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Chair: Bernd Bassalleck

Degree Programs

Undergraduate

  BS Physics
  BS Astrophysics
  BA Physics & Astrophysics
  BS Physics/Optics

Graduate

  MS Physics *
  MS Optical Science & Engineering
  Ph.D. Physics *
  Ph.D. Optical Science & Engineering
  * also available with a concentration in
  biomedical physics

Research Areas

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Biological Physics

Condensed-Matter Physics

Optics and Photonics

Quantum Information Science

Subatomic Physics

Other Areas

Congratulations to our own Benji Lewis for winning the 2008 Thesis Award!

Benji wrote his thesis with Professor Bernd Bassalleck. The title of his thesis “The Quest for the Rare Decay K+ to pi+ nu nu-bar”

To see all the 2008 award winners, click here.

The United States Square Kilometer Array (USSKA) Consortium has elected Patricia Henning, UNM Department of Physics and Astronomy, as Vice Chair. Her three-year term begins 1 July 2008.

Click here for more information.

The Great Wave of Kanagawa is an example of a soliton.
Hokusai, 1879, Japanese woodcut.

Upcoming Events

Mon 7/7, 3:00PM in Room 190, Julie Smith, The Implementation of an Eye Safe Elastic Lidar to Enhance Ground Based Astronomy

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