Dr Soroush Abolfathi

Biography

Soroush is Reader in Water and Environmental Engineering at the School of Engineering.

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)

Research Interests

Pollution transport in the environment (solute and microplastics)

Resilient infrastructures to natural hazards, climate change and flooding

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 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 AI, computing, and numerical analysis would be advantageous. For further details, please send me your CV.

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, numerical analysis, and advanced machine learning approaches would be advantageous. For further details, please contact me.

(1) Particle mixing in dynamic microscopic waterscapes: Implications for microbial ecology (LinkLink opens in a new window)

(2) Modelling Pollution Transport in Vegetated Flow Environment (Link)

(3) Fate of Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment (Link)

(4) Engineering Flash Graphene for Novel Low-Cost Plastic Recycling Technology (Link)

(5) The behaviour of polymer colloids in freshwater flow environment (Link)