Career
- 2006-present Professor of Fluid Dynamics, DAMTP, Cambridge
- 1997-present Teaching Fellow and Director of Studies at Trinity College, Cambridge
- 2001-2006 Reader in Fluid Dynamics, DAMTP, Cambridge
- 1997-2001 University Lecturer, Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, DAMTP, Cambridge
- 1992-1997 Royal Society University Research Fellow
- 1987-1993 Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge
- 1988-1990 Postdoctoral Reseach Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University.
Research
John Lister has a wide range of interests both in fundamental fluid mechanics and in the application of fluid mechanics to understand processes in geophysics. Some indication of this range is provided by the following topics:
Fluid driven crack propagation and dykes, Infinite-Prandtl number convection and mantle dynamics, Capillary pinch-off and film rupture, Similarity solutions and finite-time singularities, Viscous gravity currents and lava flows, Particle-laden flows, turbidity currents and sedimentation, The thermodynamics and fluid dynamics of the Earth's core, Low Reynolds number flow, Flows with solidification or temperature-dependent viscosity.
Selected Publications
Publications
Dyke propagation with distributed damage of the host rock
– Earth and Planetary Science Letters
(1999)
165,
177
Drops with conical ends in electric and magnetic fields
– Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
(1999)
455,
329
(doi: 10.1098/rspa.1999.0316)
Similarity solutions for van der Waals rupture of a thin film on a solid substrate
– Physics of Fluids
(1999)
11,
2454
(doi: 10.1063/1.870110)
Singularities and similarity solutions in capillary breakup
– IUTAM SYMPOSIUM ON NON-LINEAR SINGULARITIES IN DEFORMATION AND FLOW, PROCEEDINGS
(1999)
257
(doi: 10.1007/978-94-011-4736-1_23)
Capillary breakup of a viscous thread surrounded by another viscous fluid
– Physics of Fluids
(1998)
10,
2758
(doi: 10.1063/1.869799)
The thermal signature of subducted lithospheric slabs at the core-mantle boundary
– Earth and Planetary Science Letters
(1998)
160,
551
Stability of straining flow with surface cooling and temperature-dependent viscosity
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(1998)
365,
369
(doi: 10.1017/S0022112098001505)
Self-Similar Capillary Pinchoff of an Inviscid Fluid
– Physical Review Letters
(1998)
80,
704
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.704)
Stratification of the outer core at the core-mantle boundary
– Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors
(1998)
105,
5
Pinching threads, singularities and the number 0.0304...
– Physics of Fluids
(1996)
8,
2827
(doi: 10.1063/1.869086)
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