Chris Howland

Modelling turbulence in the natural environment

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S1.74 Science South

University College Dublin

Belfield, Dublin 4

I am a fluid dynamicist interested in the fundamental physics at the heart of various environmental and geophysical flows. I use idealised numerical simulations to investigate the roles of buoyancy, phase changes and turbulence on processes in the natural environment.

High performance computing is a vital tool for my research, which also makes me interested in advanced numerical methods and how to deploy them at scale. I have contributed to the development of a number of flow simulation software codes using both pseudospectral and finite difference methods, some of which you can find at the repositories page.

I am now an assistant professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at University College Dublin. I previously worked as a postdoc in the Physics of Fluids group at the University of Twente, after studying for my PhD at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge.

In my spare time you might find me cooking, shaking cocktails, running around a tennis court, or playing cello in an orchestra. More likely, you’ll find me sat on the sofa enjoying some good TV drama.

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    A front-tracking immersed-boundary framework for simulating Lagrangian melting problems
    Kevin Zhong, Christopher J. Howland, Detlef Lohse, and 1 more author
    J. Comput. Phys., Mar 2025
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    Turbulent mixed convection in vertical and horizontal channels
    Christopher J. Howland, Guru Sreevanshu Yerragolam, Roberto Verzicco, and 1 more author
    J. Fluid Mech., Nov 2024
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    Towards the understanding of convective dissolution in confined porous media: thin bead pack experiments, two-dimensional direct numerical simulations and physical models
    Marco De Paoli, Christopher J. Howland, Roberto Verzicco, and 1 more author
    J. Fluid Mech., May 2024
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    Double-diffusive transport in multicomponent vertical convection
    Christopher J. Howland, Roberto Verzicco, and Detlef Lohse
    Phys. Rev. Fluids, Jan 2023