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).
Our partners
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).