 Professor Panitz developed the first laboratory courseware that encouraged both critical thinking and role playing in the structured environment of a cooperative learning group.Before joining UNM Professor Panitz was in the Surface Science Division at Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque where he patented the "Field Desorption Spectrometer" and the "LiFE Detector".He is the founder and CEO of High Field Consultants and the owner and curator of Gallerie Imaginarium.