Owen Ekblad
Email: ekbladow@msu.edu
Office: C540 Wells Hall
I am a fifth-year PhD candidate in the department of mathematics at Michigan State University. I am a student of Professor Jeff Schenker. My research is in mathematical physics. Right now, I am working on understanding randomized open quantum dynamics by way of repeated interactions.
This semester, I am the recitation leader and grader for MTH 828: Graduate real analysis I.
My Google Scholar and my ORCiD.
Research
I am interested in the mathematical physics and information theory of quantum mechanics. Currently, I am working on the disordered theory of open quantum dynamics. In particular, I study the theory of ergodic quantum processes (aka, repeated interaction quantum systems, aka, quantum collision models).
Preprints
Ergodic repeated interaction quantum systems: Steady states and reducibility theory, arxiv:2406.10982.
with J. Schenker.Asymptotic purification of quantum trajectories under random generalized measurements (submitted), arXiv:2404.03168.
with E. Moreno-Nadales, L. Pathirana, & J. Schenker.
In preparation
Ergodic repeated interaction quantum systems: Spectral theory and mixing, (in preparation).
with J. Schenker.Quenched and annealed ergodic theorems for quantum trajectories under random generalized measurements, (in preparation).
with E. Moreno-Nadales & L. Pathirana.
My Google Scholar and my ORCiD.
Seminars
I love seminars. Organized discussion of math has got to be one of the most enjoyable ways a mathematician can spend their time. Here are some seminars at MSU I organized.
Graduate student colloquium
Initiated by myself, and co-organized with Ivan So, the graduate student colloquium was a venue in which graduate student mathematicians presented their research to other grad students, in general-audience style talks. The colloquium is concluded as of April 18, 2024. Maybe it will resume in the future. See more here.
C*@MSU
C*-algebra theory, Fall semester 2023. Co-ran with Aldo Garcia Guinto. This seminar is concluded as of December 8, 2023.
RMT@MSU
Random matrix theory, Spring semester 2023. This seminar is concluded as of April 27, 2023. See more here.