2026 OSE Spring and Summer Graduates and OSE Award Recipients
Departmental News
Posted: May 15, 2026
To the 2026 OSE Spring and Summer Graduates and OSE Award Recipients:
On behalf of the Optical Science and Engineering, (OSE) Program, congratulations on the successful completion of your degree and the recognition of your meritorious accomplishments.
“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.”
– Professor Albert Einstein
Congratulations on a job well done! We wish you all the best with your future endeavors.
2025-2026 OPTICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROGRAM AWARDS
2026 OSE Best Dissertation Award Winner:
Dr. Bisweswar Patra † (Summer 2025 Graduate)
Advisor: Professor Terefe Habteyes, Chair of Chemistry & Chemical Biology Dept. & OSE Member
2026 Mansoor Sheik-Bahae Best Dissertation Award Co-Winner:
Dr. Jackson Kock † (Summer 2025 Graduate)
Advisor: Dr. Alexander Albrecht, Assoc. Research Professor, UNM Physics & Astronomy & OSE Member
2025-2026 UNM School of Engineering OSE Graduate Excellence Award Recipient:
Duncan McGraw (Expected Summer 2026 Ph.D. Graduate)
Advisor: Dr. Tito Busani, Assoc. Professor, UNM ECE Dept. & OSE Member
2025-2026 UNM OSE Graduate Excellence Award Recipient:
Yankang Liu
Advisor: Dr. Jean-Claude Diels, OSE General Chair & Physics and Astronomy Dept.
2026 UNM School of Engineering Outstanding OSE Student Co-Winners:
Trevor Rubin
Advisor: Dr. Alexander Albrecht, Assoc. Research Professor, UNM Physics & Astronomy & OSE Member
Gabriel Colacion
Advisor: Dr. Tara Drake, Assistant Professor, UNM Physics & Astronomy & OSE Member
2026 OPTICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROGRAM GRADUATES
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN OPTICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
| Arjun Aryal* Noelle Collins* Li Liu* Duncan McGraw* Meagan Parker* Lala Rukh Abu Shami Md Zadid Shifat* Jared Tolliver* | Dissertation Director: Tito Busani Dissertation Director: Daniel Feezell Dissertation Director: Viktoriia Babicheva Dissertation Director: Tito Busani Dissertation Director: Ganesh Balakrishnan Dissertation Director: Tara Drake Dissertation Director: Tito Busani Dissertation Director: Ganesh Balakrishnan |
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN OPTICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
| Atia Islam Ankhi Mark Dietrich Michael Goulette Yves Ngenzi Keerthana Silvy* | Faculty Advisor: Marek Osinski Faculty Advisor: Daniel Feezell Faculty Advisor: Ganesh Balakrishnan Faculty Advisor: Marek Osinski Faculty Advisor: Francisco Salces Cárcoba |
Spring 2026 * Summer 2026 † = Distinction
