Please join us in welcoming Michael Martinez, the Department of Physics and Astronomy's new Fiscal and Administrative Tech. Michael will be handling purchase requests, travel requests, reimbursement r…

Tim Dolch has joined the Department of Physics and Astronomy as an associate professor. Dolch comes to UNM from Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, MI where he has been an associate professor of…

Our new Accountant 3, Aaron Sais, an Albuquerque local!

He obtained his bachelor's degree in business administration, with a major in accounting, from Anderson School of Management, here at UNM.

He pr…

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 gene…

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is proud to announce that Diana Dragomir has been promoted to Associate Professor.

Prof. Dragomir studies planets around other stars in our galaxy, known as exo…

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is proud to announce that Tonmoy Chakraborty has been promoted to Associate Professor.

Prof. Chakraborty researches new imaging systems for biomedical applicati…

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is proud to announce that Darcy Barron has been promoted to Associate Professor.

Prof. Barron develops instrumentation to observe the cosmic microwave backgroun…

For the first time, NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to its warping of space-time. Unlike the star-hugging tran…

Byron Dieterle (1937-2026) passed away from heart complications on March 9th, 2026 while doing what he loved: riding his bike. His death came at the end of a decades-long progression of heart disease …

After three decades of service to The University of New Mexico, Professor Richard Rand is retiring from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, concluding a distinguished career that included more th…