UNM Newsroom / News / UNM alumnus part of Nobel Prize winning team

Robert Ward

Robert Ward (pictured at the LIGO facility in Hanford, WA) graduated from UNM in 2000 with a B.S. in Physics. He now works as a research fellow at the Australian National University as well as with the LIGO collaboration.

Two Black Holes Merge Into One

Two Black Holes Merge Into One

The collision of two black holes holes—a tremendously powerful event detected for the first time ever by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO—is seen in this still from a computer simulation.

Credit: Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes (SXS) project

Inspecting LIGO's optics

Inspecting LIGO's optics

Prior to sealing up the chamber and pumping the vacuum system down, a LIGO optics technician inspects one of LIGO’s core optics (mirrors) by illuminating its surface with light at a glancing angle.

Credit: Matt Heintze/Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab

UNM alumnus part of Nobel Prize winning team

Robert Ward, Ph.D. | B.S. Physics, ‘00

By Aaron Hilf October 04, 2017

Categories: Front Page College of Arts & Sciences Physics & Astronomy Alumni Research

Tags: research

Connect With UNM

Submit a Story

Do you have a suggestion for a story that illustrates excellence at UNM?

Submit A Story