Curriculum Vitae

Appointments

  • Agalmic Ltd
    • Owner & Director, 2019 →
  • University of Southampton, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering
    • Visitor, 2019 →
    • Associate Professor, → 2019
    • Senior Lecturer, → 2014
  • University of Sheffield, Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
    • Lecturer, → 2013
  • Imperial College London
    • Imperial College Research Fellow, Department of Aeronautics, → 2011
    • Research Associate, Department of Aeronautics & EEE (joint), → 2009
  • JP Morgan Europe, Options Flow Trader, → 2004
  • EA Capital (UK) Ltd, Quantitative Researcher, → 2003
  • Imperial College, Research Assistant, → 2002

Qualifications

  • Fellow of the (UK) Higher Education Academy
  • PhD, DIC, Tokamak Modelling and Control, Imperial College London
  • MSci Physics, (1st class), University College London

Metrics

  • Erdös number 4
  • H-index 21
  • graduated 5 PhD students
  • 13 PhD examinations
  • >20 invited talks.

Teaching

  • Advanced Control Design (2014 → 2019)
  • (Fluid) Flow Control (2014 → 2019)
  • Control and Instrumentation (2013 → 2019)
  • Thermofluids (2013 → 2019)
  • Robust & Advanced Control (2011 → 2013)
  • Introduction to Matlab (2011 → 2013)
  • Introductory computing (2010)
  • MSc & UG projects 2010 → 2019

Programming languages

  • That I use daily and like: Hy, python, SQL
  • That I like: Clojure, C
  • That I tolerate: bash, Matlab, C++
  • That I have forgotten: k/kdb+, perl, Fortran

Research grants

As principal investigator:

  • Understanding and Controlling Wall Turbulence, AFOSR/EOARD (2014): USD 97,301
  • Imperial College Research Fellowship (2009): GBP 132,141
  • British Council / JISTEC REES Scholarship (1999)

As co-/partner-investigator:

  • Extending the Buffet Envelope, EPSRC EP/R037167/1 (2018): GBP 311,065
  • Engineering Leaders of the Future, EPSRC EP/L026651/1 (2014): GBP 25,122
  • High-fidelity simulations for new models that reduce noise pollution, ARC (2018): AUD 601,278
  • Textured Roughness to Control Turbulent Pipe Flow, ARC (2012): AUD 551,690

As named researcher:

  • A Systems-Theory Approach to Flow Control, EPSRC EP/E017304/1 (2006): GBP 273,132

Publications