Career
- 2026 - present: Associate Professor in Biological Physics & Fluid Dynamics, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
- 2025 - present: Associate Professor in Soft Matter, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam
- 2021 - 2025: Assistant Professor in Soft Matter, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam
- 2019-2021: Wellcome Trust Interdisciplinary & Leverhulme Early Career Postdoc Fellow, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
- 2017-2019: Postdoc, Physics of Fluids Group, University of Twente
- 2012-2017: Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia
My research mainly focuses on fluid dynamics, soft matter, and biological physics. Our team combines experiments, computation, and theory to study the flow of complex fluids and the biophysics of living organisms, addressing industrial, medical, and environmental challenges. Please see my personal webpage for more information: https://www.fluidlab.nl/
Publications
Coalescence of printed yield stress filaments in direct ink writing
– Journal of Non Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
(2026)
350,
105642
(doi: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2026.105642)
How size and shape affect the vertical velocity of cyanobacterial colonies
– Water research
(2026)
307,
126645
(doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2026.126645)
Odd droplets: Fluids with odd viscosity and highly deformable interfaces
– Physical Review Research
(2026)
8,
033140
(doi: 10.1103/zxm1-qm6g)
Singular jets in free-falling droplets
– Physical Review Fluids
(2026)
11,
073602
(doi: 10.1103/qq4m-rth6)
Laser-driven droplet deformation at low Weber numbers
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2026)
1034,
a26
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2026.11470)
Spreading droplets of yield-stress fluids with and without gravity
– Journal of Rheology
(2026)
70,
631
(doi: 10.1122/8.0001083)
Fragmentation and aggregation of cyanobacterial colonies.
– eLife
(2026)
14,
rp103503
(doi: 10.7554/elife.103503.4)
Rheology of two-dimensional dilute emulsions
– Physical Review Fluids
(2026)
11,
1
(doi: 10.1103/9DGT-RKP5)
Optimal disk packing of chloroplasts in plant cells
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(2025)
122,
e2511696122
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.2511696122)
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