I grew up in Ciudad Juarez, studied BS and MS in physics at UTEP, Ph.D. at TAMU, had postdocs at the Niels Bohr Institute (Denmark) and Lawrence Berkeley Lab. Returned to UTEP in 1990, have been Associate Dean, Department Chair, and I am now a professor.

• President of UTEP's Academy of Distinguished Teachers for 2023-2025 - UTEP (08/15/2023)
• Jacob Mireles and Alan Cangas: Fellowship award for the participation in ORNL-UTEP CANDID program - ORNL-UTEP CANDID Program (05/02/2023)
• Inducted as Fellow of The University of Texas System Academy of Distinguished Teachers (2022) - UT System (10/28/2022)
• Masiel Velarde: Fellowship award for the participation of in TAMU's HIPPO program, May 22, 2022 – Aug 31, 2023 - TAMU's HIPPO Program (05/22/2022)
• Daniela Ramirez: Scholarship for 2022 JINA-CEE Junior Researcher Workshop and Frontiers Meeting - Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics and Center for the Evolution of the Elements (04/22/2022)
• Daniela Ramirez: Fellowship award for the participation of in TAMU's TREND program, May 22, 2022 – Aug 31, 2023 - TAMU's TREND Program (02/02/2022)
• Diana Carrasco-Rojas: Fellowship award for the participation of in TAMU's TREND program, May 22, 2022 – Aug 31, 2023 - TAMU's TREND Program (02/02/2022)
• Elected as President Elect of UTEP's Academy of Distinguished Teachers for 2021-2023 - UTEP (09/15/2021)
• 2022 Faculty Development Leave - UTEP Office of the Provost (07/22/2021)
• Daniela Ramirez: Scholarship for 32nd National Nuclear Physics Summer School - Indiana University and Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (06/01/2021)
• Yahir Garay, Diana Carrasco Rojas, Jahayra Chairez, and Jacob Mireles: fellowships from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (06/01/2021)
• Michel Luna: UTEP Graduate School Summer Research Funding Program - UTEP - Graduate School (05/17/2021)
• 2020 UTEP nominee for the Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award - UTEP - Office of the Provost and VPAA (11/01/2020)
• 2020 HENAAC Award for Education - Great Minds in STEM (10/06/2020)
• Article “Understanding a Physicist’s Work to Explore the Stars and His Community: An Interview with Dr. Jorge Lopez from the University of Texas at El Paso” - Journal of Young Investigators, Nov. 1, 2019, Vol. 37, Pp. 43-44 (11/01/2019)
• Inducted into UTEP's Academy of Distinguished Teachers - UTEP (04/28/2019)
• Recognition of Excellence - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (04/25/2019)
• 2018 Nature Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentoring in Science - Nature (12/18/2018)
• Grand Marshall at Fall 2018 Commencement - UTEP (12/15/2018)
• UTEP Video interview for Campus Newsfeed - UTEP (11/27/2018)
• Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring - The White House and the National Science Foundation (06/27/2018)
• Gicela Saucedo: Nuclear Science Summer School - Michigan State University (05/13/2018)
• Inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Former Students of Texas A&M University - Texas A&M University (03/22/2018)
• 2017 CoS Best Thesis Research Mentorship Award - UTEP College of Science (12/12/2017)
• CoS-BUILDing Scholar Mentoring Award - UTEP's NIH-funded BUILDing SCHOLARS Center (09/29/2016)
• 2016 Regents Outstanding Teaching Award - UT System (08/24/2016)
• 2015 APS Bouchet Award - American Physical Society (04/12/2015)
• 2014 Mentoring Award - APS - American Physical Society (10/10/2014)
• President of the Division Radiation Physics of the Soc. Mex. Fis. - Mexican Physics Society (04/05/2014)
• Most Outstanding Award in the El Paso Independent School District Science Fair for High School student Alejandra Robles - El Paso Independent School District (01/26/2013)
• Physics-Spotlighting Exceptional Research: Italian Delicacies Served Up in a Neutron Star Crust - American Physical Society (11/29/2012)
• Elected Vice President of the Division Radiation Physics - Mexican Physics Society (04/01/2012-04/30/2012)
• Corresponding Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences - Mexican Academy of Sciences (11/07/2011)
• 2011 SPHE Educator of the Year Award for Higher Education - SPHE: Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers (10/28/2011)
• 2010 MAES Bravo Award - Outstanding Maestro - MAES: Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (10/01/2010)
