Palenque, Chiapas, México, Dec. 2004.
Alejandro Jenkins
Humble before the haughty & arrogant before the humble
I'm a theoretical physicist. I was trained in high-energy theory (particle physics and cosmology). In recent years my research interests have extended into other areas, especially dynamical systems and quantum thermodynamics.
I've been professor of physics at the University of Costa Rica (UCR) since 2013. I'm a member of the Costa Rican National Academy of Sciences (ANC), since 2015.
Since August 2020 I 've been based at the International Centre for Theory of Quantum Technologies (ICTQT) in Gdańsk, Poland.
Contact:
ul. Jana Bazynskiego 8
ICTQT, room 215
Gdańsk 80-309
Poland
E-mail: alejandro [dot] jenkins [at] gmail [dot] com
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in physics, Caltech, 2006. Thesis: "Topics in particle physics and cosmology beyond the standard model", advised by Mark B. Wise
Master of Science (M.S.) in physics, Caltech, 2002
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) in physics & math, Harvard College, 2001
High school diploma, CCC San Pedro, 1996
Research:
Publications on Google Scholar
Presentations on Slideshare
Profile on Researchgate
Profile on Academia.edu
Current teaching: (in Spanish):
Mecánica cuántica II (FS-0819, II-2019)
Métodos matemáticos para la física II (FS-0516, II-2019)
Previous employment:
Senior scientist, ICTQT, Gdansk, Poland (2021 - present)
Ulam fellow at the ICTQT (2020-21)
Research associate, FSU High Energy Physics Group (2009-12)
Research associate, MIT Center for Theoretical Physics (2006-09)
Postdoctoral scholar, Caltech Particle Theory Group (2006)
Graduate teaching assistant, Caltech (2004-06)
R. A. Millikan graduate fellow, Caltech (2001-04)
Graduate research assistant, Caltech and CERN (2001)
Teaching fellow, Harvard Physics Department; laboratory assistant, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (1999-2001)
Short-term scientific visits:
Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) UAM-CSIC, Madrid, Spain (2016, 2019)
Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, University of Gdańsk (2018)
MIT Center for Theoretical Physics (2015-16)
Other:
Outreach:
Last update: 18 Feb. 2023