Xiaobing Zhu is the first winner of the Sheik-Bahae Award for the best dissertation in optics. The award is open to students in both the Physics and Optical Science & Engineering (OSE) degree pr…
Victor Acosta has been chosen by the College of Arts & Sciences as one of this year's Regents' Lecturers. Victor will receive a stipend for the next three years and will always keep the title of Regen…
The $3M Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for 2025 was awarded to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for results on fundamental particle physics from its second run from 2015 to 2024.
The ATLAS …
Prabi Palni (Ph.D. 2012) now teaches at Goa University
The UNM Department of Physics and Astronomy is proud of our many alumni accomplishments over the years.
UNM physics major Luis Flores Sanchez has been selected to present a talk at the National Counsel on Undergraduate Research annual meeting, which will be held in Pittsburgh in April 2025.
Luis will pr…
UNM Physics Day 2025 will be held on Saturday, April 19 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will feature a variety of events including poster presentations, thesis talks, and a plenary talk. It will be held fo…
2024 QU-REACH group with Dr. Susan Atlas, center
We are currently seeking applications for the 5th Annual Quantum Undergraduate Research Experience at CHTM (QU-REACH) program at UNM-Albuquerque this s…
It is with great sadness that we must announce that Principal Lecturer Emeritus Mickey Odom passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, from cancer.
Mickey was a valued Lecturer for us for …
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