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Personal profile
Biography
I am a fluid mechanist and honorary academic in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at Macquarie University.
My research interests include the unsteady flow of rotating fluids, specifically focusing on the dynamics resulting from impulsive changes in rotation rate, including the formation of boundary layers, their subsequent evolution, and the formation of instabilities. I am also interested in transitional turbulence, and rotational coherence in three-dimensional turbulent flows.
My real website: https://sophiecalabretto.github.io/
External positions
Honorary Associate Professor, ACE Research Group, The University of Leicester
7 Jan 2020 → …Honorary Associate Professor in Applied Mathematics, The University of Leicester
Nov 2018 → …Network
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Absolute versus convective instabilities in three-dimensional boundary layers
1/01/17 → …
Project: Research
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Controlling supersonic boundary layers in 3d metal-printing technology
2/10/17 → 28/02/18
Project: Research
Research Outputs
- 7 Article
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Transition in the flow due to a rotating sphere: simulating isolated roughness
Calabretto, S. A. W. & Denier, J. P., Jul 2020, In: Physics of Fluids. 32, 7, p. 1-12 12 p., 074108.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An experimental and computational study of the post-collisional flow induced by an impulsively rotated sphere
Calabretto, S. A. W., Denier, J. P. & Levy, B., 25 Dec 2019, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 881, p. 772-793 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Instabilities in the flow around an impulsively rotated sphere
Calabretto, S. A. W. & Denier, J. P., 16 Jul 2019, In: Physical Review Fluids. 4, 7, p. 1-14 14 p., 073904.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The transient development of the flow in an impulsively rotated annular container
Calabretto, S. A. W., Denier, J. P. & Mattner, T. W., Dec 2018, In: Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics. 32, 6, p. 821-845 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
The flow external to a rotating torus
Calabretto, S. A. W., Denier, J. P. & Mattner, T. W., 1 Aug 2016, In: Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics. 30, 4, p. 295-312 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Prizes
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Finalist, 2019 Celestino Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science
Calabretto, Sophie (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Other distinction
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Nominee, The Advertiser Woman of the Year Award
Calabretto, Sophie (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Turbulence: the maths of fluids, and chaos in the real world
Sophie Calabretto (Speaker)
16 Jun 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Fluids behaving badly
Sophie Calabretto (Speaker)
12 Mar 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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A career with mathematics? (a.k.a. pretty much every career)
Sophie Calabretto (Speaker)
24 Jan 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Global instabilities in the flow around a rotating sphere
Sophie Calabretto (Speaker)
5 Feb 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Some new results on the flow induced by rotating bodies
Sophie Calabretto (Speaker)
25 Jun 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Press / Media
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Dr Sophie Calabretto - Humans of NCI
14/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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What’s the opposite of infinity? | Elevator Pitch
25/11/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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3 reasons you don’t have to be a ‘genius’ to be good at maths
6/08/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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For the perfect martini, thank fluid mechanics
20/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities