Following this I undertook a PhD at The University of Bristol, with Andrew Hogg, initial research being on volcanic ash clouds and particle suspension in rivers, later moving on to analysis and simulation of gravity currents.

Next, I spent two years as a PostDoc, with Robert Dorrell, at The University of Hull, where my work was funded by The Turbidites Research Group in Leeds. Here, my work focussed on developing models of the body of gravity currents to incorporate more realistic effects, particularly the vertical structure.

I am now a National Fellow in Fluid Dynamics, which I began in Hull and have now moved to Loughborough. In this work I am developing a model of the front of the current which incorporates critical mixing processes.

Key collaborators

My research and enterprise activities are conducted with a range of academic and stakeholder partners, including:

• University of Leeds
• University of Bristol
• Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• University of Hull
• University of Manchester