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Dr Soroush Abolfathi

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Dr Soroush Abolfathi

Associate Professor 

Co-Lead, Global Research Priorities (GRPs) in Sustainable Cities

Soroush dot Abolfathi at warwick dot ac dot uk
+44 (0) 24 7652 2923

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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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    Selected Publications

    Projects and Grants

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    Teaching

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    Other Responsibilities

    Soroush is currently chair of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) for Coventry and Warwickshire branch and serves as a member (Vice-Chair) of the UK Leadership Team 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

    https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/modelling-pollution-transport-in-vegetated-flow-environment/?p148816 

    (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

    https://centa.ac.uk/studentship/engineering-flash-graphene-for-novel-low-cost-plastic-recycling-technology/ 

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

    https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/the-behaviour-of-polymer-colloids-in-freshwater-flow-environment/?p149124 

    Please note the deadline for the above positions is Wed 11th of Jan 2023.

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