Quantum Undergraduate Research Experience (QU-REACH) Program
June 1 - August 6, 2021

Twelve students are here this summer for the first QU-REACH Program. During this ten-week program, undergraduates worked on advanced research projects in the three cornerstones of Quantum Technologies (Quantum Sensing, Quantum Communications, Quantum Computing). There were weekly lectures and a poster session planned for mid-August.

Find out more about the QU-REACH Program.

Gabe Shipley '15 Wins Sandia's 2022 Truman Fellowship

Gabe Shipley

Our alumnus Gabriel "Gabe" Shipley, who received a B.A. in Physics and Astrophysics in 2015, was awarded the 2022 Truman Fellowship from the Sandia National Lab. Truman Fellows conduct independent ground-breaking research that supports Sandia's national-security mission. The Fellowship is for three years.

Through multiple undergraduate and graduate research internships and practicums, Gabe has contributed to cutting-edge research in multiple Sandia divisions as well as with the X Theoretical Design Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Gabe received his PhD from UNM's ECE department in 2021. His thesis work focused on methods to generate megagauss-level magnetic fields to stabilize and magnetize pulsed-power-driven liner implosions. Congratulations, Gabe!

Mafi named College of Arts and Sciences interim dean

Professor Arash Mafi will lead the College of Arts and Sciences as interim dean starting July 1, 2021.

Mafi joined UNM in 2014 coming from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

He heads the Photonics Research Group and is also the Center for High Technology Materials Director.

Congratulations, Dr. Mafi! Read the UNM Newsroom article.

Faculty Promotions Announced

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is proud to announce that Victor Acosta and Alejandro Manjavacas have been given tenure and have been promoted to Associate Professor. Also, Mark Morgan-Tracy has been promoted to Principal Lecturer.

Read more.

Three Job Openings at UNM Physics & Astronomy Department

We’re looking for people to fill the following positions:

Postdoctoral fellow position in optical imaging instrument development in the Chakraborty Lab. For best consideration apply by July 31, 2021.

Lecturer position to teach three lower-division undergraduate physics and/or astronomy courses per semester. The expected start date is August 1, 2022, with classes beginning on August 22, 2022.

Teaching Lab Supervisor. You will provide technical support and equipment maintenance in upper division undergraduate/graduate physics laboratory classes. You'll develop new experiments and may do some teaching as well. For best consideration apply by September 30, 2021.