WISE Faculty (2022)
Wallenberg Academy Fellow (2017)
SSF Future Research Leader (2017)
Coordinator of INTERFACE
Background
2019 Professor, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
2015 Associate Professor, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
2014 Docent in Flow Control, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
2012 Assistant Professor, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
2011 Marie Curie Fellow (IEF), DICAT, Genoa, Italy
2010 PhD in Fluid Mechanics, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
2006 M.S. in Engineering Physics, Uppsala Univ., Sweden
Since I joined the group, I aim to study how surfactants influence the flow dynamics over Liquid-Infused Surfaces (LIS). Despite being difficult to measure and everywhere present, those chemicals induce critical changes even at microscopic concentrations and adversely impact the drag-reduction property of LIS.
My main research interests are in interfacial transport phenomena and their coupling with bulk flows. I graduated from ESPCI in Paris in 2020 and obtained my Ph.D. in December 2023 at the University of Rennes, France. There, I studied surfactant transport mechanisms in soap bubbles and liquid foams, both theoretically and experimentally, under the supervision of Pr. Isabelle Cantat. As a postdoc at KTH, my experimental work focuses on highlighting the effects of surfactants and chemical contaminations on the properties of Lubricant-Infused Surfaces (LIS).
I was born in Magenta, Italy, in 1994. I studied Mathematical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, obtaining the Bachelor of Science in 2016 and the Master of Science in 2019, with a small interlude as Erasmus student at TU Delft. My background is mainly computational; since I realized in the late stages of my studies that I enjoyed delving into physics as well as mathematics, I started to direct myself towards computational physics. My master thesis revolved around implementing a particle method for a generalized Boltzmann equation, with application in microfluidics. My Ph.D. research work focuses on molecular simulations aimed to investigate dynamic wetting phenomena; in particular, I am interested in understanding what are the molecular processes affecting the stability and mobility of three-phases contact lines.
I was born in Shijiazhuang, China, in 1998. I studied theoretical and applied mechanics in University of Science and Technology of China and got my bachelor’s degree in 2020. I traveled to Sweden and studied in the engineering mechanics program in KTH. Afterwards, I joined the Fluids and Surfaces Group and continue my study in KTH as a PhD student. I’m interested in experiments and I will work on lubricant dynamics and flow transport over liquid-infused surfaces.