All Department News
Grant Block wins NSF/USGS Internship — November 18, 2024
Emil Mottola Elected APS Fellow — October 15, 2024
P&A Welcomes New Machinist William Phipps — October 11, 2024
Gentry recognized by DOE's Science Graduate Student Research Program — October 1, 2024
UNM's PAÍS building: a GO Bond success story — September 19, 2024
Victor Acosta wins Moore Foundation Award — August 22, 2024
Welcome to our incoming graduate students! — August 14, 2024
Catch up with the latest research from UNM Physics and Astronomy alumnus Will Crockett — July 17, 2024
EDA awards $41M to Colorado- and New Mexico-based Elevate Quantum Tech Hub — July 3, 2024
Tara Drake receives NSF CAREER Award to study optical frequency combs — June 11, 2024
Dave Dunlap Retires — May 29, 2024
Josef Sorenson recognized by DOE's Science Graduate Student Research Program — May 8, 2024
New study finds evidence of an atmosphere on a rocky planet for the first time — May 8, 2024
Physics Day 2024 — April 23, 2024
UNM Physics Day set for April 15 — April 15, 2024
Sleeping supermassive black holes awakened briefly by shredded stars — March 26, 2024
UNM OSE Program helped create optics ‘terrarium’ in N.M. — March 18, 2024
Out of this world at Lobo Day 2024 — February 28, 2024
Optical Science and Engineering Program to celebrate 40th anniversary March 7-8 — February 27, 2024
Nobel Laureate John Mather explores JWST images, astronomy and astrology in latest podcast — February 27, 2024
Visit the UNM Physics and Astronomy table at Lobo Day 2024 — February 22, 2024
UNM Optical Science & Engineering Program Celebrates 40 Years — February 19, 2024
Applications open for Qu-REACH summer quantum undergraduate research experience — February 14, 2024
The University of New Mexico launches The Quantum New Mexico Institute — January 22, 2024
Federal Physics Advisory Panel recommends groundbreaking strategies for U.S. investment in particle physics research — January 4, 2024
UNM launches innovative quantum photonics graduate program with $3 million NSF grant — December 27, 2023
Anthony Gravagne Wins 2023 Gerald May Outstanding Staff Award — December 13, 2023
Scientists investigate Socorro Magma Body to enhance volcanic understanding — December 6, 2023
Dominic Oddo awarded NASA FINESST Astrophysics Grant — November 27, 2023
University of New Mexico Physics and Astronomy students contribute to building telescopes for new LWA station — November 16, 2023
Kylar Greene recognized by DOE's Science Graduate Student Research Program — October 20, 2023
Grant Block Publishes Geophysical Research Paper — October 17, 2023
UNM Physics and Astronomy Annular Eclipse Viewing Party 2023 — October 14, 2023
Experience the annular eclipse with astronomers at The University of New Mexico's Enchanted Eclipse viewing party — October 6, 2023
The annular eclipse experience — October 6, 2023
Pick up a free pair of UNM Physics and Astronomy-branded eclipse glasses — October 3, 2023
Professor Sally Seidel appointed as Interim High Energy Physics Advisory Panel Chairperson — September 26, 2023
Long Wavelength Array Field Trip — September 16, 2023
Next Generation Very Large Array unites NRAO and UNM — September 11, 2023
Chakraborty Lab Receives $1.82 Million NIH R35 Award — August 23, 2023
UNM Department of Physics and Astronomy mourns the loss of Distinguished Professor Mansoor Sheik-Bahae — August 11, 2023
UNM Department of Physics and Astronomy receives $750,000 grant from NASA on research of exoplanets — August 4, 2023
Society for Optics and Photonics Student Chapter undergoes revitalization — July 20, 2023
Distinguished Professor Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, 1956-2023 — July 17, 2023
Congratulations to Our Colleague Ivan Deutsch on His Promotion to Distinguished Professor — July 2, 2023
P&A Celebrates Faculty Promotions and Review Milestones — July 1, 2023
