Dr. Dvira Segal

Biography

Dvira Segal is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on the theoretical and computational aspects of the dynamics of out-of-equilibrium, many-body, quantum dissipative systems, with implications in basic science and device applications. Current projects include investigating spin dynamics in non-equilibrium systems, magnetic effects at the nanoscale, and developing efficient nanoscale spin-electronic devices. Her work explores the fundamental aspects of non-equilibrium dynamics in systems driven out of equilibrium by external bias voltage, utilizing perturbative calculations and exact numerical techniques such as path integrals and numerical renormalization group methods. Additionally, she studies heat transfer in molecular junctions, delving into the classical and quantum aspects of heat transfer in low-dimensional systems, and exploring thermodynamics in quantum heat engines and nanoscale thermoelectric devices.

Research Interests