Prof. Dr. Milena Grifoni

Address	Institut I - Theoretische Physik Universität Regensburg Universitätsstraße 31 D-93053 Regensburg
Telephone	+49 (0)941 943 2035
Fax	+49 (0)941 943 2038
EMail	milena.grifoni(at)physik.uni-regensburg.de
Office	PHY 3.1.29

Academic Education
1999	Habilitation (Theoretical Physics): “Driven dissipative tunneling”, Universität Augsburg
1991 – 1994	PhD in Theoretical Physics (supervisor: M. Sassetti),
	Università di Genova, Italy
1986 – 1991	Study of Physics (diploma), Università di Genova, Italy

Research and Professional Experience
since 2003	Chair in Theoretical Physics (C4), Universität Regensburg
2002 – 2003	Universitair Hoofdocent (UHD) (associate professor, permanent), Technische Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands
2000 – 2002	Universitair Docent (UD) (assistant professor, permanent), Technische Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands
2000	Ricercatore INFM (associate professor, non permanent), Università di Genova, Italy
1999	Research associate, Universität Karlsruhe
1998	Visiting scientist, Universität Stuttgart
1998 – 1999	Research associate, Università di Genova, Italy
1994 – 1998	Postdoctoral position, Universität Augsburg

Further Activities, Awards and Scholarships
2020-2024	Member of the working group (Fachkolleg) “Theory of Condensed Matter” of the German Science Foundation
2019	Member of the Review Panel for the assignment of Distinguished Professor grants of the Swedish Research Council
since 2017	Member of the Advisory Board for the Norwegian Centre of Excellence on Quantum Spintronics
2017	Member of the Review Panel for the assignment of Distinguished Professor grants of the Swedish Research Council
2015 – 2016	Member of the Review Committee for the activities of the Italian Institute of technology (IIT) in the timeframe 2012-2014, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Economics and Finances, Italy
2014 – 2016	Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Finnish Centre of Excellence, Aalto University, Finland
2014	Scientific Advisory Board for the rating of the Physics Departments in Hessen, Ministry of Research and Arts of the State of Hessen
2013	Reviewer of the FP7 integrated project SOLID
2011 – 2013	Vice President of the University of Regensburg, resort Research
2011	Reviewer of the FP7 integrated project SOLID
2009 – 2018	Spokesperson of the DFG Research Training Group 1570 “Electronic Properties of Carbon Based Nanostructures”
2009 – 2011	Editorial Board Member of “Advances in Physics”
2009 – 2011	Dean of the Physics Department, Universität Regensburg
2007 – 2009	Vice Dean of the Physics Department, Universität Regensburg
2004 – 2013	Editorial Board Member of “The European Physical Journal B”
2004 – 2007	Responsible for Women Affairs of the Physics Department, Universität Regensburg
2002 – 2010	Editorial Board Member of “New Journal of Physics”
2002 – 2003	ASPASIA fellowship of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
2002 – 2003	Captain of the Flagship “Quantum computing with nanodevices” within the dutch NanoNed Program

My research focuses on dynamical properties (transient and stationary) of open quantum systems out-of-equilibrium.
Fermionic open quantum systems are for example nanosized conductors coupled to source and drain electrodes. The electrodes, play here the role of fermionic heat baths. In this context we study many-body properties of hybrid nanojunctions, molecular systems in STM configuration or complex quantum dots. Focus is on quantum transport set-ups where particle, heat or spin currents arise due to particle or temperature gradients, or in response to external electromagnetic fields.
Bosonic open quantum systems are encountered when (effective) quantum particles interact with a bosonic environment, e.g. with a phonon bath in a crystal or with the quantized modes of an electromagnetic cavity. Systems of interest are for example quantum Brownian particles, driven and dissipative multilevel systems, or superconducting platforms containing linear and non-linear elements for quantum computation and quantum information purposes.
In recent years we have developed a many-body theory of quantum transport based on the reduced density matrix approach, which we have applied to investigate transport in carbon nanotube based nanojunctions and molecules. Also, we have used non-perturbative field theory approaches to investigate strongly correlated systems in the Kondo regime and interacting one-dimensional systems. Path integral approaches have recently been used to investigate decoherence and relaxation properties of superconducting qubits interacting with an electromagnetic environment, as well as strongly interacting impurity systems.