Partnership for Research and Education in Materials between NMHU and OSU in Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials

Dr. Gil R. Gallegos


Co-Principle Investigator

Computational Science Laboratory Supervisor

Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences


New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, NM 87701


Phone: 505-454-3302
Room: HSCI-292
Email: grgallegos@nmhu.edu

Role in PREM includes computational modeling and simulation of the plasmonic meta-materials, and conducting research in machine learning through the use of autoencoders along with ensemble algorithms to improve classification accuracy

Research Group Members


Viktor Glebov


BS and MS in Optotechnics, University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO University), Saint Petersburg, Russia


Graduate Student

Major in Computer Science


Using machine learning in materials science



Jesse Ibarra


BS in Computer Science, New Mexico Highlands University


Graduate Student

Major in Computer Science


MEEP/Python programming simulations involving graphene meta-materials



Henry Chung


BS in Computer Science, New Mexico Highlands University


Graduate Student

Major in Computer Science


Computational modeling and simulation of the plasmonic meta-materials



Svetlana Riabova


BS in Applied Mathematics in Economics, Saint Petersburg State University of Economics, Saint Petersburg, Russia


Graduate Student

Major in Computer Science


Using machine learning in materials science



Christopher Torres


BA in Mathematics, New Mexico Highlands University


Graduate Student

Major in Computer Science


Using machine learning in materials science



Former Members

Luis Garcia


BS and MS in Computer Science, New Mexico Highlands University


Oracle Software Developer at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM


Rosario Vasquez


BS and MS in Computer Science, New Mexico Highlands University


Oracle Software Developer at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM


Ahmad Shabaneh


BS in Computer Science, New Mexico Highlands University


Web-developer


Zhengyu Pan


BS in Computer Science, New Mexico Highlands University




Frederick Sena


BS and MS in Computer Science, New Mexico Highlands University


Oracle Software Developer at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM



Jhansirani Munukuri


B.Tech and M.Tech in Computer Science Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India

MS in Computer Science, New Mexico Highlands University


Java Full Stack Developer at Tech Mahindra (serving AT&T), Middletown, NJ



Jared Leyba


BS and MS in Computer Science, New Mexico Highlands University


Research Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM


Juan Guaba


BS in Computer Science, New Mexico Highlands University


IT and User Support specialist at New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe, NM