Rahil Valani

I am currently a Leverhulme-Peierls fellow at the University of Oxford with a broad interest in understanding dynamical behaviours of physical and biological systems. My specific interests are in the areas of active matter, chaotic dynamical systems and fluid dynamics. One aspect of my current work focuses on active nematics and mechanobiology in collaboration with Prof. Julia Yeomans and Prof. Sumesh Thampi.

Previously I was Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Adelaide working with Prof. Yvonne Stokes and Dr. Brendan Harding on a passive particle-fluid system of inertial migration of particles in curved duct fluid flow.

I completed my PhD on Superwalking Droplets and Generalised Pilot-Wave Dynamics from Monash University under the supervision of Dr. Anja Slim and Assoc. Prof. Tapio Simula. During my PhD, I performed experiments, theoretical analysis, and numerical modelling to understand an active particle-fluid system of superwalking droplets.