Post-doctoral fellows
None at the present time.
PhD students
Ana Mucalica, Department of Mathematics
Ana graduated her M.Sc. in Mathematics at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. During her Master's studies, Ana worked on the analytical and numerical treatment of nonlinear dispersive equations, specifically the interaction of solitons with a non-uniform background. She joined UBC in May 2024 and her PhD research is aimed to tackle the computation and physical analysis of particle-laden blood flow in the microvasculature, including the dispersion and interaction of drug nano-carriers with red blood cells.
Alireza Yazdani, Department of Mathematics
Alireza started his Ph.D. in mathematics at UBC in September 2021, following his graduation with M.Sc. in mathematics at Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada. His Ph.D. studies are intended to aim at parallel computing of granular dynamics using the discrete element method on GPU. In his M.Sc., he worked on domain decomposition algorithms, especially Schwarz, for modeling large-scale phenomena that occur on surfaces.
Xudong Yuan, Department of Mathematics
Xudong began his Ph.D. program in Mathematics at UBC in September 2024, after completing his M.Eng in Mechanical Engineering at UBC. During his master's studies, he worked on the numerical simulation of active Brownian particle suspensions. His Ph.D. research focuses on particle-resolved computational fluid dynamics simulation and efficient numerical algorithm development.
Masters students
Conor Olive, Department of Mathematics
Conor obtained his B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics at University of California, Merced. During his undergraduate studies, Conor used data-driven methods to create new models for turbidity currents generated by deep sea mining. He joined UBC in September 2024 and will complete a M.Sc. thesis focused around the large-scale spread of flexible microplastic fibers in the ocean.
Undergraduate students
None at the present time.
Affiliated or long-term visiting students
Maxime Houlette, Department of Mathematics
Maxime is a first year Masters studenty at Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, Champs-sur-Marne, France with a broad interest in applied mathematics, scientific computing and fluid mechanics. During his 6-month internship, supported by a Mitacs Globalink fellowship, he contributes to the implementation and the validation of numerical models of particle-laden flows.
Zhihao Wang, Department of Mathematics
Zhihao is a 4th year PhD student at Hohai University, Nanjing, China, who is interested in sediment transport. Over the three first years of his PhD, Zhihao primarily conducted experiments of settling of particles of various shape. Over his 1-year visit in our group, supported by a CSC fellowship, Zhihao complements the analysis of his experimental results with numerical simulations using the numerical models developed by our group.
Prof. Guodong Gai, IMFT, University of Toulouse
Guodong Gai is an associate professor at the University of Toulouse and is affiliated to the Fluid Mechanics Institute of Toulouse. Previously, he spent four years at UBC as a post-doctoral fellow. His research interests pertain to the numerical modelling of flows laden with particles, ranging from angular rigid bodies to deformable capsules.
Alumni students

Post-doc fellows:
  • Anirudh Mukundan, 2020-2023
  • Litao Zhu, 2021-2023
  • Antoine Morente, 2021-2023
  • Arthur Ghigo, 2018-2021
  • Can Selcuk, 2017-2019
  • Francois Audard, 2017-2018
  • Andriarimina Daniel Rakotonirina, 2016-2017
  • Amir Esteghamatian, 2016-2017
  • Mona Rahmani, 2013-2014
  • Ludovic Briquet, 2013-2014
  • Abdelkader Hammouti, 2010-2011
  • Vincent Topin, 2011
  • Laurence Girolami, 2009
  • Jacques Kouakou, 2007-2008
  • Calin Dan, 2007-2008
  • Zhaosheng Yu, 2005-2006

PhD students:
  • Layal Jbara, 2020-2025
  • Joao Pedro Cunha, 2021-2024
  • Aashish Goyal, 2019-2024
  • Zihao Cheng, 2019-2023
  • Damien Huet, 2018-2023
  • Arman Seyed-Ahmadi, 2016-2020
  • Mostafa Sulaiman, 2015-2018
  • Emad Chaparian, 2014-2018
  • Florian Euzenat, 2014-2017
  • Andriarimina Daniel Rakotonirina, 2013-2016
  • Amir Esteghamatian, 2013-2016
  • Ida Karimfazli, 2010-2015
  • Ferdaous Dorai, 2011-2014
  • Manuel Bernard, 2011-2014
  • Kateryna Voronetska, 2008-2011
  • Reda Bouamra, 2005-2008
  • Guillaume Vinay, 2002-2005

Masters students:
  • Mohammad Hosseini, 2018-2020
  • Arun Rajendran, 2018-2019
  • Eric Lepesan, 2005
  • Amine Ben Allal, 2005
  • Jérémie Batias, 2004
  • Saad El Mahi, 2004
  • Marc-Antoine Lafay, 2004
  • Lassaad Ben Moussa, 2003
  • Albert Ly, 2003
  • Déborah Chevaleyre, 2003
  • Stéphanie Lozachmeur, 2002
  • Sébastien Serre, 2002
  • Céline Pignoly, 2002
  • Guillaume Vinay, 2002

Undergraduate students:
  • Ronak Vimadalal, 2018

Visiting students:
  • Anke Smeets, 2022-2023, 11 months, Masters, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Matthieu Barcet, 2023, 1 month, PhD, EDF-Chatou, France
  • Daniel Guedes de Oliveira, 2018, 3 months, PhD, Louisiana State University, USA
  • Michael Kreitmer, 2019, 6 months, Masters, TU Munich, Germany
  • Christine Beaulieu, 2017-2019, 18 months, PhD, Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytech Montreal