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Two from UNM elected as American Physical Society members at large

January 11, 2022 - by Kim Delker

photo: Fazio and Biedron
Mariana Fazio (left) and Sandra Biedron

Two researchers from The University of New Mexico have been elected as members at large for divisions of the American Physical Society:

  • Mariana Fazio, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been elected as a member at large for the American Physical Society's Forum on Diversity and Inclusion, which was established in 2019.
  • Sandra Biedron, a research professor of both electrical and computer engineering and mechanical engineering, has been elected as a member at large for the American Physical Society's Division of the Physics of Beams. She also serves as an advisor to the Physical Sciences Associate Laboratory Director at Los Alamos National Laboratory on accelerator science, technology, and engineering, as well as next-generation X-ray light sources for national security applications.