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
 
