Physics and Astronomy

Wolfgang Rudolph, 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://physics.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)
Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, Ph.D., State University of New York (Buffalo)

Regents Professors
Ivan H. Deutsch, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Wolfgang Rudolph, Ph.D., University of Jena

Professors
Kevin E. Cahill, Ph.D., Harvard University
Jean-Claude Diels, Ph.D., University of Brussels
David H. Dunlap, Ph.D., University of Rochester
Douglas Fields, Ph.D., University of Indiana
Michael S. Gold, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Patricia A. Henning, Ph.D., University of Maryland
John A. J. Matthews, Ph.D., University of Toronto
John T. McGraw, Ph.D., University of Texas
Sudhakar Prasad, Ph.D., Harvard University
Richard J. Rand, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Sally C. Seidel, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Gregory B. Taylor, Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)

Associate Professors
Rouzbeh Allahverdi, Ph.D., University of Alberta
Keith Lidke, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Dinesh Loomba, Ph.D., Boston University
Ylva Pihlström, Ph.D., Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Mousumi Roy, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James L. Thomas, Ph.D., Cornell University

Assistant Professors
Victor M. Acosta, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
F. Elohim Becerra Chavez, Ph.D., Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Avanzados, Mexico
Huaiyu Duan, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Alejandro Manjavacas, Ph.D., Universidad Complutense de Madrid/CSIC, Spain
Akimasa Miyake, Ph.D., University of Tokyo

Lecturers
Leandra Boucheron, Ph.D., University of California (San Diego)
Mark Morgan-Tracy, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Boye M. Odom, M.S., University of Texas (El Paso)

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

Jointly Appointed Professors
Hua Guo, Ph.D., Sussex University, Sussex, UK
Majeed Hayat, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Philip H. Heintz, Ph.D., University of Washington
Ravinder Jain, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Sanjay Krishna, Ph.D., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Marek Osinski, Ph.D., Polish Academy of Sciences
Stephan Posse, Ph.D., University of Cologne, Germany

Research Faculty
Alexander R. Albrecht, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Susan R. Atlas, Ph.D., Harvard University
Stephen T.P. Boyd, Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
Jayce Dowell, Ph.D., Indiana University (Bloomington)
Luke Emmert, Ph.D., Cornell University
Vasudevan Nampoothiri, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Peter Zimmer, Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Professors Emeriti
Harjit S. Ahluwalia, Ph.D., University of Gujarat
Bernd Bassalleck, Ph.D., University of Karlsruhe
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)
Daniel Finley, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Stephen A. Gregory, Ph.D., University of Arizona
David S. King, Ph.D., Indiana University
Kevin Malloy, Ph.D., Stanford University
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
Mark R. Ackerman, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
C. Nick Arge, Ph.D., University of Delaware
Howard Barnum, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Grant Biedermann, Ph.D., Stanford University
Robin Blume-Kohout, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Malcomb G. Boshier, D.Phil., Oxford University
David A. Cardimona, Ph.D., University of Rochester
Stephan M. Carr, Ph.D., Dartmouth College
Helene R. Dickel, Ph.D., University of Michigan
John Dickel, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Robert Eisenstein, Ph.D., Yale University
David Emin, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Kevin Fortier, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta)
Igor Gorelov, Ph.D., Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Russia
Michael Hasselbeck, Ph.D., University of Central Florida
Markus P. Hehlen, Ph.D., University of Bern, Switzerland
Gary H. Herling, Ph.D., Yale University
Dean C. Hines, Ph.D., University of Texas (Austin)
Michael H. Holzscheiter, Ph.D., Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany
Tony Hull, M.S., University of Pennsylvania
Yuan-Yu Jau, Ph.D., Princeton University
Andrew J. Landahl, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Marcus Magnor, Ph.D., Erlagen University, Germany
Cristopher D. Moore, Ph.D., Cornell University
Emil Mottola, Ph.D., Columbia University
Keith Rielage, Ph.D., Washington University (St. Louis)
Peter Schwindt, Ph.D., University of Colorado
Paul R. Schwoebel, Ph.D., Cornell University
Rolando Somma, Ph.D., Instituto Balseiro, Argentina
Daniel L. Stick, Ph.D., University of Michigan
John Strologas, Ph.D., University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Timothy L. Thomas, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Bernard Zak, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)

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 29 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 100 undergraduate majors and over 120 graduate students. The atmosphere is enriched by activities of the Center for Quantum Information and Control, 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; by the New Mexico Center for the Spatiotemporal Modeling of Cell Signaling, a collaborative effort that includes physicists, engineers, mathematicians, and biologists to study complex cell signaling networks, 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, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory; with local industries, 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 of Physics and Astronomy Web site.