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FUNO, Ken

Res. Assist. Prof.

TEL: 0564-55-7314
E-Mail : kenfuno_at_ims.ac.jp (Please replace the "_at_" with @ )
Location: Myodaiji, South Laboratory Bldg. Room409

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Department

Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science, Theoretical Molecular Science Ⅱ

Biography

2011 B.S. University of Tokyo
2016 Ph.D. University of Tokyo
2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, RIKEN
2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, Peking University
2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, RIKEN
2022 Special assistant professor, Institute for Molecular Science

Main research themes

Nonequilibrium statistical physics
kewords Quantum thermodynamics, Information thermodynamics, Quantum speed limits, Shortcuts to adiabaticity

Selected Publications

  1. Ken Funo, Masahito Ueda, Takahiro Sagawa “Quantum Fluctuation Theorems” As a chapter of: F. Binder, L. A. Correa, C. Gogolin, J. Anders, and G. Adesso (eds.), "Thermodynamics in the quantum regime", (Springer International Publishing, 2018)
  2. Hiroyasu Tajima and Ken Funo, “Superconducting-like Heat Current: Effective Cancellation of Current-Dissipation Trade-Off by Quantum Coherence”, Physical Review Letters 127, 190604 (2021). [Editor’s suggestion, Featured in Physics (Physics 14, s133)]
  3. Ken Funo, Neill Lambert, and Franco Nori, “General Bound on the Performance of Counter-Diabatic Driving Acting on Dissipative Spin Systems”, Physical Review Letters 127, 150401 (2021).
  4. Ken Funo, Neill Lambert, Franco Nori, and Christian Flindt “Shortcuts to Adiabatic Pumping in Classical Stochastic Systems” Physical Review Letters 124, 150603 (2020).
  5. Ken Funo and H. T. Quan “Path Integral Approach to Quantum Thermodynamics” Physical Review Letters 121, 040602 (2018).
  6. Ken Funo, Jing-Ning Zhang, Cyril Chatou, Kihwan Kim, Masahito Ueda, and Adolfo del Campo “Universal Work Fluctuations during Shortcuts to Adiabaticity by Counterdiabatic Driving” Physical Review Letters 118, 100602 (2017).