• APS Texas Section Hyer Award 2009 - American Physical Society - Texas Section (10/23/2009)
• Fellow of the American Physical Society - American Physical Society (11/01/2007-11/30/2007)
• "Reconocimiento Fray García de San Francisco" - Cd. Juarez Municipal Government (12/01/2003-12/31/2003)
• IFUNAM's Cátedra Ángel Dacal Alonso - Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (01/01/2002-12/31/2002)
• Rho-Sigma-Tau Schumaker Professorship - UTEP (04/01/2001-04/30/2001)
• "Reconocimiento Fray García de San Francisco" - Cd. Juarez Municipal Government (12/01/1999-12/31/1999)
• APS Centennial Speaker - American Physical Society (01/01/1998-12/31/1998)
• 1997 Parental Involvement in Science - Eastwood Heights Elementary School (05/01/1997-05/31/1997)
• 1996 Parental Involvement in Science - Eastwood Heights Elementary School (05/01/1996-05/31/1996)
• CUESTA Faculty Fellowship - NASA/JPL (05/01/1996-05/31/1996)
• 1995 Parental Involvement in Science - Eastwood Heights Elementary School (05/01/1995-05/31/1995)
• "Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award", - California Polytechnic State University (03/01/1990-03/31/1990)
• "Affirmative Action Faculty Development Program Award", - Faculty Development Office of California Polytechnic State University (02/01/1990-02/28/1990)
• Graduate Student Award - Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University (05/01/1986-05/31/1986)

• Ph D in Physics, Texas A&M University (1986)
• MS in Physics, University of Texas at El Paso (1979)
• BS in Physics, University of Texas at El Paso (1977)

• A New Era of Discovery, The 2023 Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science Report from the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation (2023), Nuclear Science Advisory Committee , Jorge A. Lopez.
• The role of undergraduate research in physics education Cultura Científica y Tecnológica V20 No. 3 (2023), Jorge A. .
• TSAPS: Effect of Cr and La doping on the physical properties of Aurivillius Bi5Ti3FeO15 Bulletin of the American Physical Society (2023), Omar A. Salas, Felicia S. Manciu, Jorge A. Lopez, Cein Mandujano, Firoza Kabir, Volodymyr Buturlim, Krzysztof Gofryk, Harikrishnan Nair.
• CNF-México: Multi-energy Proton Dose Estimation in PADC from GEANT4 Simulations Programa LXVI Congreso Nacional de Física (2023), Miguel Castro Colín, Jorge A. Lopez, Laszlo Sajo-Bohus.
• Graduate Student Survey for the NSAC Long Range Plan Process 2023 Nuclear Science Future (2023), Evangeline J. Downie, Shelly R. Lesher, Jorge A. Lopez, Kelly A. Chipps.
• AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE AS A NITROGEN PRECURSOR FOR THE GROWTH OF GALLIUM NITRIDE BY THE ATOMIC LAYER GROWTH METHOD Journal of Engineering Research 3 12 (2023), María M. Contreras Turrubiartes , Ulises Zavala Morán, Jorge A. Lopez, Miguel A. Vidal Borbolla , Edgar López Luna .
• Radon at Kilbourne Hole Maar and Magnetic and Gravimetric Correlations Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 20 6 (2023), Michel E. Luna Lucero, Laszlo Sajo-Bohus, Jorge A. Lopez.
• GEANT4 Dose Estimations of Solar Protons: Al and PMMA-Bi2O3 Shielding for Space Exploration Suplemento de la Revista Mexicana de Física 8 4 (2023), Jacob A. Mireles, Jorge A. Lopez, Laszlo Sajo-Bohus, Miguel Castro-Colin.
• Historical perspective of a nuclear power plant at risk in a war zone Suplemento de la Revista Mexicana de Física 8 4 (2023), Laszlo Sajo-Bohus, Jorge A. Lopez, Miguel Castro-Colin.
• Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Radiation Physics Suplemento de la Revista Mexicana de Física Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023), Carlos Vázquez López, Arturo Angeles Carranza, Adriana Melendez López, Jorge A. Lopez, Laszlo Saho Bohus.
• Pauli Exclusion Classical Potential for Intermediate-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions Universe 9 3 (2023), Claudio Dorso, Guillermo Frank, Jorge A. Lopez.
• The arts across curriculum Revista Orientación Educacional 36 69 (2023), Jissel Arroyo, Jorge A. Lopez.
• De lengua me como un plato (Of tongue me like a dish) La Quincena and in book "Más allá de la mitad del camino" 214 November (2022), Jorge A. Lopez.
• Abstract: DM.00004 : Texas Research Expanding Nuclear Diversity Bulletin of the American Physical Society DNP22 EM.4 (2022), Larry W. May, Jorge A. Lopez, Justin Mabiala, Lauren McIntosh, Jorge A. Munoz, Toni D. Sauncy, Sherry J. Yennello.
