People

Below are lists of faculty, staff, scientists, emeriti, adjuncts associated with the New Mexico Tech Physics Department.

The mailing address for all faculty is:
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place,. Socorro, NM 87801
Fax for all faculty is 575-835-5707

Faculty

arendt

Paul Arendt, Assistant Professor
Mathematical/Theoretical
pulsars and strong-field astrophysics

305 Workman (575) 835-5431
parendt at nmt.edu
creech-eakman Michelle Creech-Eakman, Associate Professor
Astrophysics
Mid-infrared imaging and spectroscopy and optical/infrared interferometry, pulsation and dust production in mira variables

357 Workman (575) 835-5809
mce at kestrel.nmt.edu
eack Ken Eack, Associate Professor
Atmospheric Physics
Balloon-borne remote sensing

351 Workman (575) 835-5427
keack at nmt.edu
hofner_peter Peter Hofner, Professor
Astrophysics
Star formation, molecular clouds, HII regions

307 Workman (575) 835-5233
phofner at nrao.edu
krehbiel Paul R. Krehbiel, Professor
Atmospheric Physics
Lightning studies, radar meteorology,thunderstorm electrification

343 Workman (575) 835-5215
krehbiel at ibis.nmt.edu
dmeier David Meier, Assistant Professor
Astrophysics
Astrochemistry in galaxies, star formation in dwarf/starburst galaxies

359 Workman (575) 835-5340
dmeier at nmt.edu
krm Kenneth R. Minschwaner, Professor
Atmospheric Physics
Radiative transfer, climate and upper atmosphere physics

313 Workman (575) 835-5226
krm at kestrel.nmt.edu
raul Raul Morales Juberias, Associate Professor
Planetary Science
Outer planets observations and atmospheric dynamics

345 Workman (575) 835-6559
rmjube at nmt.edu
raymond David J. Raymond, Professor
Atmospheric Physics
Geophysical fluid dynamics:how clouds interact with global atmospheric flow

349 Workman (575) 835-5610
raymond at kestrel.nmt.edu
romero_van Van D. Romero, Professor and V.P. for Research & Development
Shock Physics
Energetic materials, shock physics, high energy physics

200C Brown (575) 835-5646
vromero at admin.nmt.edu
sessions Sharon Sessions, Associate Professor
Atmospheric Physics
Use of condensed matter theory to understand atmospheric processes and climate

353 Workman (575) 835-5798
sessions at kestrel.nmt.edu
rsonnenf Richard Sonnenfeld, Associate Professor
Atmospheric Physics and Instrumentation
Physics of lightning, Embedded systems and instrumentation

347 Workman (575) 838-7113
rsonnenfeld at gmail.com
dwestpfa David J. Westpfahl, Professor
Astrophysics
Dynamics of spiral and dwarf galaxies

361 Workman (575) 835-5792
dwestpfa at nmt.edu
winn_william William P. Winn, Professor
Atmospheric Physics
Instrumentation, electrical discharges in gases

341 Workman (575) 835-5503
winn at loon.nmt.edu
lyoung Lisa M. Young, Associate Professor
Astrophysics
Dynamics of spiral and dwarf galaxies

363 Workman (575) 835-5104   NRAO (575) 835-7387
lyoung at kestrel.nmt.edu

Staff

chavez_gina Gina Chavez, Department Specialist


333 Workman (575) 835-5328
rchavez at kestrel.nmt.edu
sabol_barry Barry Sabol, Senior Lab Associate


111 Workman (575) 835-5329
bsabol at arctic.nmt.edu

 

Scientists

carrillo_carlos Carlos Lopez Carrillo
Atmospheric physics
Tropical meteorology

313 Workman (575) 835-5047
clopez at kestrel.nmt.edu

 

"Emeriti

colgate_sterling Stirling Colgate, Los Alamos National Lab
Astrophysics
Plasma physics, atmospheric physics, magnetic dynamo

(575) 835-5384
colgate at eagle.lanl.gov
eikek_jean Jean A. Eilek, Professor Emeritus
Astrophysics
Radio galaxies, pulsars, clusters of galaxies, plasma astrophysics

