Prof. Andreas Carlson
I received my PhD from the Linne Flow Center at the Royal Institute of Technology and did my post-doc at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University.
I am fascinated by dynamic interface phenomena in engineering systems and biology, spanning from the dynamics of wetting droplets, flow of complex fluids, bubble traffic in microfluidic systems,
soft robotics or cell dynamics. I use mathematical modeling and numerical simulations in combination with experiments.
Gabriel Paaske
I am a PhD candidate working on the HAIRY project. I study the behaviour of droplets on millimeter-sized elastic fibers - a mimicry of hairy surfaces - both in equilibrium and in flow, both free and confined in space. The goal of this work is to illuminate the currently unknown flow regime map of elastocapillarity - how does elastocapillary number, droplet size, hair density affect the flow of drops in this geometry? This may have important applications within biomimetics, novel textile products and ways to simply functionalize surfaces. My Master's degree was in biophysics and medical technology from NTNU in Trondheim.
Batool Akbar
I am a PhD student interested in fluid mechanics and mechanics in biological applications. I am part of an interdisciplinary project, SCULPTING, and will be working with modeling of membranes and condensates in cells. I did my masters at NTNU in Trondheim within mechanical engineering. The final two years of the degree, I focused on fluid mechanics and numerical methods. I wrote my thesis on fluid-structure interaction of flexible tubes, which was part of a bigger research project with aim to better predict the outcome of surgery on sleep apnea patients.
Dr.Mithun Ravisankar
I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Oslo, working with Prof. Andreas Carlson on TWIST, an ERC-funded project exploring capillary flows in twisted fiber structures. I completed my Ph.D. at the Fluids and Thermal Sciences Group at Brown University, supervised by Prof. Roberto Zenit, where I studied the bubble-induced turbulence in non-Newtonian fluids. My work revolves around experimental studies of bubbles, drops, and granular flows—systems where small details lead to fascinating dynamics.
Dr. Jisoo Yuk
I am a postdoctoral fellow working on plant desiccation and droplet wetting on soft films. Before joining UiO, I completed my PhD at Cornell University, where I studied the biomechanics and fluid dynamics of morphological phenomena in both plants and animals. During my master’s program, I also worked on cancer diagnostics using DNA nanostructures.
I am broadly interested in interdisciplinary research and open to exploring diverse topics across soft matter, biophysics, and bio-inspired systems.
Dr. Rishabh Nain
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Mechanics Group at the University of Oslo. My work focuses on developing a robot that exploits vibration-based adhesion, combining experimental techniques to investigate the fluid–elastic coupling underlying this phenomenon.I completed my PhD in the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (LadHyX) at École Polytechnique, France, where I explored origami-inspired strategies for flow control. My research showed how large, reversible shape changes can produce drag discontinuities on structures, suggesting new principles for drag reduction and flow manipulation.
Dr. Ilyes Jalisse
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Mechanics group at the University of Oslo (UiO), having previously completed my PhD entitled "Soft membrane interferometric stress sensor" (The Paul Pascal Research Center in Bordeaux, France). My current research investigates the adhesion of elastic sheets on rigid surfaces using vibrations.
Dr. Bidisha Bhatt
I am a postdoctoral research fellow in experimental fluid mechanics. I am working on a sustainability project connected with water harvesting. During my doctoral work at IIT Kanpur, India, I worked on the stability of thin liquid films, dewetting, and the role of various interfacial and intermolecular interactions.
My research interest includes preparing nature-inspired surfaces for various applications, i.e., fog harvesting, electrowetting, manipulating liquids using various external stimuli, and the rheology of fluids.
Dr. Jingbang Liu
I am a postdoc working on cell membrane modelling and other micro-nano scale fluid problems. The position is provided by the AUTORHYTHM project. Prior to this, I was a PhD student at the University of Warwick, working on modelling of nanoscale thin liquid films using the fluctuating hydrodynamics, molecular dynamics simulations, and the rare event theory.
We looked into the surface fluctuations of bounded thin films and the rare thermal fluctuation induced ruptures.
Dr. Stephane Poulain
I researcher with interest in interfacial fluid dynamics and its applications. The focus of my project is poroelasticity in the context of droplet transport, with the aim of developing efficient fog harvesting strategies. It is funded by the Research Council of Norway (NANO2021).
Before joining Oslo University, I studied Aerospace Engineering at ISAE-Supaero in France and obtained a Master of Science at MIT where I studied experimentally the physics of surface bubbles and evaporating drops.
Runepal (Vira) S. S. Dhaliwal
I am a PhD student interested in the physics of biological systems. My academic background is in engineering and physics, and I have previously worked on fluid mechanics for aerospace applications as well as the transport of small particles in the mammalian cytoplasm.
In my current project, I am simulating the self-organisation of proteins during the formation of the immune synapse, which is essential for communication between cells in the immune system.
Fluid flow, membrane deformation as well as protein binding and transport are taken into account of in the mathematical model.
Co-supervised PhD students
Harish Pruthviraj Jain (PhD student with Dr. Luiza Angheluta) -- biophysics
Alumni
Dr. Bharti --post-doc . Currently at Intelligent Mud Solutions
Dr. Annette Cazabuiel-- post-doc.
Dr. Tak Shing Chan --
Dr. Torstein Sæter -- PhD student. Currently at Windsim
Dr. Boxue Zheng -- PhD student. Currently post-doc at University of Twente
Dr. Sami Al-Izzy -- post-doc (2024) membrane biophysics and active solids. Currently post-doc at UNSW
Dr. Vanessa Kern -- post-doc (2021-2023) droplets and fog nets. Currently post-doc at Cornell University
Dr. Christian Pedersen -- PhD student, post-doc (2017-2023) thin films. Currently at Expert Analytics
Dr. Mathijs Janssen -- post-doc (2020-2022) soft matter/biophysics. Currently Associate Professor (tenured) at NMBU
Dr. Chunheng Zhao -- PhD student (2022) phase field modelling. Currently Post-doc at d'Alembert Institute
Dr. Blandine Feneuil -- post-doc (2019-2021) complex fluids. Currently Research Scientist (tenured) at SINTEF
Dr. Susanne Liese -- post-doc (2017-2020) membrane modelling. Currently Post-doc at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
Dr. Rossana M. Rojas -- PhD student (2017-2020) diffuso-kinetics of membranes. Currently at Consigli
Dr. Yuli Wang -- post-doc (2016) droplet impact on structured substrates. Currently at Excillum
Previous students and visitors
Sif F. Arnbjerg-Nielsen, DTU, 2024
Camille Renaud, M2 student, ESPCI Paris, 2023
Simon Negre, M2 student, ESPCI Paris, 2022
Apolline Faidherbe, M2 student, ESPCI Paris, 2019
Richard A. Fauli, Master Student, three-phase flow simulations, 2019
Rasmus N. Tjørstad, Master Student, Friction in cross-country skiing, 2018
Fan Yang, visiting PhD student from Princeton University, 2018
Estella Yu, visiting PhD student from Princeton University, 2018