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
The asymptotic structure of a slender dragged viscous thread
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2011)
674,
489
(doi: 10.1017/S0022112011000085)
Leakage from gravity currents in a porous medium. Part 1. A localized sink
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2011)
666,
391
(doi: 10.1017/S002211201000488X)
Leakage from gravity currents in a porous medium. Part 2. A line sink
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2011)
666,
414
(doi: 10.1017/s002211201000491x)
The nonlinear dynamics of pendent drops on a thin film coating the underside of a ceiling
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2010)
647,
239
(doi: 10.1017/s002211201000008x)
Shape and stability of axisymmetric levitated viscous drops
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2008)
617,
167
(doi: 10.1017/s0022112008003868)
Slender-body theory for steady sheared plumes in very viscous fluid
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2008)
612,
21
(doi: 10.1017/s0022112008002887)
Rise and deflection of mantle plume tails
– Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
(2008)
9,
n/a
(doi: 10.1029/2008gc002124)
Very viscous horizontal convection
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2008)
611,
395
(doi: 10.1017/s0022112008002942)
Effect of thermal diffusion on the stability of strongly tilted mantle plume tails
– Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
(2008)
113,
B09401
(doi: 10.1029/2007JB005510)
The self-similar rise of a buoyant thermal in very viscous flow
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2008)
606,
295
(doi: 10.1017/s0022112008001730)
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