Agnes Bokanyi-Toth
I am an applied mathematician PhD researcher at the Department of Mathematical Sciences (Loughborough University). My interdisciplinary project is in the field of fluid mechanics, namely investigating how electricity changes the shape of a suspended, dielectric liquid droplet.
As an applied mathematician, I am mainly driven by giving practical (meaning applicable and useful) responses to real-life challenges. My PhD project is a great example of how numerical mathematical models and direct numerical simulations can imitate and describe physical events and therefore explain certain behaviours.
Even though mathematicians do not usually visit labs, I conducted several experiments even involving high voltage. The devise in my hand is designed by us and aimed to hold one oil droplet while high voltage direct current is applied on the electrodes to observe the shape changes.
In addition to my research, communication has a high priority in my life as I always love to share my passion for mathematics. This involves teaching maths at any level and giving talks to various audiences such as at conferences and the Pint of Science.