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VILLEGAS, Vladimir P.

VILLEGAS, Vladimir P.

  

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Asst. Prof. Vladimir P. Villegas, PhD

Department of Mathematics and Physics | Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences

vpvillegas@ust.edu.ph

Academic Qualifications

Research Highlights

Research Interests

Academic Qualifications

Degrees

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 2022 
  • Master of Science in Physics (pick-up degree), University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 2018 
  • Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 2014 

Research Highlights

  • Simulation of heat engine and refrigeration processes using magnetocaloric and electrocaloric effects in the open Fermi-Hubbard dimer

V. P. Villegas and C. D. Villagonzalo, 2023

Research Interests

  • Statistical mechanics of open quantum systems
  • Spin transport in quantum lattice systems
  • White noise analysis and its applications

Courses Handled

Major Recognitions

Professional Activities

Courses Handled

  • Fundamental physics for senior high school students (STEM strand, HA strand)
  • Fundamental physics for chemistry majors
  • Fundamental physics for psychology majors
  • Fundamental physics laboratory for biochemistry majors
  • Biophysics for biology majors
  • Theoretical mechanics
  • Modern physics
  • Thermal physics and statistical mechanics

Major Recognitions

   

Professional Activities

  • Member, Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas
  • Member, Samahang Pisika ng Visayas at Mindanao
  • Participant, International Centre for Theoretical Physics Asian Network on Condensed Matter, Complex Systems, and Statistical Physics, 2023-2026 

Selected Publications

Selected Publications

  • V. P. Villegas and C. D. Villagonzalo (2023). “Magnetocaloric and electrocaloric heat engine and refrigeration cycles in the open Fermi-Hubbard optical dimer with attractive interactions.” Phys. Lett. A 481, 129011.
  • V. P. Villegas and C. D. Villagonzalo (2022). “Caloric effects in an open Fermi–Hubbard optical dimer due to onsite and heat bath-induced two-particle interactions.” J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 564, 170094.
  • V. P. Villegas and C. D. Villagonzalo (2022). “Refrigeration using magnetocaloric and electrocaloric effects in a Fermi–Hubbard optical dimer exposed to a heat bath.” Physica A 600, 127540.