Adrian van Kan
avankan at berkeley.edu
Department of Physics
University of California at Berkeley
USA
Hi! I'm a physicist passionate about fluid mechanics, specifically turbulence, and other topics in nonlinear and stochastic dynamics. My primary experience is in using numerical simulations, modelling and theory of geophysical (oceanic and atmospheric) turbulence to understand self-organisation and the formation of structures (e.g. hurricane-like vortices) in these flows.
I'm currently a Postdoc working at UC Berkeley under the supervision of Prof. Edgar Knobloch, co-supervised by Keith Julien (CU Boulder). I am studying instability-driven turbulence and rotating convection. During my PhD at Ecole normale supérieure (ENS), working with Alexandros Alexakis and Marc Brachet I explored nonequilibrium phase transitions in rotating and stratified turbulence, and in turbulence confined within thin layers.
Here you can download a detailed PDF version of my CV.
Below you find a list of my past and present collaborators, in reverse chronological order, grouped by the institution I was at when the collaboration started (UC Berkeley, ENS Paris, Universität Heidelberg, Imperial College London).
Prof. Edgar Knobloch (University of California, Berkeley)