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Faculty of Mathematics

 

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 Goup, 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

Chloroplasts in plant cells show active glassy behavior under low light conditions
N Schramma, CP Israƫls, M Jalaal
(2022)
Crown formation from a cavitating bubble close to a free surface
Y Saade, M Jalaal, A Prosperetti, D Lohse
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2021)
926,
a5
Bursting bubble in a viscoplastic medium
V Sanjay, D Lohse, M Jalaal
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2021)
922,
a2
Emergence of Bimodal Motility in Active Droplets
BV Hokmabad, R Dey, M Jalaal, D Mohanty, M Almukambetova, KA Baldwin, D Lohse, CC Maass
– Physical Review X
(2021)
11,
011043
Video: Viscoplastic Water Entry
M Jalaal, D Kemper, D Lohse
– 73th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics - Gallery of Fluid Motion
(2020)
Stress-Induced Dinoflagellate Bioluminescence at the Single Cell Level.
M Jalaal, N Schramma, A Dode, H de Maleprade, C Raufaste, RE Goldstein
– Phys Rev Lett
(2020)
125,
028102
Stress-Induced Dinoflagellate Bioluminescence at the Single Cell Level.
M Jalaal, N Schramma, A Dode, H de Maleprade, C Raufaste, RE Goldstein
– Physical review letters
(2020)
125,
028102
Capillary ripples in thin viscous films
M Jalaal, C Seyfert, JH Snoeijer
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2019)
880,
430
Laser-induced forward transfer of viscoplasticĀ fluids
M Jalaal, MK Schaarsberg, C-W Visser, D Lohse
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2019)
880,
497
Destructive mechanisms in laser induced forward transfer
M Jalaal, S Li, MK Schaarsberg, Y Qin, D Lohse
– Applied Physics Letters
(2019)
114,
213703
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Research Groups

Biological Physics and Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics
Solid Mechanics
Theoretical Geophysics

Room

H0.12

Telephone

01223 764043

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