P&A Welcomes Yvonne Muñoz, P&A's new Fiscal and Administrative Tech — June 30, 2023
P&A Welcomes New Accountant II Ciarra Johnson — June 30, 2023
Francisco Elohim Becerra Awarded Department of Defense Research Grant — June 9, 2023
Joey Sorenson awarded data research opportunity via the DOE-INFN Exchange Fellowship — June 3, 2023
Jordan Hernandez presents at NCUR2023 — May 17, 2023
The Department features heavily at the upcoming American Astronomical Society meeting in Albuquerque — May 17, 2023
Will Crockett Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program — May 15, 2023
Physics Day 2023 — May 15, 2023
UNM Spring Physics Demo Show set for Wednesday, April 5 — April 5, 2023
UNM Spring Physics Demo Show set for Wednesday, April 5 — April 5, 2023
Kelsey Adler Wins Goldwater Scholarship — April 3, 2023
UNM researcher studies control of the radiative heat transfer in a pair of rotating nanostructures — March 30, 2023
Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship recipient Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton presents talk on NASA's Psyche mission — February 24, 2023
Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship recipient Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton presents talk on NASA's Psyche mission — February 24, 2023
Applications Now Open for the 3rd Annual Quantum Undergraduate Research Experience (QU-REACH) Program — February 2, 2023
Grad Student Hijas Farook Wins ATLAS Center Fellowship — January 5, 2023
Discovery of a new type of planet largely composed of water — December 15, 2022
P&A Welcomes New Teaching Lab Supervisor Hatem Babaa — December 13, 2022
Harjit Ahluwalia Named Sigma Xi Fellow — December 13, 2022
Four Corners APS Meeting Wrap Up — November 23, 2022
Fall Lecture Demo Show — November 3, 2022
Grad Student Elizabeth Tilly Receives Highly Competitive GIRA Award — October 19, 2022
Grad Student Soumyodipta Karmakar Receives LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Award — September 23, 2022
Mallory Harris wins IPAC Visiting Graduate Fellowship Award — September 23, 2022
Graduate Students "PUMP" up Undergraduates — September 19, 2022
Four Corners Meeting of the American Physical Society Celebrates 25th Anniversary — September 14, 2022
P&A Welcomes New Lecturer II Jose Sanchez — September 9, 2022
Working Towards a New Campus Observatory — September 6, 2022
Sally Seidel receives Fulbright Scholar award — September 2, 2022
Nitant Kenkre recognized for lifetime achievements — August 23, 2022
Kevin Cahill explains initial James Webb Space Telescope images — August 10, 2022
Andrew Landahl wins E.O. Lawrence award — July 14, 2022
P&A Welcomes New Research Assistant Professor Sheng Liu — July 12, 2022
Diana Dragomir selected for the 2022 Women in STEM awards — June 22, 2022
Tara Drake has been awarded the AFOSR Young Investigator Award — June 1, 2022
Research Experiences for Undergraduates' second year to be fully in-person — May 27, 2022
Easwar Anand Narayanan has been awarded the Chateaubriand Fellowship — May 24, 2022
Andrew Gentry wins NM Space Grant Scholarship — May 20, 2022
Ghostly 'mirror world' might be cause of cosmic controversy — May 19, 2022
2022 Convocation — May 14, 2022
UNM Physics Day set for April 16 — April 6, 2022
UNM physics professor wins award, seeks to expand research opportunities for students — April 5, 2022
P&A Welcomes Three New Staff Members — April 1, 2022
UNM's Department of Physics and Astronomy hosts Spring Lecture Demonstration Show — March 30, 2022
David Gutzler presents colloquium on new climate change report — March 4, 2022
UNM student accepted into prestigious research program — March 2, 2022
UNM's Darcy Barron named as a recipient of the 2022 Cottrell Scholar Awards — March 1, 2022
