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I am a PhD student in the Biological Physics and Mechanics group, supervised by Prof Eric Lauga. I am generally interested in fluid dynamical problems in microbiological contexts at various length scales, inside and outside the cell. My research comprises a range of problems in microswimmer dynamics and intracellular flows, including:
- an improved resistive-force theory for helical filaments;
- hydrodynamic hovering of bacteria near rigid surfaces;
- collective motion of bacteria in cylindrical confinement;
- flows and transport inside the intracellular networks of actively pinching tubules which comprise the endoplasmic reticulum;
- boundary-driven cytoplasmic streaming in elongated cells such as the Drosophila embryo.
Publications
Fluid mechanics of luminal transport in actively contracting endoplasmic reticulum
(2024)
(doi: 10.7554/elife.93518)
Cortex-driven cytoplasmic flows in elongated cells: fluid mechanics and application to nuclear transport in
Drosophila
embryos
– Journal of The Royal Society Interface
(2023)
20,
20230428
(doi: 10.1098/rsif.2023.0428)
Hydrodynamic hovering of swimming bacteria above surfaces
– Physical Review Research