Group members

Post-doctoral researchers

George Fortune
DAMTP, University of Cambridge
George studies the contamination and decontamination of chemical agents in absorbent and porous materials. This project which started in 2019 is funded by Dstl, and is in collaboration with Stuart Dalziel (DAMTP, University of Cambridge).
Sam Tomlinson
Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester
Sam studies the impact of surfactant on the drag reduction properties of superhydrophobic surfaces in turbulent flow. Sam is co-supervised by Oliver Jensen, on an EPSRC-NSF funded project in collaboration with UC Santa Barbara which started in 2021.
Francesco Paolo Conto
DAMTP, University of Cambridge
Francesco studies the contamination and decontamination of chemical agents in absorbent and porous materials. This project which started in 2019 is funded by Dstl, and is in collaboration with Stuart Dalziel (DAMTP, University of Cambridge).

PhD Students

Aiden Kelly
Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester
Aiden studies the propagation and stability of reaction-diffusion front for combustion. Aiden started his PhD in 2021. His main supervisor is Joel Daou from the Department of Mathematics.
Mantas Jarockis
Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
Mantas explores flow reactors for catalytic reactive systems. Mantas started his PhD in 2021. His main supervisor is Jordi Bures from the Department of Chemistry.
Emily Butler
Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester
Emily studies numerically and theoretically the contamination and decontamination of chemical agents in absorbent and porous materials, on a project funded by Dstl and in collaboration with the University of Cambridge. Emily started her PhD in 2020 and is co-supervised by Joel Daou.
Christophe Wilk
Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester
Christophe studies experimentally, numerically and theoretically the spreading of diffusive mixtures at liquid surfaces. Christophe started his PhD in 2019 and is co-supervised by Andrew Hazel.
Richard Mcnair
Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester
Richard studies through theoretical and numerical modelling the influence of confinement effects on the Marangoni spreading of surfactants on liquid surfaces. Richard started his PhD in 2019 and is co-supervised by Oliver Jensen.

Past students and post-docs

  • Post-doctoral researchers
    • 2019-2022: Merlin Etzold, DAMTP, University of Cambridge.
      Decontamination induced contamination redistribution, funded by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.
    • 2015-2019: Daria Frank, DAMTP, University of Cambridge.
      Study of multiphase plume for the understanding of deep-water oil leak in the ocean, with the CARTHE consortium.
    • 2016: Merlin Etzold, DAMTP, University of Cambridge.
      Mathematical understanding of contamination kinetics.
  • Master Students
    • 2019-2020: Benjamin Collard, Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester.
      Modelling flow at the surface of an incompressible droplet.
    • 2018 - 2019: Muhammad Usama and Bradley Stanford, School of Mathematics and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester.
      Surfactant incompressibility at the surface of a drop in a shear flow.
    • 2018 - 2019: Ciara Higham and Janaki Dodia, School of Mathematics and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester.
      How does surfactant spreading at the surface of a liquid-filled maze finds the exit?
    • 2018: Guillaume Cazottes, LadHyx, École polytechnique, Paris.
      Viscous flow instabilities and pattern formation in a narrow gap.
    • 2017 - 2018: Maxime Rey and Michael Macraild, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester.
      Dynamics of confined thermals.
    • 2016 - 2017: Thomas Mitcham and Jack Harding, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester.
      Instability of confined turbulent particle-laden jets and fountains.
    • 2016: Baptiste Rosell, LadHyX, École polytechnique, Paris.
      Experimental study of the impact and spreading of an oil droplet on a pure water surface. Project in co-supervision with Prof. Stuart Dalziel (DAMTP).
    • 2016: Pierre Rostan, ENSTA, ParisTech.
      Experimental study of the decontamination process of a cavity by a gravity-driven film flow. Project in co-supervision with Prof. Stuart Dalziel (DAMTP).
    • 2015: Paul Kerdraon, LadHyx, École polytechnique, Paris (personal webpage).
      3D tomographic micro-PIV of the velocity field of an immiscible drop in a shear flow. Paul was awarded the First Prize in Mechanics at École polytechnique for his project. Project in co-supervision with Dr François Peaudecerf and Profs Stuart Dalziel and Ray Goldstein (DAMTP).
    • 2014 - 2015: Amalia Thomas, DPES, UNCPBA, Argentina (personal webpage).
      Experimental study of the convective mass transfer from a viscous drop into a liquid film. Amalia received the highest score 10/10 for her Master's Thesis. Project in co-supervision with Dr Juan Gomba (DPES, UNCPBA).
    • 2013 - 2014: Wassim Aouad, CEB, University of Cambridge (personal webpage).
      Experimental, theoretical and numerical study of the flow produced by an impinging jet. Project in co-supervision with Prof. Ian Wilson (CEB).
    • 2014: Florent Sharpin, LadHyX, École polytechnique, Paris (personal webpage).
      Experimental study of the instability of a confined particle-laden jet. Florent was awarded the "Félicitations du Jury" at École polytechnique for his report. Project in co-supervision with Prof. Colm Caulfield (BPI, DAMTP, Cambridge).
    • 2012-2013: Huifeng Yu, CEB, University of Cambridge.
      Experimental study of the flow produced by an impinging jet on a vertical plane. Project in co-supervision with Prof. Ian Wilson (CEB).
  • Undergraduate students
    • 2014: Ana Daglis, Magdalene College, Cambridge (personal webpage).
      Experimental study of a thin film falling over obstacles. Ana was the recipient of a Browning Summer Bursary from Magdalene College.