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Prof. Dr. Uri Peskin

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Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
Chemistry

External Senior Fellow (Marie S. Curie FCFP)
October 2020 – February 2021

E-Mail: uri@technion.ac.il

Last Update: 31.08.2021

Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Uri Peskin holds a BSc degree in Chemistry from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (1988), and a D.Sc. degree from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the university of California at Berkeley (1993-1995) and since 1995 he is on the faculty of the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology at the chemistry department.

His research focuses on the development of computational strategies and numerical algorithms for the solution of multidimensional wave equations, modelling charge transport in nano-scale system, with emphasis on molecular electronics, and theoretical approaches for dynamics in open quantum systems, and for the effect of the microscopic environment on processes in molecular systems. Specific contributions include: a quantum scattering theory for time-dependent Hamiltonians,  a quantum Langevin equation for open quantum systems, a high-order perturbation theory for multi-dimensional wave equations, identification of new mechanisms (e.g., quantum unfurling) for charge transport in DNA, prediction of cooperative effects in charge transport through coupled quantum dot arrays, proposition of single-molecule based quantum electron pumps, and of the laser-pulse-pair-sequence technique for measuring ultrafast dynamics in molecular electronic devices, introduction of new strategies for mechanical stabilization of nano-electronic devices, and predicting the effect of contact interferences on the current through single molecule junctions.

He is the author of 90 research articles, and 80 invited conference lectures. He supervised 20 graduate research thesis, won 20 competitive basic research grants, and several research and teaching awards.   

Selected Publications

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