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John Bechhoefer

ResearcherPhysicsSimon Fraser University

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John Bechhoefer

Researcher

Physics

Natural Sciences

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 16 research grants (16 NSERC), most recently in 2022.

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Research

feedback and control information theory Maxwell demon microcalorimetry nonequilibrium stochastic thermodynamics

Latest papers

Harnessing Higher-Dimensional Fluctuations in an Information Engine.
Physical review letters · 2026
Information Engine in a Nonequilibrium Bath.
Physical review letters · 2023 · senior author
Bayesian Information Engine that Optimally Exploits Noisy Measurements.
Physical review letters · 2022 · senior author

All 37 publications

Latest funding

Experimental and theoretical studies of anomalous thermal relaxation
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Information, work, and heat in small systems
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$244,000
High-speed feedback trap based on optical tweezers
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$146,725

All 17 grants and awards

37 publications.

Harnessing Higher-Dimensional Fluctuations in an Information Engine.

Castro AP, Bechhoefer J, Sivak DA

Physical review letters2026

DOI: 10.1103/xwjd-qxfg PMID: 41698074

Information Engine in a Nonequilibrium Bath.

Saha TK, Ehrich J, Gavrilov M, Still S, Sivak DA, Bechhoefer J

Physical review letters2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.057101 PMID: 37595211

Bayesian Information Engine that Optimally Exploits Noisy Measurements.

Saha TK, Lucero JNE, Ehrich J, Sivak DA, Bechhoefer J

Physical review letters2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.130601 PMID: 36206430

Anomalous heating in a colloidal system.

Kumar A, Chétrite R, Bechhoefer J

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2118484119 PMID: 35078935

Maximal fluctuation exploitation in Gaussian information engines.

Lucero JNE, Ehrich J, Bechhoefer J, Sivak DA

Physical review. E2021

DOI: 10.1103/physreve.104.044122 PMID: 34781582

Genome-wide mapping of human DNA replication by optical replication mapping supports a stochastic model of eukaryotic replication.

Wang W, Klein KN, Proesmans K, Yang H, Marchal C, Zhu X, Borrman T, Hastie A, Weng Z, Bechhoefer J, Chen CL, Gilbert DM, Rhind N

Molecular cell2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.05.024 PMID: 34157308

Maximizing power and velocity of an information engine.

Saha TK, Lucero JNE, Ehrich J, Sivak DA, Bechhoefer J

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2023356118 PMID: 33972432

Finite-Time Landauer Principle.

Proesmans K, Ehrich J, Bechhoefer J

Physical review letters2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.100602 PMID: 32955336

Optimal finite-time bit erasure under full control.

Proesmans K, Ehrich J, Bechhoefer J

Physical review. E2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/physreve.102.032105 PMID: 33075986

Exponentially faster cooling in a colloidal system.

Kumar A, Bechhoefer J

Nature2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2560-x PMID: 32760048

Experimental and theoretical studies of anomalous thermal relaxation

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Bechhoefer, John J

$25,000