• Abstract: EM.00004 : Workforce Development in the Horizon-broadening Isotope Production Pipeline Opportunities Bulletin of the American Physical Society DNP22 EM.4 (2022), Lauren McIntosh, Eszter Boros, Jonathan Burns, Abdalla Darwish, Melissa Deri, Paul A. Ellison, Jonathan W. Engle, Nicholas Esker, Lynn C. Francesconi, Reinier Hernandez, Suzanne E. Lapi, Jorge A. Lopez, Tara Mastren, Larry W. May, Jorge A. Munoz, Grace Ndip, Jerry A. Nolen, Ellen M. O'Brien, Graham F. Peaslee, David Rotsch, Toni D. Sauncy, Jennifer Shusterman, Sherry J. Yennello.
• Abstract: HA.00065 : Search for states in 23Na above the proton threshold Bulletin of the American Physical Society DNP22 HA.65 (2022), Diana P. Carrasco-Rojas, Philip Adsley, Jorge A. Lopez, Matthew Williams.
• El fraude sistemático en México (The systemic fraud in Mexico) Ed. República Educativa (2022), Samuel schmidt, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Book: Physical Science for Pre-K, K and 1st grades: (With Dollar Store materials!) KDP Publishing (2022), Jorge A. Lopez.
• HIPPO: A path to a career in isotope production American Chemical Society (2022), Sherry J. Yennello, Lauren McIntosh, Eszter Boros, Jonathan Burns, Abdalla Darwish, Melissa Deri, Paul A. Ellison, Jonathan W. Engle, Nicholas Esker, Lynn C. Francesconi, Reinier Hernandez, Suzanne E. Lapi, Jorge A. Lopez, Tara Mastren, Larry W. May, Jorge A. Munoz, Grace Ndip, Jerry A. Nolen, Ellen M. O'Brien, Graham F. Peaslee, David Rotsch, Toni D. Sauncy, Jennifer Shusterman.
• Facile Synthesis and Integration of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Sponge-Supported Metal Nanocatalysts on a Microfluidic Chip Enable a New Continuous Flow Multireactor Nanocatalysis Platform for High Efficiency and Reusability Catalysis ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 10 32 (2022), Kaiqiang Hu, Lei Ma, Zonghua Wang, Olivia .. Fernandez-Delgado, Yahir Garay, Jorge A. Lopez, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Using α-shapes to characterize nuclear pasta Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (2022), Daniela P. Ramírez-Chávez, Dmitriy Morozov, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Abstract: B13.00002 : Texas Research Expanding Nuclear Diversity Bulletin of the American Physical Society 67 6 (2022), Lauren McIntosh, Jorge A. Lopez, Justin Mabiala, Larry W. May, Jorge A. Munoz, Toni D. Sauncy, Sherry J. Yennello.
• Abstract: B13.00006 : Nuclear Science Traineeships at The University of Texas at El Paso Bulletin of the American Physical Society 67 6 (2022), Jorge A. Munoz, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Alpha-shapes model: a tool to catalogue nuclear pasta New Mexico State University (2022), Daniela P. Ramírez-Chávez, Dmitriy Morozov, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Equilibrium constants of nuclear reactions in supernova explosions International Journal of Modern Physics E 31 2 (2022), Jorge A. Munoz, Marcos A. Garcia, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Equilibrium constants of nuclear reactions in supernova explosions International Journal of Modern Physics E Vol. 31 No. 02 (2022), Jorge A. Munoz, Marcos A. Garcia, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Abstract: A01.00122 : A survey of nuclear pasta characterization using alpha shapes Bulletin of the American Physical Society 67 1 (2022), Diana P. Carrasco-Rojas, Dmitriy Morozov, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Symmetry energy and the Pauli exclusion principle Symmetry 13 (2021), Claudio Dorso, Guillermo Frank, Jorge A. Lopez.
• La física del cambio social (The physics of social change) Book "¿Por qué fracasa la izquierda?" (2021), Jorge A. Lopez.
• Los fracasos de la caja negra (The failures of the black box) La Quincena and in book "El fracaso de la Política" 205 November (2021), Jorge A. Lopez.
• Análisis forense de la democracia (Forensic analysis of democracy) La Quincena 199 May (2021), Jorge A. Lopez.
• Simulation of Dose Estimations from Solar Protons: a PMMA-Bi2O3 Shielding Model for Space Exploration J. Nuc. Phys., Mat. Sci., Radiation and Applications 8 2 (2021), Laszlo Sajo-Bohus, Jorge A. Lopez, Miguel Castro-Colin.
