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Dr Mazi Jalaal

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

Optimal disk packing of chloroplasts in plant cells
N Schramma, ER Weeks, M Jalaal
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(2025)
122,
e2511696122
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.2511696122)
Fragmentation and aggregation of cyanobacterial colonies
YZ Sinzato, R Uittenbogaard, PM Visser, J Huisman, M Jalaal
(2025)
(doi: 10.7554/elife.103503)
Fragmentation and aggregation of cyanobacterial colonies
YZ Sinzato, R Uittenbogaard, PM Visser, J Huisman, M Jalaal
(2025)
(doi: 10.7554/elife.103503.2)
Laser-induced droplet deformation: curvature inversion explained from instantaneous pressure impulse
HL França, HK Schubert, O Versolato, M Jalaal
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2025)
1020,
a21
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2025.10665)
Bouncing microdroplets on hydrophobic surfaces.
J McLauchlan, JS Walker, V Sanjay, M Jalaal, JP Reid, AM Squires, A Souslov
– Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
(2025)
122,
e2507309122
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.2507309122)
Bouncing microdroplets on hydrophobic surfaces
J McLauchlan, JS Walker, V Sanjay, M Jalaal, JP Reid, AM Squires, A Souslov
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(2025)
122,
e2507309122
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.2507309122)
Glandular trichome rupture in tomato plants is an ultra-fast and sensitive defense mechanism against insects
J Popowski, L Warma, A Abarca Cifuentes, P Bleeker, M Jalaal
– Journal of experimental botany
(2025)
76,
6508
(doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraf257)
Frozen by Heating: Temperature Controlled Dynamic States in Droplet Microswimmers
P Ramesh, Y Chen, P Räder, S Morsbach, M Jalaal, CC Maass
– Advanced Materials
(2025)
37,
e2416813
(doi: 10.1002/adma.202416813)
Fragmentation and aggregation of cyanobacterial colonies
YZ Sinzato, R Uittenbogaard, PM Visser, J Huisman, M Jalaal
(2025)
(doi: 10.7554/elife.103503.1)
Glandular Trichome Rupture in Tomato Plants is an Ultra-Fast & Sensitive Defense Mechanism Against Insects
J Popowski, L Warma, AA Cifuentes, P Bleeker, M Jalaal
(2024)
(doi: 10.1101/2024.12.18.629216)
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Research Group

Solid Mechanics

Email

m.jalaal@damtp.cam.ac.uk

Room

H0.12

Telephone

01223 764043

Personal homepage

http://www.fluidlab.nl

Study at Cambridge

About the University

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