Jupiter-like planet discovered through TESS and citizen scientist collaboration — January 14, 2022
Manjavacas and colleagues investigate the cause of haziness in nineteenth century daguerreotype photography — January 4, 2022
Julie Morrison wins 2021 Gerald May Outstanding Staff Award — December 15, 2021
CARC Announces New Associate Director — November 5, 2021
UNM Astronomer Awarded NSF Grant to Improve Monitoring of the Cosmic Microwave Background — November 2, 2021
Research Experience for Undergraduates applications now being accepted — October 25, 2021
UNM's PAÍS building earns LEED Gold certification — October 18, 2021
P&A Welcomes New CQuIC Program Director, Dwight Zier — October 5, 2021
Hands on Workshop Brings Particle Physics to NM Science Teachers — September 30, 2021
NRAO Names New Assistant Director for New Mexico Operations — August 30, 2021
UNM Researcher Awarded NSF Grants To Study Effects Of Magma On Continental Plates — August 28, 2021
UNM Ph.D. student and colleagues search for ‘sneaky’ pulsars — August 26, 2021
Viewing Sessions Resume at UNM Campus Observatory — August 26, 2021
New summer program in quantum technologies provides undergrad research opportunities — August 21, 2021
New PAÍS art installation welcomes back students — August 11, 2021
CQuIC Awarded $3 million from NSF for QIS national hub — August 9, 2021
Making sense of the cosmos with Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine — July 27, 2021
Faculty Promotions Announced — July 19, 2021
Gabe Shipley '15 Wins Sandia's 2022 Truman Fellowship — July 15, 2021
Newly Discovered 'Sub-Neptune' Exoplanet is Ripe for Investigation — June 10, 2021
Convocation 2021 Video Celebration — June 7, 2021
Mafi Named Interim Dean of College of Arts and Sciences — May 27, 2021
Three Long-Time P&A Staff Members Retire — May 12, 2021
Easwar Narayanan Wins Sigma Xi Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award — May 12, 2021
New advancement in Nanophotonics explains how collections of hot nanoparticles cool down — May 12, 2021
UNM Receives Award to Increase Computing Power for Radio Telescopes — March 15, 2021
UNM Hospital preparing to build a new tower — March 12, 2021
Alumnus’ gift benefits teaching and research in School of Engineering, Physics and Astronomy — March 2, 2021
First QuReach Research Experience for Undergrads Program — March 1, 2021
P&A Welcomes New Staff Member Chris Moroney — February 8, 2021
Carlton Caves Receives Micius Quantum Prize 2020 — December 11, 2020
Bringing Nuclear and Particle Physics to Goa University — December 3, 2020
Cyr-Racine Reviews Book by Nobel Prize Winner Peebles — December 1, 2020
Pablo Poggi Named Research Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy — November 24, 2020
Physicist investigates unexplained behavior of cell receptors — November 18, 2020
Gary Harrison Wins 2020 Gerald W. May Outstanding Staff Award — November 16, 2020
Alejandro Manjavacas Highlights Nanophotonics Research on Popular Podcast — November 3, 2020
2020 Four Corners (Virtual) Sectional Meeting of the APS — October 29, 2020
AGC New Mexico: PAÍS Wins Best Building $20 Million and Over — October 29, 2020
Data reveals evidence of molecular absorption in the atmosphere of a hot Neptune — October 26, 2020
Alexandre Mills recognized by DOE's Science Graduate Student Research Program — October 8, 2020
Virtual Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Tour — October 6, 2020
Laser Waveguide Technology Could Divert Lightning Strikes — October 4, 2020
Miyake Research Group Improves Quantum Computing Algorithms — September 8, 2020
Shohini Ghose (PhD 2003), Selected as Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Chair for Women in Science and Engineering — September 7, 2020
New Advancement in Nanophotonics Has the Potential to Improve Light-based Biosensors — September 2, 2020
Four CQuIC Faculty Receive EAGER Awards — September 2, 2020
