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Dr Mazi Jalaal

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

Ripples in Thin Films
M Jalaal, C Seyfert, J Snoeijer
(2019)
(link to publication)
Viscoplastic water entry
M Jalaal, D Kemper, D Lohse
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2019)
864,
596
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2019.32)
Deep pool water-impacts of viscous oil droplets.
U Jain, M Jalaal, D Lohse, D van der Meer
– Soft Matter
(2019)
15,
4529
(doi: 10.1039/c9sm00318e)
Short and ultrashort pulsed laser processing of zinc: Resolidification morphology of ablated craters
H Mustafa, M Jalaal, W Ya, N Ur Rahman, DTA Matthews, GRBE Romer
– Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering
(2018)
13,
178
(doi: 10.2961/jlmn.2018.03.0006)
Video: Oil drop impacts into a deep pool of water
U Jain, M Jalaal, D van der Meer, D Lohse
– 71th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics - Gallery of Fluid Motion
(2018)
(doi: 10.1103/aps.dfd.2018.gfm.v0051)
Short and Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Processing of Zinc: Resolidification Morphology of Ablated Craters
H Mustafa, M Jalaal, W Ya, NU Rahman, DTA Matthews, GRBE Romer
– JOURNAL OF LASER MICRO NANOENGINEERING
(2018)
13,
178
(doi: 10.2961/jImn.2018.03.0006)
Gel-controlled droplet spreading
M Jalaal, C Seyfert, B Stoeber, NJ Balmforth
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2017)
837,
115
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2017.844)
On the rheology of Pluronic F127 aqueous solutions
M Jalaal, G Cottrell, N Balmforth, B Stoeber
– Journal of Rheology
(2017)
61,
139
(doi: 10.1122/1.4971992)
Long bubbles in tubes filled with viscoplastic fluid
M Jalaal, NJ Balmforth
– Journal of Non Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
(2016)
238,
100
(doi: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2016.06.006)
Slip of Spreading Viscoplastic Droplets
M Jalaal, NJ Balmforth, B Stoeber
– Langmuir
(2015)
31,
12071
(doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02353)
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Research Groups

Biological Physics and Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics
Solid Mechanics
Theoretical Geophysics

Email

m.jalaal@damtp.cam.ac.uk

Room

H0.12

Telephone

01223 764043

Personal homepage

http://www.fluidlab.nl

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