Photonic Materials and Devices
Victor Acosta

Associate Professor
Physics and Astronomy
CHTM
Quantum sensing, NV centers, biological and chemical imaging
- Email:
- vmacosta@unm.edu
- Phone:
- 510.717.6147
- Office:
- Center for High Technology Materials
Viktoriia Babicheva

Assistant Professor
ECE
Nanophotonics, plasmonics, metamaterials, optical waveguides and modulators
- Email:
- vbb@unm.edu
- Phone:
- 765.714.3768
Ganesh Balakrishnan

Professor, Director of EPSCoR
ECE
CHTM
Semiconductor lasers, VECSELs, photovoltaics, epitaxial growth (MBE), narrow-bandgap materials
- Email:
- gunny@unm.edu
- Phone:
- 505.272.7970
Tito Busani
Assistant Professor
ECE
Integrated optoelectronics, optomechanic modulators and resonators, quantum fabrication, photovoltaics
- Email:
- busanit@unm.edu
- Phone:
- 505.239.4202
Christos Christodoulou

Distinguished Professor, Dean of the School of Engineering
ECE
Antennas (reconfigurable, high power microwaves, wireless communications)
- Email:
- christos@eece.unm.edu
- Phone:
- 505.277.6580
Tara Drake

Assistant Professor
Physics and Astronomy
Frequency combs, nonlinear and quantum optics, integrated photonics
- Email:
- drakete@unm.edu
- Phone:
- 505.277.2616
Daniel Feezell

Associate Professor, OSE General Chair
ECE
CHTM
Optoelectronics, VCSELs, LEDs, epitaxial growth (MOCVD), wide-bandgap materials
- Email:
- dfeezell@unm.edu
- Phone:
- 505.272.7823
Terefe Habteyes

Associate Professor
Chemistry
CHTM
DNA mediated optical coupling, semiconductor-metal hybrid nanomaterials, fabrication and optical characterization of plasmonic sensors and probes, energy transfer in coupled quantum dot and plasmonic nanostructures
- Email:
- habteyes@unm.edu
- Phone:
- 505.277.8845
Arash Mafi

Professor, Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences
Physics and Astronomy
CHTM
Quantum and nonlinear optics, fiber optics, laser cooling
- Email:
- mafi@unm.edu
Alejandro Manjavacas

Assistant Professor
Physics and Astronomy
Nanophotonics, plasmonics, metamaterials, heat transfer, Casimir force
- Email:
- manjavacas@unm.edu
- Phone:
- 505.277.1064
Marek Osinski

Professor, Distinguished Professor
ECE
Physics and Astronomy
CHTM
Optoelectronics, nanotechnology, quantum photonic integrated circuits, colloidal nanoparticles, biomedical applications
- Email:
- osinski@chtm.unm.edu
- Phone:
- 505.272.7812
Wolfgang Rudolph

Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Physics and Astronomy
Ultra-fast optics, biophysics, laser damage, dielectric coatings
- Email:
- wrudolph@unm.edu
- Phone:
- 505.277.2081
Mansoor Sheik-Bahae

Distinguished Professor
Physics and Astronomy
Laser cooling of solids, terahertz optics, ultrafast optics
- Email:
- msb@unm.edu
- Phone:
- 505.272.2080