Adolfo del Campo

Adolfo del Campo
Born	1981 (age 42–43) Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Alma mater	University of Basque Country
Known for	Shortcuts to adiabaticity Kibble-Zurek mechanism Quantum speed limit
Awards	J. R. Oppenheimer Fellowship (2011)
Scientific career
Fields	Quantum Physics
Institutions	Imperial College London Los Alamos National Laboratory University of Massachusetts Donostia International Physics Center University of Luxembourg

Adolfo del Campo (born 28 October 1981, Bilbao, Spain) is a Spanish physicist and a professor of physics at the University of Luxembourg. He is best known for his work in quantum control and theoretical physics. He is notable as one of the co-pioneers of shortcuts to adiabaticity.

Academic career

Del Campo was educated at the University of the Basque Country, The University of Texas at Austin, and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of the Basque Country in 2008. He was a postdoctoral research associate at Imperial College London. He was awarded a Distinguished J. Robert Oppenheimer Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In 2014, he became an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts. He was an Ikerbasque Research Professor at the Donostia International Physics Center (2019-2020) and is a full professor at the University of Luxembourg. He has held visiting positions at several universities, including the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the University of Kyoto, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Institut Henri Poincaré. During his career, del Campo has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers. He has contributed to developing shortcuts to adiabaticity, time in quantum mechanics, quantum speed limits, and the Kibble–Zurek mechanism.

Awards

• Distinguished J. R. Oppenheimer Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory - 2011
• Leon Heller PDPA Publication Award, Los Alamos National Laboratory - 2014

See also

• Kibble-Zurek mechanism
• Shortcuts to adiabaticity
• Quantum speed limit

External links

• Official home page
• Editorial Board of Scientific Reports

Selected bibliography

• Time in Quantum Mechanics - Vol. 2, Gonzalo Muga, Andreas Ruschhaupt, Adolfo del Campo (Eds.), (Springer LNP, 2011).
• Assisted Finite-Rate Adiabatic Passage Across a Quantum Critical Point: Exact Solution for the Quantum Ising Model, Adolfo del Campo, Marek M. Rams, and Wojciech H. Zurek Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 115703 (2012).
• Shortcuts to adiabaticity by counterdiabatic driving, Adolfo del Campo, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 100502 (2013).
• Quantum speed limits in open system dynamics, A. del Campo, I. L. Egusquiza, M. B. Plenio, and S. F. Huelga Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 050403 (2013).
• Causality and non-equilibrium second-order phase transitions in inhomogeneous systems, A. del Campo, T. W. B. Kibble, W. H. Zurek J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 25, 404210 (2013) .
• Universality of Phase Transition Dynamics: Topological Defects from Symmetry Breaking, Adolfo del Campo and Wojciech H. Zurek, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 29, 1430018 (2014).
• Quantum speed limits across the quantum-to-classical transition, B. Shanahan, A. Chenu, N. Margolus, and A. del Campo Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 070401 (2018).
• Universal Statistics of Topological Defects Formed in a Quantum Phase Transition , Adolfo del Campo Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 200601 (2018).