Marcos Rigol Madrazo

Curriculum Vitae

General Information
First name:
Surname:
 Marcos
Rigol Madrazo
Place of Birth: Holguín, Cuba
Languages:

 Spanish, English, Portuguese, German (basic)

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Education
2001 - 2004: University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
PhD in Physics; Summa Cum Laude
Thesis: "Numerically exact studies of ultracold atoms on optical lattices"
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alejandro Muramatsu
1999 - 2000: Institute of Nuclear Sciences and Technology (ISCTN), Havana, Cuba
Master of Science in Nuclear Physics
Thesis: "Gluon, Quark and Hadron Masses from a Modified Perturbative QCD"
Supervisor: Dr. Alejandro Cabo Montes de Oca
1994 - 1999: Institute of Nuclear Sciences and Technology (ISCTN), Havana, Cuba
Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Physics; Summa Cum Laude
Thesis: "About an Alternative Vacuum State for Perturbative QCD"
Supervisor: Dr. Alejandro Cabo Montes de Oca

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Academic Positions
2007 - present: Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

Postdoctoral Scholar (Supervisor: Prof. B. Sriram Shastry)
  • Studying transport and finite temperature properties of strongly correlated many-body quantum systems.
2006 - 2007: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Supervisor: Prof. Maxim Olshanii)
  • Studied the non-equilibrium dynamics, relaxation, and thermalization of generic (integrable and nonintegrable) isolated many-body quantum systems.
  • Studied of t-J and spin models on kagomé, triangular, and square lattices by means of the Numerical Linked-Cluster approach.
2004 -2006: Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, USA

Postgraduate Researcher (Supervisors: Prof. Richard T. Scalettar and Prof. Rajiv R. P. Singh)
  • Developed the Numerical Linked-Cluster (NLC) algorithm.
  • Studied equilibrium and nonequilibrium properties of strongly correlated quantum gases confined on optical lattices.
2001 - 2004: Institute for Theoretical Physics III, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Graduate Student (Supervisor: Prof. Alejandro Muramatsu)
  • Studied equilibrium and nonequilibrium properties of strongly correlated quantum gases confined on optical lattices.
  • Applied quantum Monte Carlo simulations to study strongly correlated systems.
  • System manager of the computer cluster at ITPIII.
1999 - 2001:


 Center of Applied Technologies and Nuclear Development (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba

Junior Researcher (Supervisor: Dr. Alejandro Cabo)
  • Developed a Modified Perturbation Theory for Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) determined by a non trivial vacuum state.
  • Trained Cuban Students for the 2001 International Physics Olympiad.

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Short term visits
September 2007:
 Visiting scientist. Institute for Theoretical Physics III, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
January-June 2007:
 Visiting scientist. Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, USA.
May 2006:
 Visiting scientist. Institute for Theoretical Physics III, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
September 2002:

 Visiting scientist. Institut Non Linéaire de Nice, Sophia Antipolis, University of Nice, France.
May-August 2001:

 Visiting scientist. Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Awards

2000:
  • First Place in the Theoretical Physics Commission, and Prize to the Most Original Work. Forum of University Students, Faculty of Physics, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba, 2000. Work presented:"Gluon, Quark and Hadron Masses from a Modified Perturbative QCD''.
1999:
  • Graduated with the Best Qualifications, ISCTN, 1999
  • Second Place in the Basic Sciences Commission. XIV National Scientific Forum of University Students, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba, 1999. Work presented: "About an Alternative Vacuum State for Perturbative QCD''.
  • First Place in the Theoretical Physics Commission. Forum of University Students, ISCTN, Havana, Cuba, 1999. Work presented: "About an Alternative Vacuum State for Perturbative QCD''.
  • First Place in the Theoretical Physics Commission. Forum of University Students, Faculty of Physics, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba, 1999. Work presented: "Proposition of a New Vacuum State for QCD''.
1998:
  • First Place in the Physics Olympiad. Faculty of Physics, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba, 1998.
1994:
  • Participated in the XV International Physics Olympiad, Beijing, China, 1994.
  • Gold Medal in the National Physics Olympiad, Cuba, 1994.
1993:
  • Participated in the XIV International Physics Olympiad, Virginia, USA, 1993.
  • Gold Medal in the National Physics Olympiad, Cuba, 1993.

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Last updated
June, 2007