- E-mail: A.Anderson@damtp
- Research Group:
Institute of Theoretical Geophysics - Other Research Interests:
Fluid Mechanics, Geophysics, Materials Science, Solidification - Office Tel: 01223 764071
- Office: H1.10
- Address:
DAMTP,
Centre for Mathematical Sciences,
Wilberforce Road,
Cambridge,
CB3 0WA,
United Kingdom - More Info (internal):
lookup.cam.ac.uk
Dr Anthony M. Anderson
Career
- 2012 - present: Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow
- 2012 - present: Isaac Newton Trust Fellow
- 2010 - 2012: NSF International Research Fellow, DAMTP
- 2009 - 2010: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University
- 2004 - 2009: Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University
Research
My current research is concerned with the solidification of multicomponent systems. The main focus of this work is on the freezing on colloidal suspensions, where we are combining theory and experiment to understand the physics of ice segregation, which is a phenomenon of interest in several areas, from frost heave to cryopreservation to the design advanced materials. I am also interested in the evolution of mushy layers, which commonly form during the solidification of multi-component melts (e.g. alloys and salt water).
From previous research experience, I also have interests in thin-film flows, the dynamics, stability, and freezing of foams, drop equilibria on structured substrates, and the growth of nanowires by the vapor-liquid-solid mechanism.
Selected Publications
- AMA & MG Worster. Periodic ice-banding in freezing colloidal dispersions. Langmuir. In review
- SM Roper, AMA, SH Davis & PW Voorhees. Radius selection and droplet unpinning in vapour-liquid-solid-grown nanowires. Journal of Applied Physics 107 (2010).
- AMA, LN Brush & SH Davis. Foam mechanics: spontaneous rupture of thinning liquid films with Plateau borders. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 658 (2010).
- AMA & SH Davis. Solidification of free liquid films. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 617 (2008).