ERC Starting Grant · 2023
Understanding The Fluid Mechanics of Algal Bloom Across Scales
One of the most life-threatening consequences of global warming is the perturbation of natural ecosystems. Among the detrimental impacts, the increased frequency and intensity of Cyanobacterial blooms (overgrowth of microscopic bacteria in aquatic systems) seriously threaten drinking water and devastate ecosystems and the economy. The challenge now is to accurately predict the formation of Cyanobacterial bloom and find feasible mitigation strategies. This poses a new paradigm in complex fluids and flows where rheology, fluid mechanics, and biophysics are intertwined across scales: (1) rheological properties on the microorganism level (few microns), (2) mesoscopic phenomena of formation and…
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