Dr Adriana Pesci
College positions: Teaching Bye-Fellow, College Lecturer in Mathematics
University position: Senior Research Associate
Subject: Mathematics
Dr Adriana Irma Pesci is a Teaching Bye-Fellow and College Lecturer in Mathematics at Magdalene College.
Dr Adriana Irma Pesci is an applied mathematician and mathematical physicist specialising in fluid dynamics.
Her research topics include lattice models of polymer solutions, Hele-Shaw flow, the flagellar motion of organisms in fluids, soap films on Möbius strips, and the Leidenfrost effect.
KEY PUBLICATIONS
Antiphase Synchronization in a Flagellar-Dominance Mutant of Chlamydomonas. Kyriacos C. Leptos, Kirsty Y. Wan, Marco Polin, Idan Tuval, Adriana I. Pesci, and Raymond E. Goldstein. Physical Review Letters 111, 158101 (2013).
Topological Constraints and Their Breakdown in Dynamical Evolution. Raymond E. Goldstein, H. Keith Moffatt, and Adriana I. Pesci. Nonlinearity 25, R85-R98 (2012).