Career
- 2006-present Professor of Fluid Dynamics, DAMTP, Cambridge
- 1997-present Teaching Fellow and Director of Studies at Trinity College, Cambridge
- 2001-2006 Reader in Fluid Dynamics, DAMTP, Cambridge
- 1997-2001 University Lecturer, Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, DAMTP, Cambridge
- 1992-1997 Royal Society University Research Fellow
- 1987-1993 Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge
- 1988-1990 Postdoctoral Reseach Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University.
Research
John Lister has a wide range of interests both in fundamental fluid mechanics and in the application of fluid mechanics to understand processes in geophysics. Some indication of this range is provided by the following topics:
Fluid driven crack propagation and dykes, Infinite-Prandtl number convection and mantle dynamics, Capillary pinch-off and film rupture, Similarity solutions and finite-time singularities, Viscous gravity currents and lava flows, Particle-laden flows, turbidity currents and sedimentation, The thermodynamics and fluid dynamics of the Earth's core, Low Reynolds number flow, Flows with solidification or temperature-dependent viscosity.
Selected Publications
Publications
Using a squeegee on a layer of viscous or viscoplastic fluid
– Physical Review Fluids
(2022)
7,
104101
Nonuniversal self-similarity for jump-to-contact dynamics between viscous drops under van der Waals attraction
– Phys Rev Lett
(2022)
129,
064501
Viscous flow under an elastic sheet
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2020)
905,
a30
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2020.745)
Buoyancy-driven plumes in a layered porous medium
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2019)
883,
a37
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2019.888)
Motion of a non-axisymmetric particle in viscous shear flow
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2019)
872,
532
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2019.367)
Viscous control of shallow elastic fracture: Peeling without precursors
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2019)
868,
119
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2019.185)
Viscous-fingering mechanisms under a peeling elastic sheet
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2019)
864,
1177
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2019.59)
Shock formation in two-layer equal-density viscous gravity currents
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2019)
863,
730
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2018.1015)
Viscous fingering in a radial elastic-walled Hele-Shaw cell
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2018)
849,
163
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2018.404)
Capillary retraction of the edge of a stretched viscous sheet
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2018)
844,
r1
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2018.252)
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