Prof. Dr. Jose Miguel Rubi Capaceti

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsStatistical Physics, Soft Matter, Biological Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics
KeywordsHydrodynamic interaction, Brownian motion, Stochastic Resonance, Brownian Motors, control of diffusion

Current contact address

CountrySpain
CityBarcelona
InstitutionUniversitat de Barcelona (UB)
InstituteDepartment of Fundamental Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Peter HänggiLehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik I, Universität Augsburg, Augsburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2004

Programme(s)

2003Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Rubi Capaceti of the Universidad de Barcelona obtains the Mutis Humboldt Research Award in recognition for his key contributions to the theory of fluctuating hydrodynamics, nucleation kinetics and nonequilbrium thermodynamics. He was also among the first to describe the constructive role of noise in spatially extended condensed matter and hydrodynamic systems. Together with P. Hänggi (Augsburg) he is going to undertake research aimed at the control of diffusion and the description of hydrodynamic interaction effects for corresponding Brownian motors and other microfluidic systems.