Tara Drake Promoted to Associate Professor
July 7, 2026
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is proud to announce that Tara Drake has been promoted to Associate Professor.
Prof. Drake studies the physical properties of materials that can be used to generate optical frequency combs. These devices are of great utility in precision measurements and spectroscopy, with myriad applications for everything from astronomy to medicine to atomic clocks. Visit her website, drakelab.unm.edu
Congratulations to Prof. Tara Drake on this well-deserved promotion. We wish her great success in all her endeavors.
