Lea Ferreira dos Santos

Professor

Condensed Matter Theory


Research Interests

many-body quantum systems, non-equilibrium quantum dynamics,
thermalization, quantum chaos, spin systems, many-body localization, quantum phase transition,
quantum transport, quantum control, decoherence, quantum-classical correspondence

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Education

  • Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, University of São Paulo, 2000
  • M.Sc., Theoretical Physics, University of São Paulo, 1994
  • B.Sc., Physics, University of São Paulo, 1991

Experience

  • 2022-present: Professor, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut
  • 2007-2022: Professor, Department of Physics, Yeshiva University
  • 2004-2007: Research Associate, Department of Physics, Dartmouth College
  • 2002-2004: Research Associate, Department of Physics, Michigan State University
  • 2000-2001: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, Yale University

Honors

  • 2009-2012: KITP Scholar
  • 2012-2017: NSF CAREER Award
  • 2015: Cottrell Scholar
  • 2021: Simons Fellow in Theoretical Physics
Portrait of Lea Santos
Contact Information
Emaillea.santos@uconn.edu