Professor
Department of Physics
Yeshiva University
New York
BS Engineering - Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay
Licenciado Física - Universidad Simón Bolívar - Venezuela
PhD Physics - Case Western Reserve University
Postdoc Electrical Engineering - University of North Carolina
Current areas of study
Quantum Transport - Theoretical studies of electronic transport through quantum structures.
Friction - Experimental studies of stick-slip and its relationship to Self Organized Criticality.
Defects in Solids - Generalizing Equivalent Crystal Theory to evaluate defect formation energies.
Colloids - Theoretical studies to obtain interactions between particles and surfaces in aqueous solutions.
Viscosity - Reconstruction algorithms to extract oil viscosity from Atomic Force spectroscopy.
Other areas of interest
Supersymmetry - Finite temperature. Supercoherent States. Quantum uncertainties.
MRI - Reconstruction algorithms to account for electromagnetic field inhomegeneities.
Electromagnetic Scattering - Characterization of geometrical parameters of irregular objects embedded in EM fields.