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Personal profile
Biography
I am a fluid mechanist and academic in the Department of Mathematics 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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Projects
Absolute versus convective instabilities in three-dimensional boundary layers
1/01/17 → …
Project: Research
Controlling supersonic boundary layers in 3d metal-printing technology
2/10/17 → 28/02/18
Project: Research
Research Outputs
- 6 Article
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
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
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Citation
(Scopus)
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
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
1
Citation
(Scopus)
The effect of seam imperfections on the unsteady flow within a fluid-filled torus
Calabretto, S. A. W., Mattner, T. W. & Denier, J. P., 2015, In : Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 767, p. 240-253 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Citations
(Scopus)
Prizes
Finalist, 2019 Celestino Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science
Sophie Calabretto (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Other distinction
Nominee, The Advertiser Woman of the Year Award
Sophie Calabretto (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
Turbulence: the maths of fluids, and chaos in the real world
Sophie Calabretto (Speaker)16 Jun 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Fluids behaving badly
Sophie Calabretto (Speaker)12 Mar 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
The development of spiral instabilities in the boundary layer on a rotating sphere
Sophie Calabretto (Speaker)24 Nov 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Sutherland Shire Pathways to Success – STEM
Sophie Calabretto (Speaker)5 Jun 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
A career with mathematics? (a.k.a. pretty much every career)
Sophie Calabretto (Speaker)24 Jan 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Press / Media
Dr Sophie Calabretto - Humans of NCI
14/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
What’s the opposite of infinity? | Elevator Pitch
25/11/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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
For the perfect martini, thank fluid mechanics
20/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities