Dr. Mario Borunda Elected to Presidential Line of the National Society of Hispanic Physicists

The National Society of Hispanic Physicists has announced the election of Mario F. Borunda, Associate Professor of Physics and Associate Director of the OKPVRI, to the Presidential Line. Borunda begins his term as president-elect in September 2021 and becomes full president in 2023. Congratulations Mario! NSHP is a nonprofit that represents Hispanic and Latino physicists in higher education, national laboratories and industry in the U.S. and across the world. Borunda has been in the board of directors of the NSHP and hopes to continue developing and supporting efforts to increase opportunities for Hispanics in physics and to increase the number of practicing Hispanic physicists, particularly by encouraging Hispanic students to enter a career in physics.