Welcome Leonardo!
I look forward to discuss and learn from you.
..and about you :-)
Giangi
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Subject: [Aspuru-Guzik group list] Let's Welcome Leonardo Pachon (Arrives Tomorrow)
Dear all,
This is Leonardo A Pachon and I'm joining Alan's group as a short-term postdoc
from November to April. Following Marlon's suggestion, I want to briefly introduce
myself.
I received my bachelor in Physics from Universidad Industrial de Santander (Colombia) in
2005. At that time, I started working on relativistic astrophysics and general
relativistic effects such as inertial frame dragging. I keep working on this and look
forward to make connections with astrochemistry.
In 2010 I received my PhD from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. In the first half of my
PhD I was mainly focused on the classical-quantum transition of chaotic systems in terms
of the phase-space structures. In the second part, I studied the survival of quantum
features such as entanglement in out-of-equilibrium quantum systems and extended the
Feynman and Vernon approach to phase space.
From Sep 2010-Agu 2011 and Nov 2012-Nov 2013 I worked
at University of Toronto as a postdoc in the group of Prof. Paul Brumer. During this time
I was devoted to the study of the interplay between quantum systems and their
environments. In particular, I was interested in (i) the extend to which quantum coherence
can be preserved, (ii) environmentally assisted on-photon phase control and (iii) quantum
thermodynamics. From Sep 2011-Oct 2012 I worked at Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia) as
a lecturer.
My present research interests include relativistic astrophysics, general relativistic
effects, non–equilibrium open quantum systems, semi classical approaches in phase space
and foundations of quantum mechanics.
I look forward to learn from you and contribute to the group,
Leonardo