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Professor Rob Poole is Harrison Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering having previously been Head of Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering (2016-2021). He is currently co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics. Current research interests include constitutive modelling of non-Newtonian fluids, rheology, purely-elastic instabilities and turbulent flow. He has extensive experience of conducting rheological measurements in both shear and extensional flow, primarily for polymeric solutions, but also for wormlike micellar surfactant systems, fluids exhibiting a yield stress and consumer products. |
Dr. Esther García-Tuñón is an UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering and the Materials Innovation Factory at the University of Liverpool. Her research aims to bridge advanced materials discovery and manufacturing, with a focus on the design and understanding of complex fluids for 3D printing applications. Her expertise includes studying yield stress fluids (thixotropic and elastic-viscous-plastic materials) from a rheology-structure perspective. Her research combines bulk rheological measurements with direct visualisation using bright field, polarised, and fluorescence microscopy. |
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Dr. Anders Aufderhorst-Roberts is a Lecturer in Sustainable & Biological Materials at the University of Liverpool and a Visiting Fellow at Durham University. His research group is focused on the use and development of experimental tools to characterise the dynamic and responsive behaviour of soft and biological materials under changing mechanical environments. His PhD at the University of Cambridge investigating the self-assembly of small molecules for food and personal care applications, in collaboration with Unilever R&D. His postdoctoral experience at the University of Leeds and at AMOLF, in the Netherlands focussed on materials characterisation of soft, biological and bioinspired materials. His research interests are diverse encompassing both fundamental material science, formulation and biological materials research and his group’s funding is diverse, spanning industry, government and charitable foundations |
Dr. Henry Ng obtained his PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2012 under the guidance of Ivan Marusic, Jason Monty and Min Chong. Prior to re-joining Liverpool, he was a Research Associate at the University of Melbourne (2011-2012,2020-2021), the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (2012-2014), the University of Cambridge (2014-2017), the University of Liverpool (2017-2020) and RMIT University (2021-2023). During that time, Henry has contributed to several Defence (DSTG-Australia, DSO-Singapore) and Industry (Rolls Royce, National Nuclear Laboratory) funded projects. His primary research interest is experimental fluid mechanics focussing on wall-bounded turbulent flows, applied aero- and hydrodynamics, the rheology of complex fluids, and the design and construction of bespoke flow rigs. |
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Dr. Haopeng Wang is a Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Liverpool, where he leads the Transport Infrastructure Research Group. He obtained his PhD from Delft University of Technology in 2021. From 2021 to 2023, he was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow at the Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme. Dr. Wang has published over 50 papers in high-impact academic journals and conferences. He was recognized in Stanford University's lists of the world's top 2% most cited scientists in both 2022 and 2023 (Field: Building & Construction; Subfield: Logistics & Transportation). His research interests include 1) Rheological characterisation of bituminous materials; 2) Constitutive modelling of viscoelastic materials; 3) Polymer-modified bitumen, including thermoplastic, thermosetting, and rubber-modified bitumen; 4) Ageing and rejuvenation of binders. He serves as an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Pavement Engineering and as an Editorial Board Member for Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure.
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