Francis Norman C. Paraan

Education: 

April 23, 2006 University of the Philippines, Diliman (BS Physics)

June 1, 2007 University of the Philippines, Diliman (MS Physics)

December 22, 2010 State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York, USA. (MA Physics)

December 20, 2012 State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York, USA. (Ph.D. Physics)

Academic Group: Structure and Dynamics

Fields of Interest: Entanglement, parallel computing, stochastic processes

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 2013-2017 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 Todat 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.