Career
- 1992-1994: Post-doctoral research fellow for the Japan-Canada Project in Weather and Climate of the Arctic, Department of Physics, University of Toronto
- 1992-1993: Senior Visitor, Department of Engineering Science, Hokkaido University
- 1995-1999: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol
- 1999-2001: Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Irwin and Joan Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego
- 2001-2005: Associate Professor (with tenure) of Environmental Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Irwin and Joan Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego
- 2004-2005: Visiting Researcher (Poste Rouge au CNRS) in the Hydrodynamics Laboratory, (LaDyHX) Ecole Polytechnique-CNRS
- 2005-9: University Lecturer in Fluid Flow, BP Institute and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
- 2009-13: University Senior Lecturer in Fluid Flow, BP Institute and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
- 2013-15: Reader in Environmental and Industrial Fluid Dynamics, BP Institute and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
- 2015-: Professor of Environmental and Industrial Fluid Dynamics, BP Institute and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
- 2020-: Head of Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
- 2005-: Fellow and College Lecturer in Mathematics, Churchill College, University of Cambridge
Research
- stratified flows
- turbulent mixing processes
- Generalised flow instability and transition
- turbulent plumes
- building ventilation
Publications
Kelvin-Helmholtz billows above Richardson number $1/4$
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2019)
879,
R1
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2019.725)
Mixing and entrainment are suppressed in inclined gravity currents
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2019)
873,
786
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2019.430)
Asymptotic dynamics of high dynamic range stratified turbulence
– Phys Rev Lett
(2019)
122,
194504
Layer formation and relaminarisation in plane Couette flow with spanwise stratification
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2019)
868,
97
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2019.192)
Recent progress in modeling imbalance in the atmosphere and ocean
– Physical Review Fluids
(2019)
4,
010501
Self-organized criticality of turbulence in strongly stratified mixing layers
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2018)
856,
228
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2018.695)
Optimal mixing in two-dimensional stratified plane Poiseuille flow at finite Péclet and Richardson numbers
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2018)
853,
359
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2018.565)
Optimal mixing in three-dimensional plane Poiseuille flow at high Peclet number
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2018)
850,
875
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2018.388)
An entrainment model for fully-developed wind farms: effects of atmospheric stability and an ideal limit for wind farm performance
– Physical Review Fluids
(2018)
3,
093802
The structure and origin of confined Holmboe waves
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2018)
848,
508
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2018.324)
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