About

My PhD studies focused on turbulence and secondary currents in open-channel flow. Since then, I have developed a particular interest in applying a cross-disciplinary approach to fluid mechanics. My research spans diverse topics and applications, including large-scale turbulence in wall-bounded flows, flows over vegetated or rough beds, flow development in open channels, drag reduction in turbulent boundary layers, blood flows in stented arteries, Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, and fish hydrodynamics. My core technical expertise lies in experimental fluid mechanics, particularly particle image velocimetry, as well as in theoretical developments based on the double-averaging approach (in space and time) for analysing spatially heterogeneous flows, and in the statistical analysis of turbulent flows. My professional experience is divided between the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory at the University of Aberdeen (United Kingdom), where I studied free-surface flows, the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory at the University of Melbourne (Australia), where I studied turbulent boundary layers in a wind tunnel, and the Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics Laboratory at the University of Padua (Italy), where I am currently studying the characteristics of blood flow in the human body.

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Scientist/Researcher/Academic

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Universities and Academia

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