• GEANT4 Study of Proton–Body Interactions J. Nuc. Phys., Mat. Sci., Radiation and Applications 8 2 (2021), Jorge A. Lopez, Selim S. Romero Gonzalez, Omar Hernandez Rodriguez, Jason Homes, Ricardo Alarcon.
• Absence of long-range magnetic order in lithium-containing honeycombs in the Li–Cr–Sb(Te)–O phases Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 33 (2021), Cein H. Mandujano, Sandra L. Gonzalez, Nathan Episcopo, Uma Sitharaman, Narayan Poudel, Krzysztof Gofryk, Yahir Garay, Jorge A. Lopez, Qiang Zhang, S Calder, Harikrishnan Nair.
• Machine learning Minkowski functionals of neutron star crusts Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1643 (2020), Jorge A. Lopez, Jorge A. Munoz, Claudio O. Dorso, Guillermo A. Frank.
• RMEE: Estudio de la elección para gobernador de Chihuahua de 2016 Revista Mexicana de Estudios Electorales 4 24 (2020), Samuel Schmidt, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Properties of nuclear pastas Frontiers of Physics 16 2 (2020), Jorge A. Lopez, Claudio O. Dorso, Guillermo Frank.
• La física del cambio social Chapter in book: "Por qué fracasan las izquierdas" by S. Schmidt. (2020), Jorge A. Lopez.
• Magnetic behavior in Coltan from México Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 497 Elsevier (2020), Carlos A. Diaz-Moreno, C. Sosa, Luis M. Martinez, Abel Hurtado Macias, Srinivasa Rao Singamaneni, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Phase diagrams of nuclear pasta phases in neutron star matter Bulletin of the American Physical Society 65 (2020), Jorge A. Munoz, Jorge A. Lopez.
• A data mining perspective of XRF elemental analysis of Pueblo peoples’ pottery J. Nuc. Phys., Mat. Sci., Radiation and Applications 7 2 (2020), Miguel Castro-Colin, Enrique Ramirez-Homs, Jorge A. Lopez.
• A GEANT4 study of a gamma-ray collimation array J. Nuc. Phys., Mat. Sci., Radiation and Applications 7 2 (2020), Jorge A. Lopez.
• Radon Progeny Recoil Effect in Retrospective Indoor Glass Dosimetry J. Nuc. Phys., Mat. Sci., Radiation and Applications 7 1 (2020), C. D. Timambre-Heredia, H. Olaya-Davila, A. C. Sevilla, S. A. Rahul Samasundaram, Jorge A. Lopez, S. A. Martinez Ovalle, Laszlo Sajo Bohus.
• Isospin-dependent phase diagram of nuclear matter Nuclear Physics A 994 (2020), Jorge A. Lopez, Adrian Gaytan Terrazas, Sergio M. Terrazas Porras.
• Structural, Magnetic and Second Harmonic Generation Properties in Mayan Blue Indigo Nanostructured Pigment Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 499 (2020), Carlos A. Diaz-Moreno, Yu Ding, Luis M. Martinez, Abel Hurtado Macias, Srinivasa Rao Singamaneni, Chunqiang Li, Jorge A. Lopez, Russell R. Chianelli.
• Isospin-dependent phase diagram of nuclear matter Nucl. Phys A994 (2020), Jorge A. Lopez.
• Structural, magnetic and second harmonic generation properties in Mayan blue indigo nanostructured pigment Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 499 (2019), Jorge A. Lopez.
• Structural, Magnetic and Second Harmonic Generation Properties in Mayan Blue Indigo Nanostructured Pigment Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2019 (2019), Carlos A. Diaz-Moreno, Yu Ding, Luis M. Martinez, Abel Hurtado Macias, Srinivasa Rao Singamaneni, Chunqiang Li, Jorge A. Lopez, Russell R. Chianelli.
• Sustainable synthesis and remarkable adsorption capacity of MOF/ graphene oxide and MOF/CNT based hybrid nanocomposites for the removal of Bisphenol A from water Science of the Total Environment 673 (2019), Md. A. Ahsan, Vahid Jabbari, Md. T. Islam, RFeagan S. Turley, Noemi Dominguez, Hoejin Kim, Edison A. Castro, Jose A. Hernandez-Viezcas, Michael L. Curry, Jorge A. Lopez, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Juan C. Noveron.
• Sustainable synthesis and remarkable adsorption capacity of MOF/graphene oxide and MOF/CNT based hybrid nanocomposites for the removal of Bisphenol A from water SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 673 (2019), Md A. Ahsan, Vahid Jabbari, Md T. Islam, Reagan S. Turley, Noemi Dominguez, Hoejin Kim, Edison A. Castro, Jose A. Hernandez-Viezcas, Michael L. Curry, Jorge A. Lopez, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Juan C. Noveron.
