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My research centers on analytical and computational modeling of
problems arising in the dynamics of complex fluids (e.g. biological
fluids, polymer solutions, particle suspensions).
One of the most challenging issues when characterizing the transport properties of such fluids is capturing the interactions between the suspended micro-structures and the fluid. My interests are in the analytical, statistical and numerical aspects arising in such systems. The problems I've been working on are motivated by biological and mechanical systems. |
Current research projects:
Fluid coupling in active cytoskeletal network
and motility assays;
Hydrodynamics response of active suspensions near a solid boundary;
Thermal fluctuations in a viscoelastic fluid.
Collaborators:
Tamar Shinar, Department of Computer
Sciences, University of California Riverside;
Michael Shelley, Courant Institute of
Mathematical Sciences, New York University;
Scott McKinley, Department of Mathematics,
University of Florids.