Michael Grae Worster (born 16 July 1958) is a British
fluid dynamicist at the
University of Cambridge
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. He is a professor at the
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and a Fellow of
Trinity College, Cambridge
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. Since 2007, he has been the editor-in-chief of the ''
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
The ''Journal of Fluid Mechanics'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of fluid mechanics. It publishes original work on theoretical, computational, and experimental aspects of the subject.
The journal is published by Cambridge Un ...
''. He is also an associate faculty member of the
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences. In 2006, he was elected Fellow of the
American Physical Society
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and of the European Mechanics Society.
Education
In 1979, he obtained a B.A. from the University of Cambridge, where he then continued his studies, completing his Ph.D. there in 1983 under the supervision of
Herbert Huppert.
History of Employment
Source:
1983–1989: Research Fellow, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK.
1983–1985: Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
1989–1992: Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, USA.
1992–2000: Assistant Director of Research, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK.
2000–2001: Senior Lecturer, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK.
2001–2004: Reader, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK.
2004–present: Professor, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK.
Personal life
He married Jacqueline Bould of
Cottenham in June 1988.
[''Cambridge Daily News'' Wednesday 22 June 1988, page 11]
References
Living people
1958 births
British physicists
Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology staff
British expatriates in the United States
Journal of Fluid Mechanics editors
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