Thomas Speck
Post-doctoral researcher
Chandler Group
35 Gilman, Pitzer Center
Department of Chemistry
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: (510) 643-7128
Fax: (510) 643-1566
Email: tspeck "at" lbl "dot" gov
Brief CV
| 04/2009 - present |
Feodor Lynen Research Fellow with D. Chandler, University of California, Berkeley |
| 01/2009 - 03/2009 |
Postdoctoral researcher, University of California, Berkeley |
| 01/2008 - 12/2008 |
Postdoctoral researcher, Universität Stuttgart |
| 10/2004 - 12/2007 |
PhD Physics, Universität Stuttgart
Thesis: "The Thermodynamics of Small Driven Systems"
Advisor: Udo Seifert |
| 10/1998 - 09/2004 |
Diploma Physics, Universität Stuttgart |
Research interests
My research interests are centered around nonequilibrium statistical
mechanics.
Nonequilibrium fluctuation relations
Nonequilibrium fluctuation
relations such as the fluctuation theorem and Jarzynski's nonequilibrium work
relation constitute a class of exact results for systems driven arbitrarily
far out of equilibrium. These relations constrict the probability
distributions of quantities like work, heat, and entropy production. The
actual probability distribution, however, is nonuniversal. I'm interested in
ways to theoretically predicte and calculate these distribution
[
1,
2,
11,
12] and thereby to
find new fluctuation relations [
4].
Fluctuation-dissipation theorem
The fluctuation-dissipation theorem
is one of the cornerstones of equilibrium statistical physics. It allows the
calculation of transport properties for systems slightly perturbed out of
their thermal equilibrium. We have proposed an extension to nonequilibrium
steady states [
6,
9].
Driven systems with glassy dynamics
To come...
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