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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Career

  • 2026 - present:  Associate Professor in Biological Physics & Fluid Dynamics, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
  • 2025 - present:  Associate Professor in Soft Matter, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam
  • 2021 - 2025: Assistant Professor in Soft Matter, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam
  • 2019-2021: Wellcome Trust Interdisciplinary & Leverhulme Early Career Postdoc Fellow, DAMTP, University of Cambridge 
  • 2017-2019: Postdoc, Physics of Fluids Goup, University of Twente
  • 2012-2017: Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia

 

My research mainly focuses on fluid dynamics, soft matter, and biological physics. Our team combines experiments, computation, and theory to study the flow of complex fluids and the biophysics of living organisms, addressing industrial, medical, and environmental challenges. Please see my personal webpage for more information: https://www.fluidlab.nl/

Publications

Unsteady Motion of a Single Rising Bubble in Low Reynolds Numbers: An Analytical Study
M Jalaal, D Ganji
– International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research
(2011)
38,
38
One-dimensional single rising bubble at low Reynolds numbers: solution of equation of motion by differential transformation method
M Jalaal, S Ghafoori, M Motevalli, MG Nejad, DD Ganji
– Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
(2010)
7,
256
An experimental study on the motion, deformation and electrical charging of water drops falling in oil in the presence of high voltage DC electric field
M Jalaal, B Khorshidi, E Esmaeilzadeh
– Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
(2010)
34,
1498
Numerical simulation of joule heating phenomenon using meshless RBF-DQ method
H Bararnia, M Jalaal, E Ghasemi, S Soleimani, DD Ganji, F Mohammadi
– International Journal of Thermal Sciences
(2010)
49,
2117
Local RBF-DQ method for two-dimensional transient heat conduction problems
S Soleimani, M Jalaal, H Bararnia, E Ghasemi, DD Ganji, F Mohammadi
– International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
(2010)
37,
1411
Behavior of a single bubble in a nonuniform D.C. Electric field
M Jalaal, B Khorshidi, E Esmaeilzadeh, F Mohammadi
– Chemical Engineering Communications
(2010)
198,
19
An analytical study on settling of non-spherical particles
M Jalaal, DD Ganji, G Ahmadi
– Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
(2010)
7,
63
Characteristics of deformation and electrical charging of large water drops immersed in an insulating liquid on the electrode surface.
B Khorshidi, M Jalaal, E Esmaeilzadeh, F Mohammadi
– Journal of colloid and interface science
(2010)
352,
211
Analytical investigation on acceleration motion of a vertically falling spherical particle in incompressible Newtonian media
M Jalaal, DD Ganji, G Ahmadi
– Advanced Powder Technology
(2010)
21,
298
An analytical study on motion of a sphere rolling down an inclined plane submerged in a Newtonian fluid
M Jalaal, DD Ganji
– Powder Technology
(2010)
198,
82
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Research Groups

Biological Physics and Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics
Solid Mechanics
Theoretical Geophysics

Room

H0.12

Telephone

01223 764043

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