Alexander Stotland
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Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Physics University of California, San Diego 4611 Mayer Hall 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0319, USA (google map) E-mail: Phone: +1-(858)-534-5834 (office)

• About me  [Detailed CV]
• Teaching Assistance / Projects
• Research Interests and Publications [Highlights] [arXiv]
• Talks & Conferences

About me:

Detailed CV [pdf]

• Ph.D. (combined track), Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel (2005 - 2010)
  

  Title: Non-perturbative features of quantum evolution and their implications on the linear response theory [pdf]
  

  Advisor: Prof. Doron Cohen

• M.Sc., Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel (2003 - 2005)
  

  Title: Quantum-mechanical states: entropy and time evolution under non-perturbative circumstances
  

  Advisor: Prof. Doron Cohen

• B.Sc. in Physics and Computer Sciences, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel (1999 - 2002).

Teaching Assistance / Projects:

• Physics 2 for physics (2006/2007-B, 2008-B)
• Physics 3 for physics (2005/2006-A, 2006/2007-A, 2007/2008-A, 2008/2009-A, 2009/2010-A)
• Physics 2 for electrical engineering (2006-C, 2008/2009-B)
• Physics 3 for electrical engineering (2005/2006-B)
• Solid State Physics 1 (2008/2009-A, 2009/2010-A)
• Mathematical Methods in Physics  3  - graduate (2007/2008-B)
• Physics 1-2-3 Exercises Pool (project, 2005/2006)

Research Interests and Publications: [arXiv list]

• The information entropy of quantum mechanical states [arXiv] [pdf],
  A. Stotland, A.A. Pomeransky, E. Bachmat, D. Cohen, Europhysics Letters 67, 700 (2004).

• Diffractive energy spreading and its semiclassical limit [arXiv] [pdf],
  A. Stotland and D. Cohen, J. Phys. A 39, 10703 (2006)

• The mesoscopic conductance of disordered rings, its random matrix theory, and the generalized variable range hopping picture [arXiv] [pdf], Editor's choice of 2007-2008,
  A. Stotland, R. Budoyo, T. Peer, T. Kottos and D. Cohen, J. Phys. A 41, 262001 (FTC) (2008).

• Semilinear response for the heating rate of cold atoms in vibrating traps [arXiv] [pdf],
  A. Stotland, D. Cohen and N. Davidson, Europhysics Letters 86, 10004 (2009).  

• Random-matrix modeling of semi-linear response, the generalized variable range hopping picture, and the conductance of mesoscopic rings [arXiv] [pdf] ,
  A. Stotland, T. Kottos and D. Cohen, Phys. Rev. B 81, 115464 (2010).

• Quantum response of weakly chaotic systems [arXiv] [pdf] ,
  A. Stotland, L.M. Pecora and D. Cohen, Europhysics Letters 92, 20009 (2010).

• "Weak Quantum Chaos" and its resistor network modeling [arXiv] [pdf] ,
  A. Stotland, L.M. Pecora and D. Cohen, Phys. Rev. E 83, 066216 (2011).

• Stochastic memory: memory enhancement due to noise [arXiv] [pdf] ,
  A. Stotland, M. Di Ventra, arXiv:1104.4485 (2011).

Talks:

• Quantum-mechanical states: entropy and time evolution under non-perturbative circumstances (Ben-Gurion University, 2005)

• Diffractive energy spreading and its semiclassical limit (MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Gottingen, Germany, 2006)

• The fluctuations of the current within a mesoscopic ring (IPS meeting, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2007)

• The mesoscopic conductance of disordered rings and its random matrix theory (Correlated Electrons Days, Technion, 2008)

• Semilinear response for the heating rate of cold atoms in vibrating traps (Deutsch-Israelische Projektkooperation (DIP) workshop, University of Munich (LMU), Germany; IPS meeting, Ben-Gurion University, 2008; IV. Socrates Workshop, CAMTP, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia, 2009)

• Energy absorbtion as a resistors network problem (Hebrew) (The Negev Physics Fete, 2009)

• Semilinear response and RMT for the heating rate of cold atoms in vibrating traps (Ben-Gurion University, 2009)

• Semilinear response and RMT for the heating rate of cold atoms in vibrating traps (Tunneling and Scattering in Complex Systems workshop, MPIPKS Dresden, Germany, 2009; Sokrates Workshop, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg , Freiburg, Germany, 2010)

• Stochastic memory: getting memory out of noise (APS meeting, Dallas, Texas, 2011)

Schools & Conferences:

• Open Problems in Open Quantum Systems - Quantum Dissipation (Workshop, Safed, August 29 - September 3, 2004)
• Advances in Classical and Quantum Chaos (Meeting, BIU, December 12, 2006)
• The 52^nd Annual Meeting of the Israel Physical Society (HUJI, December 17th, 2006)
• Quantum Pumping (Conference, Technion, January 7 - 12, 2007)
• Order and disorder in condensed matter: from solitons to glasses (Symposium, BGU, January 25 - 26, 2007)
• Unique Molecular Effects in Electronic Materials and Devices (Minerva School, Safed, April 29 - May 4, 2007)
• Quantum Foundations Summer School (Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, August 27 - 31, 2007)
• The 53^rd Annual Meeting of the Israel Physical Society (WIS, December 9th, 2007)
• Chaos: Theory and Experiment (Meeting, BIU,  March 30, 2008)
• Correlated Electrons Days (Technion/WIS, April 14-15, 2008)
• 58th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau,  dedicated to Physics (Lindau, Germany, June 29 - July 4, 2008)
• Deutsch-Israelische Projektkooperation (DIP) workshop (University of Munich (LMU), Germany, November 21 - 22, 2008)
• IV. Socrates Workshop (CAMTP, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia, February 23-27, 2009)
• Tunneling and Scattering in Complex Systems workshop (MPIPKS Dresden, Germany, September 13-23, 2009)
• Sokrates Workshop (Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg , Freiburg, Germany, February 22-26, 2010)