Jakov Braver
PhD Student
Member of Cold Atoms and Condensed Molecular Structures Group
Room: A429
Email: jakov.braver@ff.stud.vu.lt
Research
- Ultracold atoms
- Localisation and ergodicity breaking
- Floquet engineering
- Topological band theory
- Open quantum systems
Other activities
Open-source projects
QuaCla — Quantum-classical simulations of excitonic molecular aggregates: excitation dynamics and optical spectra.
About myself
Education
2021–present: PhD studies at the Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University. Supervisor Prof. Dr. Egidijus Anisimovas;
2019–2021: Master’s degree in Physics (Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics), Vilnius University. Master Thesis “Modelling of Stark Fluorescence Spectra of Molecular Systems”, supervisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andrius Gelžinis. Graduated with highest honours (magna cum laude);
2015–2019: Bachelor’s degree in Physics (Computational Physics and Modelling), Vilnius University. Bachelor Thesis “Application of Quantum-classical Liouville Equation for Simulation of Electronic Excitation Dynamics”, supervisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andrius Gelžinis. Graduated with highest honours (magna cum laude).
Scientific experience
2021–present: member of Cold Atoms and Condensed Molecular Structures Group in the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, Vilnius University (group leader — Prof. Habil. Dr. Gediminas Juzeliūnas);
2017–2021: member of group of Modelling of Dynamic Processes in Molecular Compounds in the Institute of Chemical Physics, Vilnius University (group leader — Prof. Dr. Habil. Leonas Valkūnas);
2017–2021: Engineer, Technician, and later Junior researcher in the Biophysics Research Laboratory, Department of Molecular Compound Physics, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania.