Research Fellow in geophysical fluid dynamics — rotating & stratified flows, coherent structures

I am a physicist working in geophysical fluid dynamics, currently a Research Fellow in the Vortex Dynamics Group at the University of St Andrews, working with Daphné Lemasquerier.

I am interested in rotating and stratified flows, especially coherent structures such as vortices, fronts and filaments, as well as Ekman layers, inertial oscillations, instabilities and convection. I combine laboratory experiments, numerical modelling and theory to understand the physical mechanisms behind how these structures form, evolve and interact.

My PhD (Université Grenoble Alpes, IGE & LEGI) looked at how wind and convection mix the upper ocean, and at the dynamics of turbulent Ekman layers. More on the research page.

News

  • Oct 2026 Started as a Research Fellow in the Vortex Dynamics Group, University of St Andrews.
  • Sep 2026 PhD defended at Université Grenoble Alpes — manuscript.
  • 2025 Wind-mixed layer deepening in a rotating frame published in GAFD — publications.
  • Jun 2025 Talk at ICGAFD, Brest.
Particle streaks in a rotating convection experiment
Particle streaks lit by LEDs in a rotating convection experiment (GFD lab, University of Oxford): columnar structures at the centre, a baroclinic jet near the edges. Colours show time.