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 |
| Deborah Clarke | 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
Earth and Environment
| Name | Title | Areas of expertise |
|---|---|---|
| Cathryn Birch | Dr | Tropical meteorology, convection, severe weather, monsoons, the water cycle, land-atmosphere interactions, convection-permitting numerical weather models |
| Alan Blyth | Professor | Cloud physics, convection, atmospheric observations, flooding, weather forecasting |
| Steven Boeing | Dr | Atmospheric flows, moist convection, plumes, thermals, large-eddy simulation, boundary layer meteorology |
| Ian Brooks | Professor | Boundary-layer meteorology, air-sea interactions, turbulent processes, polar boundary layers |
| Helen Burns | Dr | Numerical modelling, climate dynamics, atmospheric dynamics, ocean dynamics |
| Ralph Burton | Dr | Numerical weather prediction models, atmospheric dispersion, convection, orographic flow, volcano plumes |
| Ken Carslaw | Professor | Aerosols, cloud physics, climate change, climate modelling, air pollution |
| Chris Davies | Professor | Geodynamics, geodynamo theory, convection, core-mantle interactions, high-performance computing, numerical methods |
| Leif Denby | Dr | Atmospheric flows, computational fluid dynamics, convective clouds, LES modelling |
| Susanna Ebmeier | Dr | Volcanology, volcanic emissions, source separation, satellite remote sensing |
| David Ferguson | Dr | Magmatic processes, volcanic processes, volcanic plumes, magmatism within the Earth system |
| Paul Field | Professor | Convection, clouds, precipitation, organised weather systems |
| Quentin Fisher | Professor | Geomechanics, petrophysics, petroleum engineering |
| Alan Gadian | Dr | Meteorology, microphysics of clouds, atmospheric numerical modelling, atmospheric dynamics |
| Mohamed Gouiza | Dr | Geological processes, geodynamic/numerical modelling, lithosphere deformation |
| Carlos Grattoni | Dr | Displacement processes in reservoir rocks, low permeability rocks, petrophysical properties and flow, porosity, permeability, capillary pressure |
| Dave Hodgson | Professor | Sedimentology, flux of sediment from continents to oceans |
| Gareth Keevil | Dr | Experimental fluid dynamics, experimental sedimentology, imaging of fluid dynamics, applications of lasers in fluid dynamics, application of particle imaging velocimetry |
| Phil Livermore | Dr | Geophysics, modelling the Earth's core, geomagnetism, numerical modelling |
| Piroska Lorinczi | Dr | Petroleum reservoirs, reservoir simulation, numerical modelling |
| Graham Mann | Dr | Stratospheric composition, volcanic impacts on climate, aerosol microphysics modelling, polar stratospheric clouds, mineral dust influences |
| Vernon Manville | Dr | Catastrophic flooding, sedimentology, lahars, debris avalanches |
| John Marsham | Professor | Tropical meteorology, atmospheric convection, weather and climate, monsoons, land-atmosphere interactions |
| Amanda Maycock | Dr | Climate science, climate change, climate modelling, atmospheric dynamics, chemistry-climate interactions |
| Bill McCaffrey | Professor | Clastic sedimentary, sediment transport, experimental modelling, turbidity currents |
| Stephen Mobbs | Professor | Mesoscale meteorology, boundary layer dynamics, chemical transport |
| Jon Mound | Dr | Geodynamics, geomagnetism, Earth's core, core-mantle interactions |
| Nigel Mountney | Prof | Geological processes, sedimentology, fluvial processes, numerical modelling |
| Bill Murphy | Dr | Landslides, engineering geology |
| Benjamin Murray | Prof | Atmospheric dynamics, aerosols, clouds, aerosol-cloud interactions |
| Doug Parker | Professor | Meteorology, weather and climate, convective storms, tropical meteorology, monsoons, atmospheric dynamics, gravity currents, baroclinic flows, air/sea interactions, waves in rotating fluids, marine transport, quasi-geostrophic flows, topographic effects, air quality and pollution |
| Jeff Peakall | Professor | Sedimentology, particle-laden flows, experimental fluid dynamics, submarine channels, injectites |
| Sandra Piazolo | Professor | Geological processes, fluid-rock interaction, numerical modelling, experiments |
| Colin Pitts | Dr | Water pollution |
| Alex Rap | Dr | Aerosol radiative forcing, ozone radiative forcing, biosphere-atmosphere interactions, contrails |
| Mark Richardson | Dr | Computational fluid dynamics, environmental modelling, multiphase flows, numerical modelling, high performance computing, parallel computing |
| Andrew Ross | Dr | Atmospheric dynamics, boundary-layer meteorology, mountain meteorology, land-atmosphere interactions, convection over orography, fog formation, gravity currents, cold pools, tropical cyclones |
| Juliane Schwendike | Dr | Tropical meteorology, tropical cyclones, convection, high-impact weather, monsoons, large-scale circulations |
| Bruce Yardley | Professor | Crustal fluid compositions, formation of hydrothermal ores, water residence in the deep crust, fluid-rock interactions |