P&A Welcomes New Faculty Member Chakraborty — September 1, 2020
New $115 million Quantum Systems Accelerator to Pioneer Quantum Technologies For Discovery science — August 26, 2020
Please Welcome Our New Faculty for Fall 2020 — August 12, 2020
CHTM, Physics Labs Successfully Cool Glass with Lasers — August 12, 2020
Gruzdev Wins Competitive Newton Award — August 5, 2020
CQuIC Receives Award in New NSF Quantum Leaps Challenge Institute — July 28, 2020
Graduate Student Tim Braun and Professor Rand on Team Revealing the Magnetic Field of a Spiral Galaxy — July 21, 2020
Professor Trish Henning Takes on Role at NRAO — July 9, 2020
Research Assistant Professor Diana Dragomir Plays Key Role in Exoplanet Discovery — June 24, 2020
Professors Drake and Roy Selected for 2020 UNM Women in STEM awards — June 17, 2020
What's going on underneath volcanoes? — June 10, 2020
2020 Convocation - a video celebration — June 8, 2020
The University of New Mexico becomes IBM Q Hub’s first university member — May 27, 2020
Graduating Class of 2020 — May 10, 2020
Caves Elected to National Academy of Sciences — May 5, 2020
Prof. Acosta Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award — May 4, 2020
Professor Emeritus David Wolfe is Making A Difference in South Africa — April 21, 2020
Prof. Manjavacas Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award — April 8, 2020
KRQE Visits the New Physics, Astronomy, and Interdisciplinary Science Building — March 18, 2020
Brady Spears Wins Undergraduate Fellowship — March 4, 2020
Aaron Zimmerman, '08, Re-visits the Department — February 8, 2020
CHTM Director Arash Mafi honored — January 27, 2020
The Quantum Information Edge launches to accelerate quantum computing R&D for breakthrough science — January 9, 2020
Physics and Astronomy Findings Featured in Research Year-in-Review — January 6, 2020
International team of astronomers discovers giant magnetic ropes in a galaxy's halo — November 26, 2019
Transit of Mercury — November 11, 2019
Halloween-Themed Annual Physics Fall Lecture Demonstration Show Delights Local Students — October 31, 2019
Weaving Quantum Processors Out of Laser Light — October 29, 2019
UNM Physics Students Win Big at Conference — October 11, 2019
Nanoscale Manipulation of Light Leads to Exciting New Advancement — October 9, 2019
Steven Boyd's Lab Develops Magnetic Micro-Calorimeter — September 19, 2019
UNM QuarkNet Sponsors Los Alamos STEM Outreach Event — September 7, 2019
UNM Team Develops Quantum Sensor Technology — August 8, 2019
UNM Leading the Country in Quantum Science Education — July 16, 2019
CHTM Signs International Collaborative Research Agreement with CIMAV — July 3, 2019
Faculty Promotions — June 27, 2019
We've moved! Physics & Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Science (PAÍS) Building — June 25, 2019
UNM Paves the Road Into the Future for Quantum Information Science — June 24, 2019
Professors Mafi and Allahverdi get award for unique project — June 21, 2019
Trailblazing Findings of Daguerreotype Properties Presented in Research by the Metropolitan Museum of Art & UNM — June 10, 2019
Summer construction projects at UNM — June 4, 2019
Summer Construction Projects at UNM — June 4, 2019
Deutsch Receives APS Five Sigma Physicist Award — June 4, 2019
Murray Gell-Mann, UNM University Professor, is Dead at 89 — May 24, 2019
Darcy Barron selected for the 2019 Women in STEM awards — May 6, 2019
OSE Students Luke Horstman and Kaleb Campbell Join OSA's Capitol Hill Visit — May 1, 2019
Eric Putney Wins Goldwater Scholarship — April 29, 2019
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Presentations and Sigma Pi Sigma Induction — April 19, 2019
UNM Physics Day 2019 — April 13, 2019
Alumna Connection to the First Supermassive Black Hole Image — April 12, 2019
Zundel wins Graduate Fellowship Award — April 2, 2019
