Dr. César A. Rodríguez-Rosario
His current theoretical research at the Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science focuses on the role of quantum thermodynamics in charge and heat transport through molecular junctions.
Contact
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Address: | BCCMS Room: 3.04 (TAB-Building, Entry A) |
Research Interests
Quantum Thermodynamics, Open Quantum Systems, Quantum Transport, Molecular Junctions, Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory, Charge and Heat Transport, Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics, Quantum Information, Statistical Mechanics, Solid State Physics
Research Experience
- Postdoctoral Researcher in the Aspuru-Guzik group at Harvard University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Education
- Ph.D. in Physics, The University of Texas at Austin (2008)
- Advisor: Prof. E.C.George Sudarshan
- Thesis: The Theory of Non-Markovian Open Quantum Systems
- B.S. in Computer Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (2001)
Publications
- K. Modi, C. A. Rodríguez-Rosario, and A. Aspuru-Guzik. Positivity in the presence of initial system-environment correlation. arXiv:1203.5209 (2012).
- L. Mazzola, C. A. Rodríguez-Rosario, K. Modi and M. Paternostro. Dynamical role of system-environment correlations in non-Markovian dynamics. arXiv:1203.3723 (2012).
- C. A. Rodríguez-Rosario and E. C. G. Sudarshan. Non-Markovian Open Quantum Systems: System-Environment Correlations in Dynamical Maps. Int. J. Quantum Information. 9, 1617 (2011). [Special Issue "Quantum Correlations: entanglement and beyond"] [arXiv]
- C. A. Rodríguez-Rosario, G. Kimura, H. Imai, A. Aspuru-Guzik. Sufficient and necessary condition for zero quantum entropy rates under any coupling to the environment. Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 050403 (2011). [arXiv]
- J. D. Whitfield, C. A. Rodríguez-Rosario, A. Aspuru-Guzik. Quantum stochastic walks: A generalization of classical random walks and quantum walks. Phys. Rev. A 81 022323 (2010). [arXiv]
- C. A. Rodríguez-Rosario, K. Modi, A. Aspuru-Guzik. Linear Assignment Maps for Correlated System-Environment States Phys. Rev. A 81 012313 (2010). [arXiv]
- J. Yuen-Zhou, D. G. Temple, C. A. Rodríguez-Rosario, A. Aspuru-Guzik. Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory for Open Quantum Systems with Unitary Propagation Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 043001 (2010). [arXiv]
- J. Yuen-Zhou, C. A. Rodríguez-Rosario, A. Aspuru-Guzik. Time-dependent current density functional theory for generalized open quantum systems Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys 11 4509 (2009). [Part of special issue of TD-DFT, selected as a Hot Article]
- A. Kuah, K. Modi, C. A. Rodríguez-Rosario, and E. C. G. Sudarshan. How state preparation can affect a quantum experiment: Quantum process tomography for open systems Phys. Rev. A 76 042113 (2007). [arXiv]
- C. A. Rodríguez-Rosario, K. Modi, A. Kuah, A. Shaji, E. C. G. Sudarshan. Completely Positive Maps and Classical Correlations J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41 205301 (2008). [arXiv]
- C. A. Rodríguez-Rosario, A. Shaji and E. C. G. Sudarshan. Dynamics of Two Qubits: Decoherence and an Entanglement Optimization Protocol arXiv:quant-ph 0504051 (2006).
Videos
- Video from the FermiLab Seminar Series for Undergraduates: Quantum Effects in Photosynthesis [RealPlayer Link]
- Video Abstract: Quantum stochastic walks: A generalization of classical random walks and quantum walks
