About Us

We are a small but active group of reserchers with different (very different!) backgrounds.

Why we are different



We collaborate with many other research groups in different countries. Of course, they are also special, and most of them are very good friends.

Staff

Dr. Volfango Bertola

Joined the University of Liverpool in 2011, after holding a Lectureship at the University of Edinburgh (2004-1011) and a Marie Curie Fellowship at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris (2001-2004). In 2009-10 he was Visiting Professor and Lagrange Fellow at Politecnico di Torino (Italy). He has more than 100 scientific publications in the areas of soft matter, multiphase flows, and thermodynamics, including several contributions on non-Newtonian drops and on the dynamic wetting of complex fluids. He has been the recipient of a Royal Academy of Engineering Global Research Award (2009) and the UIT Young Scientist Prize (2001).


Research Associates

Maisara Abualqumboz

KT Associate, 2018-2020.

Doctoral candidates

Ali Ahmed Alqahtani

PhD Candidate, 2019-2022.

Oguzhan Der

PhD Candidate, 2016-2019.

Abdul M. Ismail

PhD Candidate (part-time), 2016-2022.

Hesam Maleki

PhD Candidate, 2017-2020.

Master's candidates

Ganesh Ala

MEng Candidate, 2019-2020.

Yousef Damanhouri

MEng Candidate, 2019-2020.

Former members

Kunle Olaitan

Research Assistant, 2018-2019.

Tom Baker

KT Associate, 2017-2018.

Dr. Kevin Williams

Doctoral candidate, 2013-2018. Thesis title: “Dynamic wetting with superspreading surfactants”.

Dr. Simeng Chen

Doctoral candidate, 2013-2017. Thesis title: “An experimental investigation of drop impact phenomena with complex fluids on heated and soft surfaces”. Currently Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Toronto (Canada). Distinctions: UK Fluids Network Dissertation Prize (2018); Paul Eisenklam Award, ILASS Europe (2014).

Céline Gilly

Research Assistant, 2013.

Davide Biolè

Doctoral candidate, 2012-2015.

Jean-Baptiste Osio

Research Assistant, 2010.

William Millett

Research Assistant, 2009-2010.

Dr. Michael Smith

Post-doctoral Research Associate, 2008-2009. Currently Lecturer and Royal Society Fellow at Nottingham University (UK).

Dr. Guy German

Doctoral candidate, 2006-2009. Thesis title: “Yield stress drops”. Currently Assistant Professor at Binghamton University, New York (USA). Distinctions: C.N. Davies Award, UK Aerosol Society (2008); J.M. Lessel Award, Royal Society of Edinburgh (2007).