Dr Soroush Abolfathi

Dr Soroush Abolfathi
Associate Professor
Co-Lead, Global Research Priorities (GRPs) in Sustainable Cities
Soroush.Abolfathi@warwick.ac.uk
+44 (0) 24 7652 2923
Biography
Soroush is an associate professor in Water and Environmental Engineering at the School of Engineering and a member of Warwick Centre for Predictive Modelling.
2004 – 2008 BEng in Civil Engineering
2009 – 2011 MSc in Civil Engineering (Coastal and Offshore Engineering)
2012 – 2016 PhD in Coastal Engineering (Victoria Fernandes Fellowship, Warwick)
Thesis: Nearshore Mixing due to the effects of Waves and Currents
Research Interests
Pollution transport in the environment (solute and microplastics)
Resilient infrastructures to natural hazards, climate change and flooding
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Other Responsibilities
Soroush is currently chair of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) for Coventry and Warwickshire branchLink opens in a new window and serves as a member (Vice-Chair) of the UK Leadership TeamLink opens in a new window for International Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR).
Opportunities
Post-Doctoral Positions:
I am currently looking to recruit Postdoctoral Research Fellows. Applicants should have an engineering background (Fluid Dynamics) with a strong mathematical component. Familiarity with computing and numerical analysis would be advantageous. For further details, please send me your CV before the end of July 2023.
Ph.D. Positions:
PhDs: I am currently looking to take on PhD students. Applicants should have an engineering background (Fluid Dynamics) with a strong mathematical component. Familiarity with computing and numerical analysis would be advantageous. For further details, please contact me.
(1) Particle mixing in dynamic microscopic waterscapes: Implications for microbial ecology
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/postgraduate/phdm/project/sa
(2) Modelling Pollution Transport in Vegetated Flow Environment
(3) Fate of Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment
https://centa.ac.uk/studentship/the-fate-of-microplastics-in-aquatic-environments/
(4) Engineering Flash Graphene for Novel Low-Cost Plastic Recycling Technology
(5) The behaviour of polymer colloids in freshwater flow environment
Please note the deadline for the above positions is Wed 11th of Jan 2023.