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Talal Al-Housseiny
(Graduate student)
Office: G02 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: talal[at]princeton.edu
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I have a broad spectrum of interests in technical challenges that involve both energy research and transport phenomena. I am studying viscous and capillary instabilities that occur in fluid-fluid displacement in porous media, with applications to Enhanced Oil Recovery and Carbon Sequestration.
I am also working on integrating Microbial Fuel Cells in microfluidic devices to (a) enhance fuel cell efficiency and (b) study the bacterial biofilm growth and its effect on electron transport. I have a side interest in swimming organisms and their collective behavior (swarming).
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Ivan Christov
(Post-doc)
Office: G02 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: christov[at]princeton.edu
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My research interests are, broadly speaking, in the modeling of complex and nonlinear systems. Specifically, I am currently working on mathematical problems arising in the study of mixing, self-organization and particle dispersal in dense flows of granular materials. At the heart of it is the issue of the interplay between flow and "self-diffusion" in such non-equlibrium systems. I am also interested in a wide range of topics in classical fluid mechanics such as boundary layer flow, viscoelasticity and shock waves in compressible flow. |
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Knut Drescher
(Post-doc)
Office: G02 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: knutd[at]princeton.edu
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Biological fluid mechanics. Hydrodynamic interactions of microorganisms and multicellularity. |
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Jie Feng
(Graduate student)
Office: G02 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: jiefeng[at]princeton.edu
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My research focuses on fabrication of nanoemulsions using interface technique. In a system with a thin oil layer on top of water, the bursting process of gas bubbles at the interface of water and air will disperse nanoemulsions of oil in the water phase. I am currently looking at the influence of different parameters on the size of nanoemulsions, such as the bubble size, viscosity and surfactants, to get more insight into the mechanism for a better control. I am also interested in near-surface flow characteristics of slippery liquid-infused porous surface and transport phenomena in porous soft matter. |
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Naima Hammoud
(Graduate student)
Office: G02 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: nhammoud[at]princeton.edu
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I am interested in the area of thin films, with a primary focus on stability. Currently, I am working on thin films interacting with boundary layer flows, which come up in coating applications. I am also studying instabilities that occur due to intermolecular interactions, and I am specifically interested in how to inhibit dewetting. |
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MinYoung Kevin Kim
(Graduate student)
Office: G02 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: myk[at]princeton.edu
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My interested area is interdisciplinary fields including fluidic mechanics, chemistry, biology, and material science. Currently, I am more focused on biofilm streamer and twitching ability of a specific bacteria. I want to try out hydrodynamic interactions of different types of cells, including neuron cells, cancer cells, and bacterial cells. |
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Josephine Lembong
(Graduate student)
Office: G02 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: lembong[at]princeton.edu
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I am interested in biofluids problems, mainly those related to blood flow. My current work is on red blood cell aggregates called rouleaux, i.e. how they form and breakup during flow, and also modulation of aggregation using long-chain dextran. I am also studying cell chemosensing in hydrogel and its dependence on the cell mechanical properties. |
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Hassan Masoud
(Post-doc)
Office: G02 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: hmasoud[at]princeton.edu
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I employ theory and computer simulations to find solutions to challenging problems at the intersection of engineering, physics, and biology. My research interests include mechanics of soft and active materials, fluid-structure interactions, small scale fluid mechanics, and biomimetic design. |
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Hyoungsoo Kim
(Post-doc)
Office: G02 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: hskim[at]princeton.edu
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I am specialized in a three-dimensional velocimetry for microfluidics flow. I hold special interests in understanding hydrodynamics instabilities (thin film instability) and microfluidics applications (electrokinetic flow). I am very open to cooperate with other topics, e.g. biology (thin-film flow in vivo or the flow field surrounding a living organism). However, to study fundamental problems in fluid dynamics is still at the core of my research. |
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Alban Sauret
(Post-doc)
Office: G02 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: asauret[at]princeton.edu
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My research addresses various fundamental problems of fluid mechanics at different scales. I have previously studied the dynamics of microfluidic flows at low interfacial tension and its applications to all-aqueous emulsions. I am also interested in dense flows of granular materials as well as rotating and geophysical flows. Currently, I am mostly interested in problems involving the coupling of capillary-driven flows and elastic structures. All these works generally involve a combination of modeling, experiments and numerical approach. |
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Janine Nunes
(Post-doc)
Office: G02 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: nunes[at]princeton.edu
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I currently have two broad research interests: capillary adhesion in soft material systems and water remediation strategies. In my previous research projects, I synthesized and characterized highly tailored colloidal particle systems, and studied their response to external fields while in suspension and embedded in composite films. |
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Guy Ramon
(Post-doc)
Office: G02 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: gramon[at]princeton.edu |
My previous research activities involvedheat and mass transferunder oscillating flows,with applicationsin novel separation processes and energy conversion devices. I have also done work on polymeric membranes used for Reverse Osmosis desalination, their transport characteristics and formation mechanisms.
My current interests are in the coupling between biofilms and flow; specifically, I am interested in finding the possible correlations between the details of a complex velocity field (such as flow around obstructions) and biofilm formation, its structural characteristics (and rheology) and, ultimately, developing an understanding of how biofilms respond and adapt to the external stresses of their aqueous environment. |
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Jessica Shang
(Graduate student, co-advised by Alexander Smits)
Office: D309 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: jshang[at]princeton.edu
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I am interested in the fluid flow around and through arrays of flexible structures, such as beds of marine algae or kelp forests. |
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Margarita Staykova
(Post-doc)
Office: G02 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: staykova[at]princeton.edu |
I am interested in the hydrodynamic properties of lipid membranes, i.e. how they flow under forces of different nature. These are studied both on lipid vesicles and on supported bilayers. My project here focuses on how these properties influence biological processes such as cell signaling, adhesion, etc. |
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Shashi Thutupalli
(Post-doc)
Office: G02 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: shashi[at]Princeton.EDU
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Quite unexpected collective behavior is often observed in complex open systems when many similar non-equilibrium units couple with one another, resulting in synchronization, pattern formation, emergence, broken symmetries, and phase transitions. My research is focused on experimental studies of instances of such collective behavior and the problems that I am interested in stem mainly from the domains of condensed matter physics, non-linear dynamics, biology and fluid dynamics. |
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Eujin Um
(Post-doc)
Office: G02 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: eum[at]Princeton.EDU
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I am interested in finding new applications of droplet microfluidics especially in biology, fulfilling the needs of scientists in the field and industry beyond conventional tools or methods. My previous work includes development of devices for merging exact numbers of droplets, isolating single cells into droplets, and screening them with multifunctional droplet array. My research investigates well-designed control of droplet movement based on hydrodynamics of two-phase fluids in microchannels. |
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Jason Wexler
(Graduate student)
Office: G02 E-Quad (Princeton)
Email: jwexler[at]princeton.edu
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I am involved in a range of research projects centered around studying the deformation of fluid interfaces and flexible objects in viscous flow. In one of my current projects I investigate the effects of flexibility on capillary adhesion between solid objects. In another I study a new type of drag-reducing surface. I have also done some work investigating the deformation of fibers in flow, and the coating of magnetic spheres in a microfluidic device. |
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Zhong Zheng
(Graduate student co-advised by Robert H. Socolow)
Office: Guyot M39
Email: zzheng[at]princeton.EDU
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My research interests include multiphase flow dynamics in porous media with application to CO2 geologic sequestration. I am also interested in energy system design and optimization, energy technology assessment, national energy strategy, and related policy issues. |
