Dr. Sebastian Deffner
Tenured
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department of Physics
College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
He/Him/His/Himself
About
I was previously a Research Associate in the group of Christopher Jarzynski at the University of Maryland, College Park (2011-2014), and a Director’s Funded Postdoctoral Fellow with Wojciech H. Zurek at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (2014-2016).
Research interests
As theoretical physicists, we employ tools from Statistical Physics, Open Quantum Dynamics, Quantum Information Theory, Quantum Optics, Quantum Field Theory, Condensed Matter Theory, and Optimal Control Theory to investigate the nonequilibrium properties of nanosystems operating far from thermal equilibrium.
Education
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Other, Physics
— University of Augsburg (2011) Nonequilibrium entropy production in open and closed quantum systems
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MS, Physics
— University of Augsburg (2008) Quantum work relations
Publications
- Quantum speed limits: from Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle to optimal quantum contro 2017