Physics and Astronomy

Bernd Bassalleck, Chairperson
Physics and Astronomy Building, Room 100
MSC07 4220
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001
(505) 277-2616, FAX (505) 277-1520
http://panda.unm.edu

University Professor
Murray Gell-Mann, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Distinguished Professors
Carlton M. Caves, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
V. M. Kenkre, Ph.D., State University of New York (Stony Brook)

Regents Professor
Wolfgang Rudolph, Ph.D., University of Jena

Professors
Harjit S. Ahluwalia, Ph.D., University of Gujarat
Bernd Bassalleck, Ph.D., University of Karlsruhe
Kevin E. Cahill, Ph.D., Harvard University
Ivan H. Deutsch, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Jean-Claude Diels, Ph.D., University of Brussels
David H. Dunlap, Ph.D., University of Rochester
Daniel Finley, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Michael S. Gold, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Kevin Malloy, Ph.D., Stanford University
John A. J. Matthews, Ph.D., University of Toronto
John T. McGraw, Ph.D., University of Texas
Sudhakar Prasad, Ph.D., Harvard University
Sally C. Seidel, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, Ph.D., State University of New York (Buffalo)

Associate Professors
Douglas Fields, Ph.D., University of Indiana
Patricia A. Henning, Ph.D., University of Maryland
Dinesh Loomba, Ph.D., Boston University
Richard J. Rand, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Gregory B. Taylor, Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
James L. Thomas, Ph.D., Cornell University

Assistant Professors
Rouzbeh Allahverdi, Ph.D., University of Alberta
Steven J. Koch, Ph.D., Cornell University
Keith Lidke, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Ylva Pihlström, Ph.D., Chalmers University of Technology

Lecturers
Boye M. Odom, M.S., University of Texas (El Paso)
Jeff Saul, Ph.D., University of Maryland

Jointly Appointed Distinguished Professors
Steven R.J. Brueck, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jointly Appointed Professors
Philip H. Heintz, Ph.D., University of Washington
Ravinder Jain, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Christopher Moore, Ph.D., Cornell University
Marek Osinski, Ph.D., Polish Academy of Sciences

Research Faculty
Mark R. Ackermann, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Susan R. Atlas, Ph.D., Harvard University
Stephen T.P. Boyd, Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
Richard I. Epstein, Ph.D., Stanford University
Igor Gorelov, Ph.D., Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Moscow)
Michael P. Hasselbeck, Ph.D., University of Central Florida
Andrew J. Landahl, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Vasudevan Nampoothiri, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay)
Paul R. Schwoebel, Ph.D., Cornell University
John Strologas, Ph.D., University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Timothy L. Thomas, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Imran Younus, Ph.D., Syracuse University
Peter Zimmer, Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Professors Emeriti
Seymour S. Alpert, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Howard C. Bryant, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Colston Chandler, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Byron D. Dieterle, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Stephen A. Gregory, Ph.D., University of Arizona
McAllister H. Hull, Jr., Ph.D., Yale University
David S. King, Ph.D., Indiana University
Christopher P. Leavitt, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John K. McIver, Ph.D., University of Rochester
J. A. Panitz, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
R. Marcus Price, Ph.D., Australian National University
Derek B. Swinson, Ph.D., University of Alberta
David M. Wolfe, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Michael Zeilik II, Ph.D., Harvard University

Affiliated Faculty
Paul M. Alsing, Ph.D., University of Arkansas
Charles Nickolas Arge, Ph.D., University of Delaware
Eli Ben-Naim, Ph.D., Boston University
John C. Brandt, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Stanley Cohen, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Helene R. Dickel, Ph.D., University of Michigan
John Dickel, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Robert V. Duncan, Ph.D., University of California (Santa Barbara)
Steven R. Elliott, Ph.D., University of California (Irvine)
David Emin, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Edward R. Flynn, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Roberto Fonte, Ph.D., Universita di Cantanie
Christopher A. Fuchs, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Eiichi Fukushima, Ph.D., University of Washington
Terrance J. Goldman, Ph.D., Harvard University
Joyce Ann Guzik, Ph.D., Iowa State University
James W. Harrington, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Gary H. Herling, Ph.D., Yale University
Dean C. Hines, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Michael H. Holzscheiter, Ph.D., Johannes Gutenberg University
Alan J. Hurd, Ph.D., University of Colorado
William Junor, Ph.D., Victoria University of Manchester
Namir Kassim, Ph.D., University of Maryland
Gerd J. Kunde, Ph.D., University of Frankfurt
Crawford MacCallum, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
L. Kent Morrison, Ph.D., University of Washington
Ilya Nenenman, Ph.d., Princeton University
Stefan Posse, Ph.D., University of Bern
William C. Priedhorsky, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Marlan O. Scully, Ph.D., Yale University
George Skadron, Ph.D., University of Rochester
Gerard J. Stephenson, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Steven M. Valone, Ph.D., University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Stephen M. Younger, Ph.D., University of Maryland

Introduction

Students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of New Mexico find themselves immersed in a stimulating atmosphere arising from their exposure to the teaching and research activities of 27 regular faculty members, another several dozen research, adjunct and part-time faculty members, a dozen postdoctoral research associates, and from their interactions with well over 50 undergraduate majors and over 120 graduate students. The atmosphere is enriched by activities of the Center for Advanced Studies, the Consortium of the Americas for Interdisciplinary Science, the New Mexico Center for Particle Physics, and the Institute for Astrophysics, which are housed in the department; by the Center for High Technology Materials, in which physicists and engineers are at work on understanding and developing optoelectronic materials and devices with novel properties; and by the collaborative projects the faculty and students in the department carry out with neighboring laboratories such as Sandia National Laboratories, the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Air Force Research Laboratory; with local industries such as CVI, EG & G, BDM, Mission Research and SAIC, and with institutes, universities and other centers of learning in the USA and elsewhere. Outstanding scientists from all over the world visit the department for periods of a few weeks to as long as a year, while seminars and colloquia feature international experts in their fields each week.

The research atmosphere is equally active, with work being pursued in astrophysics and astronomy, optics and photonics, condensed matter physics, quantum information, atomic and subatomic physics, biomedical physics, general relativity and statistical physics. The research is funded at a high level by various external agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health, and NASA.

Application Procedures

Prospective candidates for both undergraduate and graduate degrees should contact the department’s academic advisor by mail, phone or e-mail at:

Department of Physics and Astronomy
Attn: Coordinator, Program Advisement
MSC07 4220
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone: (505) 277-1514
E-mail: pandainfo@phys.unm.edu

Prospective candidates should also check the department’s website at http://panda.unm.edu.

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