Research
- I did my PhD at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP). I worked on bubble coalescence and drop coalescence; the surface-tension-driven merging process that happens when two bubbles (or two drops) touch. In each case, there's a range of lengthscales, and the challenge is to solve for the flow on each scale. I used asymptotic analysis to identify the relevant lengthscales, partial differential equations to describe the flow on each lengthscale, and a variety of analytical and numerical techniques to solve these equations.
- My PhD thesis is available here, and includes everything I know about drop coalescence.
- My paper on bubble coalescence is available here.
- My paper on edge retraction is available here.
- My Part III (masters) essay on elastocapillary coalescence is available here.
- I switched from academia to full-time outreach and admissions in 2018 when I finished my PhD and started work at the University of Oxford.
CV
- 2018–present: Admissions and Outreach Coordinator, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford.
- 2014–2018: PhD, DAMTP, University of Cambridge. Thesis title: Coalescence of bubbles and drops.
- 2010–2014: MMath, University of Cambridge. First class each year. Distinction in Part III, Mayhew Prize.
- 2003–2010: St. Olave's Grammar School. A-levels: 4 A* (Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry).