Gergely Buza - 2020 cohort

   Gergely Buza gb643@cam.ac.uk

   Hungary

   Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Churchill College

  PhD thesis: To be confirmed

   Research interests:

   1. Dynamical systems

   2. Turbulent flows

   3. Differential geometry

My PhD covers a variety of topics at the interface between dynamical systems and turbulent flows. The dynamical systems approach has proven to be a valuable tool in addressing Newtonian turbulence, however, not much is understood in the context of viscoelastic flows, for instance. As a first task, I will map out how certain linear instabilities evolve in the phase space by performing a bifurcation analysis, which will hopefully reveal the dynamical mechanisms responsible for inertial turbulence in viscoelastic flows. This will then open the pathway to explain many unanswered questions of turbulence in the viscoelastic setting.

Who or what inspired you to pursue your research interests?

I am just genuinely fascinated by the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in different areas of physics, and managing to successfully explain physical phenomena with it is a very rewarding experience.