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Dr. Kristian Stølevik Olsen Picture of Dr. Kristian Stølevik Olsen
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
 
Institut für Theoretische Physik II - Soft Matter
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Building 25.32
Room O2.50
Universitätsstraße 1
D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
 
phone: +49-211-81-12056
e-mail: olsen <at> thphy.uni-duesseldorf.de

Research

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Curriculum Vitae

2024-present Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, hosted at the Institute for Theoretical Physics II, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
2023-2024 Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Theoretical Physics II, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
2021-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA)
2017-2021 PhD at the University of Oslo, PoreLab Center of Excellence

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Funding and awards

2025 Heine Research Academies travel grant
2024 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship
2023 Workshop funding (∼ 10 000 Euro) for co-organization of the workshop "Fluctuations and First-Passage Problems" in 2023 at Nordita
2021 Nordita Fellowship
2018 Njord Cultural Mediator award

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Publications

  1. Harnessing non-equilibrium forces to optimize work extraction, Kristian Stølevik Olsen, Remi Goerlich, Yael Roichman and Hartmut Löwen, arXiv:2504.07049, 2025.

  2. Optimal area exploration of resetting active particles. Kristian Stølevik Olsen, Lorenzo Caprini and Hartmut Löwen, arXiv:2510.01087, 2025.

  3. Thermodynamic cost of recurrent erasure, Deepak Gupta, Kristian Stølevik Olsen and Supriya Krishnamurthy, Communications Physics 8, 355, 2025.

  4. Brownian motion with stochastic energy resets, Ion Santra, Kristian Stølevik Olsen, American Institute of Physics: Chaos 35, 093110 (2025).

  5. Density-dependent stochastic resetting: a large deviations framework for achieving target distri- butions over networks, Francesco Coghi and Kristian Stølevik Olsen, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 063203, 2025.

  6. Dynamics of a single anisotropic particle under various resetting protocols. Subhasish Chaki , Kristian Stølevik Olsen and Hartmut Löwen, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 37, 115101, 2025.

  7. Shear-driven diffusion under stochastic resetting. Iman Abdoli , Kristian Stølevik Olsen and Hartmut Löwen, Physics of Fluids 36, 117151, 2024.

  8. Dynamics of switching processes: general results and applications to intermittent active motion. Ion Santra, Kristian Stølevik Olsen and Deepak Gupta, Soft Matter, 20, 9360, 2024.

  9. Partial resetting with refractory periods. Kristian Stølevik Olsen and Hartmut Löwen, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 57 (2024) 485001, 2024.

  10. Optimal diffusion of chiral active particles with strategic reorientations. Kristian Stølevik Olsen and Hartmut Löwen, Physical Review E, 110 (6), 064606, 2024.

  11. Dynamics of inertial particles under velocity resetting. Kristian Stølevik Olsen and Hartmut Löwen, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 2024, 2024, 033210.

  12. Hyper-ballistic superdiffusion of competing microswimmers. Kristian Stølevik Olsen , Eirik G. Flekkøy and Alex Hansen, Entropy 26 (3), 274, 2024.

  13. Thermodynamic work of partial resetting. Kristian Stølevik Olsen and Deepak Gupta, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 57, 245001, 2024.

  14. Thermodynamic cost of finite-time stochastic resetting. Kristian Stølevik Olsen , Deepak Gupta, Francesco Mori and Supriya Krishnamurthy, Phys. Rev. Research 6, 033343, 2024.

  15. Steady-state moments under resetting to a distribution. Kristian Stølevik Olsen , Phys. Rev. E 108, 044120 , 2023.

  16. Entropy production for resetting processes. Francesco Mori, Kristian Stølevik Olsen and Supriya Krishnamurthy, Physical Review Research, 5(2), 023103, 2023.

  17. Trapping of active Brownian and run-and-tumble particles: A first-passage time approach. Emily Qing Zang Moen, Kristian Stølevik Olsen , Jonas Rønning and Luiza Angheluta, Phys. Rev. Research 4, 043012, 2022.

  18. Collective states of active matter with stochastic reversals: emergent chiral states and spontaneous current switching. Kristian Stølevik Olsen , L. Angheluta and E. G. Flekkøy, Phys. Rev. Research 4, 043017, 2022.

  19. Subdiffusion model for granular discharge in a submerged silo. M. L. Morgan , D. W. James, M. Monloubou, Kristian Stølevik Olsen and B. Sandnes, Physical Review E 104 (4), 044908, 2021.

  20. Diffusion of active particles with angular velocity reversal. Kristian Stølevik Olsen , Physical Review E 103 (5), 052608 , 2021.

  21. Active Brownian particles moving through disordered landscapes. Kristian Stølevik Olsen , L. Angheluta and E. G. Flekkøy, Soft Matter 17 (8), 2151-2157 , 2021.

  22. Escape problem for active particles confined to a disk. Kristian Stølevik Olsen , L. Angheluta and E. G. Flekkøy, Physical Review Research 2 (4), 043314, 2020.

  23. Diffusion Entropy and the Path Dimension of Frictional Finger Patterns. Kristian Stølevik Olsen and J. M. Campbell, Frontiers in Physics 8, 83, 2020.

  24. Geometric universality and anomalous diffusion in frictional fingers. Kristian Stølevik Olsen , E. G. Flekkøy, L. Angheluta, J. M. Campbell, K. J. Maaløy and B. Sandnes, New Journal of Physics 21 (6), 063020, 2019.

  25. Universality of modular symmetries in two-dimensional magnetotransport. Kristian Stølevik Olsen, H. S. Limseth and C. A. Lutken , Physical Review B 97 (4), 045113, 2018.

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