Correlations, integrability, and criticality in quantum systems

Évora, Portugal, 24-28 October 2016

In Memoriam - Alejandro Muramatsu

This workshop is dedicated to the memory of Alejandro Muramatsu, invited speaker of one workshop (2010) and member of the organizing committee of two workshops (2012 and 2014) held in Évora.

On 16 November 2015 Alejandro succumbed to a battle with cancer. After finishing the diploma degree in physics in 1976 at the University of Buenos Aires, Alejandro moved to Germany for political reasons, related to the Argentina state-terrorism period. There he earned his Ph.D. degree in physics in 1981 at the University of Stuttgart. In the period 1981-85 he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, and in the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1985-86 Alejandro returned to the Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung where he was a research associated. In 1986-89 he had the status of "Akademischer Rat" at the University of Würzburg where he earned his Habilitation degree in 1989. In 1989-94 he was a "Oberassistent" at the University of Bayreuth and in 1994-96 an associate professor at the University of Augsburg. From 1996 and until his early dead in 2015, Alejandro was a professor of theoretical physics at the Institute for Theoretical Physics III, University of Stuttgart. He dedicated his life to researching in condensed-matter systems and was a leader of his Institute for Theoretical Physics III where he worked diligently to attract young researchers and students to the University of Stuttgart. Alejandro leaves behind his wife, Heidrun Scholz-Muramatsu, and a son, David Muramatsu. He was an invited speaker of the workshop on quantum coherence and correlations in condensed-matter and cold-atom systems held in Évora in October 2010 and an organizer of both the workshop on correlations and coherence in quantum systems held in Évora in October 2012 and the workshop on correlations, criticality, and coherence in quantum systems held Évora in October 2014.