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Who am I? Applied mathematician, lecturer, scientific computing specialist.
What do I do? Mathematical modelling of real-life systems, from topics in fluid mechanics to wave propagation and agent-based modelling. Often with a heavy high performance computing element and in collaboration with industry.
When do I do it? Pretty much any time, but I am a morning person.
Where do I do it? In my office, on medium to large computing clusters based at several institutions, though on occasion it happens on top of a hill or in the confines of a post-conference meal pub.
As of September 2019, I have taken up the role of Assistant Professor in Applied Mathematics at the Warwick Mathematics Institute and I am now an Associate Professor (since 2022, and Reader since 2023). In the past I have worked within the Oxford Mathematical Institute as Hooke Research Fellow (2017-2019) and the Department of Mathematics in Imperial College London (2011-2017) as M.Sc. and Ph.D. student, followed by a PDRA position. I maintain appointments in both institutions through visiting fellowships and honorary associations, as well as active ties with several other UK-based and international groups.
Within Warwick I currently act as Deputy Director of the Warwick Fluid Dynamics Research Centre, and serve as part of the Warwick Centre for Applications of Mathematical and Computing Sciences (CAMaCS for short) executive committee. At a national level, I am the departmental Knowledge Exchange Champion as part of the UK Knowledge Exchange Hub for Mathematical Sciences (KE Hub) and sit on the executive committee of the UK Fluids Network, while also supporting the UKRI National Fellowships in Fluid Dynamics (NFFDy) programme.
I work on methodologies used to address technologically relevant problems pertaining to the broad field of fluid mechanics, in subareas such as microfluidics, water retention on aircraft surfaces, spray atomisation and electrohydrodynamics. I am also active in computational acoustics (perfectly matched layers in particular) and in a more general industrial mathematical modelling setting, with previous projects in operational research and performance optimisation in flow-related devices (e.g. vacuum pumps, pesticide sprays). I often participate in Study Groups with Industry, as well as events within the UK Fluids Network as part of several Special Interest Groups.
You can find an overview of my research interests here, with several case studies and dedicated web content on the topics below soon to follow.
High-speed flows and drop impact
Multi-physics modelling and control
Computational acoustics
Industrial mathematics
Past conferences and seminar activity
Below is a map of the various institutions and places around the world I've been fortunate enough to visit for seminars, workshops and conferences. (Blue = seminars, Red = conferences, Green = workshops, Orange = virtual lectures/events)
Recent and future events
The past academic year has been a busy one, with a number of exciting opportunities to give seminars (Bristol, UCL, UEA, Warwick) and contribute to outreach and scientific events, not to mention a string of fantastic conferences in just the past few months:
BAMC 2024 in Newcastle (April)
the Warwick in Venice workshop on New Trends in Optimal Control (May)
the (De)Constructing Complex Contact Lines workshop at the Lorentz Centre (June)
the SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures (June)
the INI Mathematics of Multiphase Flows with Applications workshop at the University of East Anglia (July)
What's next you ask?
the 1st European Fluid Dynamics Conference (EFDC1) in Aachen (September 2024)
a sabbatical period (October 2024 - September 2025) which already includes an exciting visit to Australia with the Queensland University of Technology as a base and trips to Adelaide and Sydney, and with ANZIAM 2025 already on the radar (February 2025).