Spring 2019 Lecture Demo Show — March 20, 2019
New UNMH tower could replace old physics building — March 7, 2019
Progress continues on PAIS building — February 28, 2019
UNM offers millions of dollars in naming rights for new science building — February 15, 2019
Our Neighbor, UNM Hospital, Has Plans for the Existing Physics Location — February 12, 2019
UNM Society of Physics Students Chapter receives Outstanding Chapter Award — December 11, 2018
Physics and Astronomy Department Featured in UNM's State of Minds Video — November 30, 2018
Fall Lecture Demonstration Show — October 25, 2018
Amazingly Successful Society of Physics Students Zone Meeting Held at UNM — November 1, 2014
John C. Mather: A Loving Watch on his Universe — October 24, 2014
High-Impact Factor Syndrome — October 17, 2014
Nobel Prize for Physics recipient John Mather presents talk — October 16, 2014
Quakes, methane production linked — September 21, 2014
Long Wavelength Array Receives Award to Build Another LWA Station — August 28, 2014
A New State of Beauty and Charm — July 3, 2014
Professor Sheik-Bahae Promoted to Distinguished Professor — June 17, 2014
Douglas Fields Promoted to Full Professor — June 9, 2014
Fireball Meteors Emit Unique Radio Wave Signals — June 3, 2014
Surprise! Fireballs Light up the Radio Sky, Hinting at Unexplored Physics — June 2, 2014
Going Below 100 Kelvin: UNM Team Achieves New World Record in Laser Cooling of Solids — May 30, 2014
Going Below 100 Kelvin: UNM Team Achieves New World Record in Laser Cooling of Solids — May 30, 2014
Multi-Color Quantum Dot Tracking Using a Hyperspectral Microscope Detects Protein Interactions Below the Diffraction Limit — April 29, 2014
LWA1 Detects Three Millisecond Pulsars below 100 MHz — April 18, 2014
Remembering Si — March 18, 2014
Ivan Deutsch Receives UNM Research Award — February 1, 2014
UNM alumnus Shohini Ghose named 2014 TED Fellow — January 6, 2014
Grad Student Wins At European Cross Country Championships — December 17, 2013
Mesler Thesis Recognized as Outstanding — November 26, 2013
Surprising image provides new tool for studying a galaxy — November 14, 2013
Professor Michael Gold's Group Paper Named "Fermi Lab Result of the Week" — November 8, 2013
UNM Physicists have Observed a New Particle State — September 9, 2013
Gregory Taylor Promoted to Full Professor — May 28, 2013
Mousumi Roy selected as Regents' Lecturer — May 20, 2013
Keith Lidke Promoted to Associate Professor — May 14, 2013
Rouzbeh Allahverdi Promoted to Associate Professor — May 14, 2013
Christie Mattos to Receive Award from Sigma Xi — May 7, 2013
Mickey Odom Promoted to Principal Lecturer — May 6, 2013
Professor Jean-Claude Diels and Dr. Ladan Arissian Win a 2013 CHOICE Award for Outstanding Academic Titles — January 3, 2013
Postdoc Student Alexander Albrecht Wins First Place in OPN's Photo Contest — November 2, 2012
Professor David Emin Publishes New Book on Polarons — October 25, 2012
Professor Seidel Elected to Executive Committee of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society — October 22, 2012
Professor Caves New Divisional Associate Editor for Physical Review Letters — September 4, 2012
Professor McGraw Named Interim Vice President for Research & Economic Development — July 11, 2012
Professor Duan Receives DOE Early Career Grant — May 8, 2012
Professor Sheik-Bahae Receives receive OSA 2012 R.W. Wood Prize — April 4, 2012
Alisa Gibson Receives Outstanding Staff Award — March 26, 2012
Grad Student Debra Cox Selected to Participate in Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting — March 6, 2012
Professor Colston Chandler Chosen Outstanding Referee of the Physical Review and Physical Review Letters Journal — March 2, 2012
Research Spotlight on Professor Mansoor Sheik-Bahae — May 24, 2011
