Applications are invited by highly talented researchers for a 30 months Postdoctoral Research Associate position funded by the EPSRC Grant  “Fluid Processes in Smart Microengineered Devices: Hydrodynamics and Thermodynamics in Microspace,† under the joint supervision of Prof. Serafim Kalliadasis (Chemical Engineering, Imperial) and Dr. Marc Pradas (Mathematics & Statistics, Open University).

The project concerns the theoretical-computational investigation of hydrodynamics of smart microengineered devices in the presence of complexities such as vapour-liquid interfaces and critical phenomena-phase transitions, thus ultimately bridging the gap between microfluidics and modern theoretical physics. It is in collaboration with the molecular modelling and simulation group of Prof. Amparo Galindo (Chemical Engineering, Imperial College) and the experimental microchemical engineering groups of Prof. Asterios Gavriilidis and Prof. Eva Sorensen (Chemical Engineering, University College London).

The successful candidate should have a PhD (or equivalent) in Mathematics, Physics, Engineering or other related area and a strong foundation on general mathematical modelling and mathematical techniques (analytical and numerical). A good knowledge of interfacial fluid mechanics and critical phenomena theory is highly desirable.

He/she will join a highly interdisciplinary team working on a wide variety of exciting projects at the interface between applied mathematics and engineering science fundamentals.

If you would like to discuss the project, please contact Prof. Serafim Kalliadasis at S.Kalliadasis@imperial.ac.uk, Telephone:  +44-(0)-20-7594-1373, postal address:  Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK.