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Dr. Nikodem Szpak

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University Duisburg-Essen
Faculty of Physics
Duisburg, Germany

Senior researcher at the University Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Physics, Theoretical Physics, Group of Prof. J. König and SFB 1242, project B07

Research and scientific interests:

relaxation in open quantum systems
quantum transport in curved graphene (analogue Dirac field)
analogoue models of strong fields in distorted optical lattices (analogue particle creation)
GR: relaxation and stability, late time asymptotics for nonlinear wave equations, nonlinear hyperbolic PDEs
strong field QED, spontaneous particle creation, quantum field theory

Conferences

Mini-Workshop on Geometric Methods in Classical and Quantum Lattice Systems

Seminars:	Theorie Kolloquium , SFB Kolloquium, Physik Kolloquium, Arbeitsgruppen-Seminar
Current teaching:	Introduction to Machine Learning (SS 2026) Advanced Seminar Theoretical Physics -- Scientific Presentation (SS 2026)
Newest papers	Coupling-energy driven pumping through quantum dots: the role of coherences with Lukas Litzba, Gernot Schaller and Jürgen König Phys. Rev. B 113, 235152 (2026), arXiv:2602.23099 [cond-mat.mes-hall] Effective time-dependent temperature for fermionic master equations beyond the Markov and the secular approximations with Lukas Litzba, Eric Kleinherbers, Jürgen König and Ralf Schützhold Phys. Rev. B 111, 085103 (2025), arXiv:2403.10591 [cond-mat.mes-hall] Relaxation to persistent currents in a Hubbard trimer coupled to fermionic baths with Gernor Schaller, Ralf Schützhold and Jürgen König Phys. Rev. B 110, 115131 (2024), arXiv:2311.06331 [cond-mat.str-el]
Bachelor/Master:

Postdoc at the MPI for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Golm/Potsdam (06-09)

- Seminars, NumRel seminars, Colloquia
- Co-organizing: Seminar on Wave Equations and Black Hole Stability (winter term 07/08)

PhD: Institut für Theoretische Physik, Physics Department, J. W. Goethe Universität Frankfurt (00-05)

- FIAS Colloquium, AstroCoffee

M.Sc. in Theoretical Physics: Theory Department, Institute of Physics, Jagellonian University Cracow (95-99)

- Member (and Ex-Chairman) of The Scientific Association of Physics Students (Jagell. Univ.)
- Seminars

Graduate in Computer Sciences: WSIiZ - Academy of Computer Science and Management (93-96)

V Mathematical High School in Bielsko-Biala (91-95)

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Faculty of Physics

University of Duisburg-Essen

Nikodem Szpak -- Homepage

Dr. Nikodem Szpak

Research and scientific interests:

relaxation in open quantum systems

quantum transport in curved graphene (analogue Dirac field)

analogoue models of strong fields in distorted optical lattices (analogue particle creation)

GR: relaxation and stability, late time asymptotics for nonlinear wave equations, nonlinear hyperbolic PDEs

strong field QED, spontaneous particle creation, quantum field theory

Conferences

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