Research Interests: Dynamics of Complex Fluids

Rheology of emulsions and foams; Microfluidics; Interfacial flows, surfactant effects; Microcirculation, membranes; Drop breakup and coalescence; Transport in microstructured media

Education

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering

California Institute of Technology, June 1988

Dissertation Advisor: Professor G.R. Gavalas

“Heterogeneous reaction and diffusion in microstructured materials”

B.S. Chemical Engineering

Purdue University, May 1982

Academic Positions

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Yale University, 2003-present

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Yale University, 2000-2003

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Yale University, 1995-2000

Awards

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for “novel research

on viscous multiphase fluids leading to the development of predictive models for use in the

chemical and manufacturing industries,” 1999.

Outstanding Paper Award “Drop deformation and breakup in isotropic turbulence.”

AIChE annual meeting, 1997

CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 1996

Graduate Mentor Award, Yale University, 2003

Junior Faculty Fellowship, Yale University, 1999

Arthur Greer Memorial Prize, Yale University, 1997