PhD in Fluid Mechanics

This PhD project involves the investigation of how bubbles and vortices can be harnessed to extract microplastics from water. Combining vortex dynamics, bubble physics, and experimentation, you’ll develop novel microplastic retrieval methods while advancing your skills in multiphase and unsteady flows, imaging, and data-driven analysis. The research focuses on understanding how large-scale vortices can trap and transport surfactant-laden bubbles, leading to new scaling laws and potential pathways for flow-based microplastic retrieval. This interdisciplinary project provides hands-on training in experimental methods, coding, and scientific communication within the Experimental Fluids Group at Southampton.