Andrew W. Woods
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Andy Woods FRS |
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| Born | Andrew William Woods |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
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| Website | www |
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University of Cambridge University of Bristol University of California, San Diego |
| Thesis | Geophysical fluid flows (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Herbert Huppert |
| Doctoral students | Sally Bower Silvana Cardoso Graham Veitch |
Andrew William Woods FRS is BP Professor at the University of Cambridge and a Professorial Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.
Woods studied the Mathematical Tripos as an undergraduate student of St John's College, Cambridge and completed his PhD in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) on geophysical fluid dynamics supervised by Herbert Huppert.
Woods spent two years as a Research Fellow at St Johns College and as a Green Scholar at the University of California, San Diego before taking up a lectureship for 5 years at the Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, Cambridge. After three years as Professor of Applied Mathematics at University of Bristol, he was appointed BP Professor and Head of the BP Institute, University of Cambridge.
His work is characterised by the development of simplified mathematical and experimental models of complex fluid flow processes covering a wide range of phenomena from the dynamics of explosive volcanic eruptions, to geothermal power generation, carbon sequestration and enhanced oil recovery in heterogeneous porous rocks. His work on the dynamics of mixing in turbulent buoyant plumes and gravity currents has led to new insights about the ascent height of volcanic eruption columns and the run-out distance of pyroclastic flow, as well as constraints on the dynamics of hydrothermal and oil plumes in the deep sea.
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