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Postdoctoral Researcher

Achal

Akhil Varma

Ph.D. 2019

Email: akvarma [at] eng [dot] ucsd [dot] edu
Previous institution: LadHyX, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France


Graduate Students

Achal

Achal Mahajan

Ph.D. Candidate

Email: acmahaja [at] eng [dot] ucsd [dot] edu
Project: Active polymer hydrodynamics and physical modeling of chromatin
Previous institution: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India


Mohammadhossein

Mohammadhossein Firouznia

Ph.D. Candidate

Email: mfirouzn [at] eng [dot] ucsd [dot] edu
Project: Electrohydrodynamic instabilities in liquid-liquid systems
Previous institution: Ohio University, Athens, OH


Arijit

Arijit Mahapatra

Ph.D. Candidate (co-advised with Prof. Rangamani)

Email: armahapa [at] eng [dot] ucsd [dot] edu
Research: Transport phenomena in deformable fluid membranes
Previous institution: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India


Yuzhu

Yuzhu Chen

Ph.D. Candidate (co-advised with Prof. Rangamani)

Email: yuc034 [at] ucsd [dot] edu
Research: Modeling and simulations of cell spreading and locomotion
Previous institution: Fudan University, Shanghai, China


Tanumoy

Tanumoy Dhar

Ph.D. Candidate

Email: tdhar [at] ucsd [dot] edu
Research: Transport of active suspensions in complex media
Previous institution: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India


Brato

Chenji Li

M.S. Candidate

Email: chl043 [at] eng [dot] ucsd [dot] edu
Research: Models and simulations of sperm beating and locomotion
Previous institution: Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China


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May 2021: The paper "Signatures of elastoviscous buckling in the dilute rheology of stiff polymers" by Chakrabarti, Liu, du Roure, Lindner and Saintillan appeared in Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Click here to download the article.

April 2021: The paper "Spontaneous directional flow of active magnetic particles" by Nourhani and Saintillan appeared as a letter in Physical Review E. Click here to download the article.

April 2021: The Saintillan Research Group attended the 14th Southern California Flow Physics Symposium (So Cal Fluids XIV).

March 2021: Prof. Saintillan presented a Keynote Lecture at the 2021 APS Virtual March Meeting.

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