Supervisors: Dr Mohad Nezhad, Dr. Tim Sullivan, Prof. Gary Bending

External partner: Dr. Reza Zolfaghari (Bayer A.G.)

Spatial and temporal fluctuations in fluid behaviour control mixing and reaction processes. Observations show that velocity fluctuations are correlated with mixing and reaction rates, and degree of these correlations vary across the scale. These provide compelling evidence that the key statistics of reaction parameters driving the transport processes are scale dependent and functions of the increments of porous media geometrical characteristics. This project aims to develop theoretical and computational frameworks to assimilate data associated with diverse variables (e.g., velocity, dispersity, reaction rates) collected at a range of scales (from micrometres to kilometres) and combine these to provide predictions of reactive solute dynamics and quantify associated uncertainties across the scales.

The candidate will benefit from HetSys CDT training on computational data science and geostatistical methods and will perform research in the field of reactive transport and turbulent mixing processes in porous media in collaboration with partners at Bayer A.G. (Germany).