Email: fparaan@nip.upd.edu.ph

Francis’ research interests in condensed matter physics and statistical physics include entanglement in many- body systems and parallel computing. In particular, he is interested in the relationship between entanglement entropy and the entropy of effective thermal models. He is also working with his students to develop low-cost high- performance computing capabilities in a heterogeneous cluster for small- and medium-scale numerical tasks.

He joined SanD in 2012 and was its program coordinator from 2013 to 2017 and 2023 up to the present.

Selected Publications

1. G.M.M. Itable and F.N.C. Paraan. Entanglement entropy distinguishes pt-symmetry and topological phases in a class of non-unitary quantum walks. Quantum Information Processing, 22(2), 2023.
2. A.B. Santos-Putungan, N. Stojić, N. Binggeli, and F.N.C. Paraan. Selective capture of co2 over n2 and ch4: B clusters and their size effects. Materials Today Communications, 22, 2020.
3. A.B. Santos-Putungan, N.  Stojić, N. Binggeli, and F.N.C. Paraan. Strong chemisorption of co 2 on b 10 –b 13 planar-type clusters. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 31(14), 2019.