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Kay Brandner

UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science

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Biography

SHORT CV

  • 2020 - present UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and proleptic Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham
  • 2019 - 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher with Prof. Keiji Saito, Keio University, Japan
  • ​2015 - 2019 Postdoctoral Researcher with Prof. Christian Flindt, Aalto University, Finland
  • ​2011 - 2015 PhD in Theoretical Physics with Prof. Udo Seifert, University of Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2006 - 2011 Diploma in Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Selected Publications

  • EGLINTON, JOSHUA and BRANDNER, KAY, 2022. Geometric bounds on the power of adiabatic thermal machines PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 105(5),
  • CAROLLO, FEDERICO, BRANDNER, KAY and LESANOVSKY, IGOR, 2020. Nonequilibrium Many-Body Quantum Engine Driven by Time-Translation Symmetry Breaking PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 125(24),
  • POTANINA, ELINA, FLINDT, CHRISTIAN, MOSKALETS, MICHAEL and BRANDNER, KAY, 2021. Thermodynamic bounds on coherent transport in periodically driven conductors PHYSICAL REVIEW X. 11(2),
  • BRANDNER, KAY and SAITO, KEIJI, 2020. Thermodynamic Geometry of Microscopic Heat Engines PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 124(4),

I am a theoretical physicist working on various topics in Statistical Mechanics with special focus on Quantum and Stochastic Thermodynamics. For more information about me and my research, please visit my personal website and my profiles on Google Scholar, ORCID and Mendeley.

  • EGLINTON, JOSHUA and BRANDNER, KAY, 2022. Geometric bounds on the power of adiabatic thermal machines PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 105(5),
  • POTANINA, ELINA, FLINDT, CHRISTIAN, MOSKALETS, MICHAEL and BRANDNER, KAY, 2021. Thermodynamic bounds on coherent transport in periodically driven conductors PHYSICAL REVIEW X. 11(2),
  • BRANDNER, KAY and SAITO, KEIJI, 2020. Thermodynamic Geometry of Microscopic Heat Engines PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 124(4),
  • CAROLLO, FEDERICO, BRANDNER, KAY and LESANOVSKY, IGOR, 2020. Nonequilibrium Many-Body Quantum Engine Driven by Time-Translation Symmetry Breaking PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 125(24),

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