People
Staff profiles at the University of Leeds that have Fluid Dynamics linked research interests are listed here.
Below you will find details of LIFD's Management Board. Profiles of Executive Committee members can be found on the About page.
Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics Management Team
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Chris Davies | Interim Director |
| Harvey Thompson | Deputy Director |
| Timothy Hunter | Deputy Director |
| Claire Savy | Manager |
| Vacant post | Administrative Assistant |
| Peter Jimack | PhD group leader |
| Duncan Borman | MSc group leader |
| Onno Bokhove | Industry group leader |
| Rob Sturman | International lead |
| Sepideh Khodaparast | University Academic Fellow in Fluid Dynamics |
| Kasia Nowakowska | Student representative |
| Vacant post | Biomedical representative |
| Amir Khan | Computational group leader |
| Karen Steenson | LIFD Research & Innovation Development Manager |
| Cath Noakes | Pro-dean for research and innovation |
| Phil Livermore | Machine Learning Lead |
| Calum Skene | ECR Forum Lead |
Fluid Dynamics Research Groups by School
Chemical and Process Engineering: Relevant research groups include: Institute of Process Research and Development; Energy Leeds
Chemistry: Relevant research groups include: Atmospheric and Planetary Chemistry; Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry; Colour and Polymer Science; Process Research and Development
Civil Engineering: Relevant research groups include: Energy and Sustainable Buildings; Water, Public Health and Environmental Engineering
Computing: Relevant research groups include: Artificial Intelligence; Computational Medicine; Computational Science and Engineering
Earth and Environment: Relevant research groups include: Institute of Applied Geoscience; Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics; Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science; Priestley International Centre for Climate
Geography: Relevant research groups include: River Basin Processes and Management; Ecology and Global Change
Medicine and Health/Biology: Relevant research groups include: Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine; Cardiovascular and Sport and Exercise Sciences group
Mechanical Engineering: Relevant research groups include: Institute of Thermofluids; Institute of Functional Surfaces
Mathematics: Relevant research groups include: Applied Nonlinear Dynamics; Astrophysical and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; Complex Materials and Industrial Mathematics
Physics and Astronomy: Relevant research groups include: Astrophysics; Theoretical Physics, Molecular and Nanoscale Physics
Civil Engineering
| Name | Title | Areas of expertise |
|---|---|---|
| Duncan Borman | Dr | Computational fluid dynamics, environmental flows, multiphase flows, mathematical modelling, hydraulic modelling, wastewater modelling, mixing, moving boundaries, free surfaces |
| Miller Camargo-Valero | Dr | Wastewater treatment, sewage sludge management, water and sanitation, wastewater reuse in agriculture |
| Xiaohui Chen | Dr | Mixture-coupling theory, THBMC (Thermo-Hydro-Bio-Mechanical-Chemical) modelling, nuclear waste disposal, groundwater pollution and contaminated land, reactive transport modelling |
| Louise Fletcher | Dr | Aerobiology, waste management, control of pathogens indoors and outdoors |
| Amirul Khan | Dr | Computational fluid dynamics, particle dispersion in turbulent flows, Lattice Boltzmann method, numerical optimisation, medical flow |
| Fleur Loveridge | Dr | Heat decarbonisation, ground heat storage, climate and vegetation interactions, soil permability |
| Nikolaos Nikitas | Dr | Aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, experimental dynamics |
| Catherine Noakes | Professor | Indoor air quality, airborne infection, ventilation, building performance, computational fluid dynamics, air quality and pollution, decontamination, bioaerosols, health impacts, risk models |
| Simon Rees | Dr | Geothermal heating and cooling, energy and renewable systems, thermal energy storage, room hwat transfer |
| Andrew Sleigh | Dr | Computational fluid dynamics, river flow, flood modelling, wastewater treatment |
| Mark Trigg | Dr | Water related risk, hydrodynamics, hydrology, rivers, flood plains, flood hazard, modelling, remote sensing |