to improve access to physics careers for members of historically under-represented groups.

Read more. Congratulations Hijas!

Discovery of a new type of planet largely composed of water

Assistant Professor Diana Dragomir comments on sensational new finding: twin exoplanets 1½ times the size of earth, unlike any in our solar system.

See the UNM Newsroom article

P&A Welcomes New Teaching Lab Supervisor Hatem Babaa

Please join us in welcoming Hatem Babaa, the Department of Physics and Astronomy's new Teaching Lab Supervisor. Hatem started in December and will be available in Regener Hall room 112.

Hatem will supervise and maintain lecture demonstration equipment for our introductory courses and coordinate demonstrations with lecturers. He will continue with his PhD studies as he takes on this new role. Welcome Hatem!

Graduate Students "PUMP" up Undergraduates

Need help with your classes this fall? A grad student mentor can help you make sense of your assignments. Reach out today!

Read the UNM Newsroom article about this new offering.

Towards a New Campus Observatory

We want to make sure our educational, outreach, and research activities are preserved, expanded, and able to continue for a long time to come

The UNM Campus Observatory has initiated a crowdfunding campaign in an effort to raise funds for the planning of a new Campus Observatory. The current Campus Observatory was built in the 1950s and is now outdated among other concerns.

Read the UNM Newsroom article about the planning for this new facility.

Find out how to donate to our goal.

Post-Doc Job Opportunities at UNM Physics & Astronomy

• Accountant III
• Fiscal and Administrative Tech

• Exoplanetary science research with Diana Dragomir
• Theoretical quantum information science, part of the National Science Foundation's Focused Research Hub in Theoretical Physics (FRHTP)
• Optical imaging instrument development in the Chakraborty Lab
• Neutrino Physics Group
• Low frequency radio telescope operations at the Long Wavelength Array
• Radio astronomy/computing at the Long Wavelength Array