Pedro E. Harunari
Hello, my name is Pedro. I'm currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg under the supervision of Prof. Massimiliano Esposito, working in statistical physics. Previously, I obtained my Ph.D. in physics from the University of São Paulo (Brazil), supervised by Prof. Carlos E. Fiore.
I pursue routes to tame fluctuations in systems out of thermal equilibrium, in particular Markov processes, models with phase transitions, stochastic thermodynamics, and applications to biophysics and chemistry.
Contact: pedroharunari [at] gmail.com
My academic production
- Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of the majority vote model
(Entropy as Feature paper)
- Fluctuation relation at the beat of a current
(Physical Review E as Letter)
- Learning from the statistics of a few visible transitions
(Physical Review X)
- Interacting Brownian particles engine
(Physical Review E)
- Current fluctuations in nonequilibrium discontinuous phase transitions
(Physical Review E)
- Importance of protocol asymmetry in heat engines
(Physical Review Research)
- Comparing different TURs for periodic systems
(Journal of Physics A: Matematical and Theoretical)
- Entropy production characterizing phase transitions
(Physical Review E)
- Ingredients for a discontinuous transition in the MV
(Scientific Reports)
- Additional phase transition in the majority vote
(Physical Review E)
(Post)Modern Thermodynamics Lecture Notes
In December 2022, we organized a school on the basics and recent unfoldings of nonequilibrium thermodynamics. As a result, we prepared lecture notes (published in SciPost Physics Lecture Notes) that form a great resource for students and researchers interested in the field.
Non-academic interests
I am passionate about playing guitar and carefully listening to music. I also enjoy discussions about rationality, cycling, football, bouldering, great coffee, and not great coffee.