Alumni Spotlight
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This time, you can read Nick Menicucci's (BS Physics with Departmental Honors, 2002; now a Senior Research Fellow, Department of Physics, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) reminiscences about his time in the department.
Nicolas Menicucci, BS Physics with Departmental Honors, 2002
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Physics, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
I
have fond memories of my undergraduate days at UNM Physics and
Astronomy. The department was an extended family, with familiar faces
and open office doors. The Society of Physics Students (SPS) supported
us in our education with conferences and socialising.
What
I valued most, though, was the rigor and breadth of the education I
received. I spent many long nights working through tough problems in
classical and quantum mechanics, electromagnetism, relativity, and
mathematical physics.
The ample chalk, ink, and pencil lead expended on those assignments became a solid foundation in modern theoretical physics.
Departmental
Honors allowed me to spend a year doing cutting-edge research in
quantum information theory, leading to my first publication and a host
of options for graduate school.
Without
a doubt, my bachelors education in Physics from UNM was instrumental in
launching my eventual career as an academic in theoretical physics.
