Jorge López (physicist)

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| fields = Nuclear physics
Physics education

| workplaces = University of Texas at El Paso

| alma_mater = Texas A&M University
University of Texas at El Paso

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Jorge Alberto López (born 1955 in Monterrey, Mexico{{cite book |last=Rosenthal |first=Judith |title=Teaching Science to Language Minority Students: Theory and Practice |publisher=Multilingual Matters|date=1996 |page=146 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=nmPuWg3Wt4cC|isbn=9781853592720 }}) is a physicist and educator and the Schumaker Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at El Paso.{{cite web |url=http://www.science.utep.edu/physics/index.php/about-us/faculty-and-staff |title=Faculty Page |author= |website=UTEP Physics Department |access-date=8 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630214046/https://www.science.utep.edu/physics/index.php/about-us/faculty-and-staff |archive-date=30 June 2018 |url-status=dead }} He is known for his work in heavy ion collision dynamics{{cite web |url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Lopez&first_nm=Jorge&year=2015 |title=2015 Edward A. Bouchet Award Recipient |author= |website=American Physical Society |access-date= 8 June 2016}} and for his outreach to the Hispanic community in the United States to increase diversity in physics, effective teaching and mentoring of undergraduate students (particularly underrepresented minorities), development of bilingual physics education programs, and building collaborations between American and Latin American universities.{{cite web |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/physics-mentoring-mexico-us-border |title=Physics Mentoring on the Mexico-U.S. Border |last=Lopez |first=Jorge | website=Science |access-date= 8 June 2016|date=2002-04-12 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201502/bouchet.cfm |title=Bridge-builder to Hispanic Community Wins Bouchet Award |last=Lucibella |first=Michael | website=American Physical Society News |access-date= 8 June 2016}} He is one of the founders of the National Society of Hispanic Physicists{{cite web |url=http://www.hispanicphysicists.org/history.html |title=A Brief History of Our Society |author= |website=National Society of Hispanic Physicists |access-date= 8 June 2016}} and author of books on nuclear physics, surface science, and statistical analysis of elections.