Deputy Director of Research
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+44(0)131 6505679
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2.2016 James Clerk Maxwell Building
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Engineering Discipline:
- Chemical Engineering
Biography:
I am Professor of Fluid and Suspension Dynamics. My research focuses on the modelling and simulation of complex fluids on microfluidic scales, for example suspensions of deformable particles or red blood cells. I am teaching Chemical Engineering in the second year. I am the Deputy Director of Research in Engineering and Co-Chair of the University's Research Cultures Forum.
Academic Qualifications:
- PhD in Physics, Bochum University, Germany, 2011
- Diploma in Physics, Heidelberg University, Germany, 2007
Professional Qualifications and Memberships:
- Institute of Physics
- Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
- German Physical Society
Teaching:
Research Interests:
The research activities of my group are detailed at www.biofm-research.com. A list of all publications is available on Google Scholar and on the Edinburgh Research Explorer.
Research highlights are:
- Particle manipulation and sorting in microfluidic channels (e.g., using inertial microfluidics)
- Blood flow and blood cell dynamics (e.g., in microfluidic channels or in blood vessel networks)
- Suspension rheology
- Lattice-Boltzmann and immersed-boundary methods
Specialities:
- Modelling and simulation of complex fluids
- Microfluidics, suspensions and emulsions
- Blood flow in complex geometries and blood cell separation
- Inertial microfluidics
- Lattice-Boltzmann method
- Immersed-boundary method