Physics Graduate Student Katie Richardson Elected as President of GPSA — April 8, 2011
Adjunct Distinguished Professor Marlan Scully Recipient of the Herbert Walther Award — March 4, 2011
Professor Carlton Caves Recipient of the Max Born Award — March 1, 2011
Physics major Cristihan Carrillo invited to present at annual Posters on the Hill — February 22, 2011
Dinesh Loomba selected as Regents' Lecturer — May 27, 2010
Susan R. Atlas Appointed Director of Center for Advanced Research Computing — June 1, 2009
Professor Sudhakar Prasad Receives Teacher of the Year Award — April 10, 2009
Monica Fishel to receive Award from Sigma Xi! — April 2, 2009
John DeMoss Receives Outstanding Staff Award — March 20, 2009
Sandra Ortiz Receives Gerald W. May Award — December 3, 2008
Professor Carlton Caves Elected a Fellow of AAAS — December 3, 2008
Professor John McGraw Receives Teaching Excellence Award from A&S — July 3, 2008
Mickey Odom Receives Certificate of Excellence from A&S — April 19, 2008
Professor David Emin Elected by APS as "Outstanding Referees" — April 16, 2008
Kathryn Dimiduk Receives Award for Teaching Excellence — May 8, 2007
John DeMoss receives "Outstanding Technical Support Staff" Award from Sigma Xi — April 24, 2007
Sandra Ortiz Receives Outstanding Staff Award — April 17, 2007
Mansoor Sheik-Bahae recognized by The IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society — February 27, 2007
Professor Robert Duncan Appointed as director of New Mexico Consortium's Institute for Advanced Studies — February 19, 2007
Wolfgang Rudolph Elected Fellow of the OSA! — November 17, 2006
Carlton M. Caves 2006 recipient of the Distinguished Professor Award — August 28, 2006
Jean-Claude Diels 2006 recipient of the Engineering Excellence Award — August 14, 2006
Wolfgang Rudolph selected as Regents' Professor! — May 9, 2006
Mary DeWitt selected as a recipient of the UNM Student Service Award!! — April 25, 2006
Professor Sally Seidel selected by the Fulbright Commission for a grant to Sweden — April 18, 2006
Sandra Ortiz receives "Noteworthy Technical Support Person" Award from Sigma Xi — April 11, 2006
Adriana Recalde-Aranda receives a UNM International Excellence Award — April 7, 2006
Professor Robert Duncan elected Fellow of the American Physical Society — December 1, 2005
Professor Ivan Deutsch elected Fellow of the American Physical Society — December 1, 2005
Professor Jean-Claude Diels selected as UNM's 51st Annual Research Lecturer for 2006 — October 21, 2005
Professor V.M. Kenkre Elected Fellow of AAAS — October 19, 2005
Kenkre Promoted to Distinguished Professor — September 29, 2005
Lecturer Kathryn Dimiduk Honored as Outstanding Adjunct Teacher/Lecturer of the Year — April 19, 2005
Professor V.M. Kenkre Receives UNM International Excellence Award — March 24, 2005
TA Mohit Adhikari Receives Gunter Starkey Teaching Award — February 16, 2005
Enhanced UNM-LANL Partnership in Quantum Info — January 24, 2005
Professor Carlton Caves Elected APS Fellow — December 6, 2004
Professor Sudhakar Prasad Elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America — November 29, 2004
Brueck Elected AAAS Fellow — November 29, 2004
Tim Thomas Welcomed as Deputy Director of The Center for High Performance Computing — October 26, 2004
Beth Walker Nominated for Work+Life Balance Award — October 26, 2004
Kenkre named UNM’s 50th Annual Research Lecturer — June 23, 2004
UNM to cohost workshop in September — May 27, 2004
UNM Selected for MURI Research Funding — May 26, 2004
Buckner Creel is New GPSA President — April 15, 2004
2004 Regional Science and Engineering Fair — March 19, 2004
Professor Robert Duncan selected as Moore Scholar at Caltech — February 9, 2004
Professor V.M. Kenkre receives NSF’s first international science center grant — September 8, 2003
UNM Professor Receives Textbook Excellence Award — September 5, 2003