355 Workman (575) 835-5433   NRAO (575) 835-7393
jeilek at a-c.nrao.edu
hankins_timothy Timothy H. Hankins, Professor
Astrophysics
Pulsars, radio instrumentation, signal processing

NRAO (575) 835-7326
thankins at aoc.nrao.edu
lefebre_vernon Vernon LeFebre
Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics


vlefebre at nmt.edu
schery_stephen Stephen D. Schery
Atmospheric physics
Environmental radioactivity

schery at nmt.edu

 

Adjuncts

avramidi_ivan

Ivan Avramidi, NMT Mathematics
Theoretical Physics


235 Cramer (575) 835-5638
iavramid at nmt.edu

buscher_david David Buscher, Magdalena Ridge Observatory University of Cambridge



MRO/ROB (575) 835-6964
dfb at mrao.cam.ac.uk
colgate_sterling Stirling Colgate, Los Alamos National Lab
Astrophysics
Plasma physics, atmospheric physics, magnetic dynamo

(575) 835-5384
colgate at eagle.lanl.gov
elvis_martin Martin Elvis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Astrophysics


(575) 835-5384
elvis at cra.harvard.edu
fuchs_zeljka Zeljka Fuchs, University of Split, Croatia
Atmospheric Physics



zeljka.fuchs at gmail.com
goss_miller Miller Goss, NRAO
Astrophysics
Galactic center, supernova remnants, interstellar medium

NRAO (575) 835-7300
mgoss at aoc.nrao.edu
haniff_chris Chris Haniff, Magdalena Ridge Observatory
University of Cambridge


MRO/ROB (505) 835-6964
cah at mrao.cam.ac.uk
jurgenson_colby Colby Jurgenson, Magdalena Ridge Observatory
NMT
Instrumentation

MRO/ROB (505) 835-6800
cjurgenson at mro.nmt.edu
klingelsmith_dan Dan Klinglesmith, Magdalena Ridge Observatory
NMT
Astronomy

MRO/ROB (505) 835-6802
dklingle at nmt.edu
carrillo_carlos Carlos Lopez Carrillo
Atmospheric physics
Tropical meteorology

313 Workman (575) 835-5047
clopez at kestrel.nmt.edu
manney_gloria Gloria Manney, NWRA Senior Research Scientist
Atmospheric Science
Stratospheric dynamics/transport, Stratospheric polar processes and ozone loss

309 Workman (505) 835-5341
manney@nwra.com
meason_john John Meason,EMRTC
Explosives research
NMR studies of gas absorption

EMRTC (505) 835-5312
meason at emrtc.nmt.edu

Dimitri Mihalas, Laboratory fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Expert in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, and stellar atmospheres



  Steven Myers, NRAO


NRAO (505) 835-7294
smyers at aoc.nrao.edu
  Frazer Owen


NRAO (575) 835-7304
fowen at aoc.nrao.edu
rison_william William Rison, NMT Electrical Engineering
Atmospheric Physics
Atmospheric electricity, radar meteorology, instrumentation

211 Workman (575) 835-5486
rison at ee.nmt.edu
rupen_michael Michael Rupen, NRAO
Astrophysics
Normal galaxies, supernova remnants, interstellar medium

NRAO (575) 835-7248
mrupen at aoc.nrao.edu
ryan_eileen Eileen Ryan, MRO NMT
Asteroid Collisional Physics


MRO ROB (575) 835-6803
eryan at mro.nmt.edu
ryan_bill William Ryan, MRO NMT
Asteroid Astronomy, High Energy Physics


MRO ROB (575) 835-6646
bryan at nmt.edu
teare_scott Scott Teare, NMT Electrical Engineering
Experimental Adaptive Optics
Radiation Effects and Directed Energy

223 Workman (575) 835-5839
teare at ee.nmt.edu
Ronald Thomas, NMT Electrical Engineering
Atmospheric Physics
Instrumentation

219 Workman (575) 835-5683
thomas at ee.nmt.edu
  Joan Wrobel

NRAO (575) 835-7392
jwrobel at aoc.nrao.edu