Contact:
Department of Physics, UMBC
Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
Tel.: +1-410-455-1972
Email: deffner@umbc.edu
Office: Physics, Rm. 311
Education:
| 2011 | Doctor rerum naturalium (Doctor of Science, Physics) from University of Augsburg, Germany |
| 2008 | Diplom-Physiker (Master of Science, Physics) from University of Augsburg, Germany |
Academic career:
| 2025 | — | present | Affiliate Associate Professor, Department of CSEE, UMBC |
| 2024 | — | present | Physics Lead, Quantum Science Institute, UMBC |
| 2023 | — | present | Fellow, National Quantum Laboratory, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 2022 | — | present | Associate Professor, Department of Physics, UMBC |
| 2016 | — | 2022 | Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, UMBC |
| 2016 | — | 2022 | Visiting Professor, Institute of Physics ‘Gleb Wataghin’, UNICAMP |
| 2014 | — | 2016 | Director’s Funded Postdoctoral Fellow, LANL (Wojciech H. Zurek) |
| 2011 | — | 2014 | Research Associate, University of Maryland, College Park (Christopher Jarzynski) |
| 2011 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Augsburg, Germany (Eric Lutz) | ||
| 2008 | — | 2011 | Research Fellow (PhD-Student), University of Augsburg, Germany (Eric Lutz) |
Online profiles:
- Google scholar profile
- ResearcherID: C-5170-2008
- OrcID: 0000-0003-0504-6932
- ScholarGPS® ID: 94081994523294
- Wikipedia
- ResearchGate profile
Publications:
A complete list of publications can be found here.
Honors and Awards
- 2022: UMBC
CNMS Early-Career Faculty Excellence Award - 2021: EPJ
Recognition as Distinguished Referee - 2020: IOP Publishing
Recognition as IOP Trusted Reviewer - 2020: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Certificate of Recognition of the high quality and timeliness of your reviews during the year (2019) - 2019: Publons
Top reviewer in Physics - 2019: Publons
Top reviewer in Cross-Field - 2018: Publons
Top reviewer for Physics - 2017: American Physical Society
Recognition as APS Outstanding Referee - 2016: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Leon Heller Postdoctoral Publication Prize in Theoretical Physics for Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 (2015) 150601 - 2016: New Journal of Physics
Early Career Award: Recognized as being an extremely talented young researcher who in his early career has proven leadership qualities - 2016: Annals of Physics
Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing - 2015: New Journal of Physics
Certificate of Recognition of prolific, high-calibre and unhesitating service as a referee for New Journal of Physics in 2014 - 2014: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Director’s Funded Postdoctoral Fellowship - 2016: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Postdoctoral Fellowship - 2011: University of Augsburg, Germany
Doctorate with highest distinction (SUMMA CUM LAUDE)