• El Cotidiano: Estudio de la elección para gobernador de Chihuahua de 2016 El Cotidiano - Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana 215 Mayo - Junio (2019), Samuel Schmidt, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Chapter in book: Correlation between violence and forced migration Palgrave Macmillan (in press), Jorge A. Lopez.
• Symmetry Energy in Neutron Star Matter Nuclear Physics A984 (2019), C. O. Dorso, G. A. Frank, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Analytical expression and neural network study of the symmetry energy Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms CERN-Proceedings- 2019-001 (2019), Jorge A. Lopez, Jorge A. Munoz.
• Sustainable synthesis and remarkable adsorption capacity of MOF/graphene oxide and MOF/CNT based hybrid nanocomposites for the removal of Bisphenol A from water SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 673 (2019), Md A. Ahsan, Vahid Jabbari, Md T. Islam, Reagan S. Turley, Noemi Dominguez, Hoejin Kim, Edison A. Castro, Jose A. Hernandez Viezcas, Michael L. Curry, Jorge A. Lopez, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Juan C. Noveron.

• XPS at UTEP (2023), Volume Zacatecas, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Round Table with Dr. Gerardo Herrera (CERN) (2023), Volume Cd. Juarez, Mexico, Jorge A. Lopez.
• XPS and the explosion of the Space Shuttle (2023), Volume Cd. Juarez, Mexico, Jorge A. Lopez.
• XPS Spectroscopy at UTEP (2023), Volume Lawrence, Kansas, Jorge A. Lopez.
• The Texas Senate Bills (2023), Volume Flagstaff, AZ, Jorge A. Lopez.
• GEANT4 dose estimations of solar protons: Al and PMMA-Bi2O3 shielding for space exploration (2022), Volume Zacatecas, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Nuclear reactors in war zones (2022), Volume Zacatecas, Jorge A. Lopez.
• El papel del aprendizaje práctico en la enseñanza de ciencia e ingeniería (2022), Volume Hermosillo, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Pasta italiana servida en corteza de estrella de neutrones (2022), Volume Cd. Juarez, Mexico, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Italian Delicacies Served Up in a Neutron Star Crust (2021), Volume Lawrence, Kansas, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Espectroscopia, como detectan drogas y explosivos en los aeropuertos (2021), Volume Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, mexico, Jorge A. Lopez.
• 2021 ACS Fall Meeting: 30 years of participation of undergraduates in nuclear research at UTEP (2021), Volume Atlanta, GA, Jorge A. Lopez.
• 2021 Quantum Undergraduate Education and Scientific Training workshop: QUEST at UTEP (2021), Volume San Marcos, CA, Jorge A. Lopez.
• 2021 HiGSA Conference: Ciencia en El Paso del Norte (2021), Volume Tallahasee, FL, Jorge A. Lopez.
• 2021 - XVI International Symposium on Radiation Physics: GEANT4 study of proton-tissue interactions (2021), Volume Mexico, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Phase transitions and symmetry energy in nuclear pasta (2020), Volume UTEP, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Fisica atómica, El Chapo, Osama Bin Laden y El Papa (2020), Volume Austin, TX, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Phase diagrams of nuclear pasta phases in neutron star matter (2020), Volume Online, Jorge A. Munoz, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Isospin dependent phase diagram of nuclear matter (2020), Volume San José, Costa Rica, Jorge A. Lopez.
• The role of mentoring in the education of physicists (2019), Volume UACJ, Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Jorge A. Lopez.
• GEANT4 study of gamma ray collimation array (2019), Volume Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Phase diagrams of nuclear pasta phases in neutron star matter (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Jorge A. Munoz, Jorge A. Lopez.
• GEANT4 study of gamma ray collimation array (2019), Volume Villahermosa, Tab, Mexico, Jorge A. Lopez.
• The pasta structure of neutron star matter (2019), Volume Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Phase Transition and Bulk Properties in Nuclear Matter (2019), Volume Denver, CO, Adrian Gaytan Terrazas, Jorge A. Lopez.
• Phase Transition and Bulk Properties in Nuclear Matter (2019), Volume Denver, CO, Jorge A. Lopez, Adrian Gaytan Terrazas.
• La física anti-drogas, anti-terrorismo y anti-fraudes religiosos (2019), Volume Cd. Juarez, Mexico, Jorge A. Lopez.
• La física anti-drogas, anti-terrorismo y anti-fraudes religiosos (2019), Volume Cd. Juarez, Mexico, Jorge A. Lopez.

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