Florencia Falkinhoff

Dr. Florencia Falkinhoff serves as Group Leader of the Small-scale Dynamics in Turbulence research group and Ombudsperson at the Laboratory for Fluid Physics, Pattern Formation and Biocomplexity (LFPB) within the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen, Germany.

Her academic background includes:

• Ph.D. in Physics from École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (France), funded by IFP Energies Nouvelles, focusing on porous media and hydrodynamics of fixed particle beds
• M.Sc. in Physics from University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), specializing in direct numerical simulations of particle-laden turbulent flows

Her research centers on fundamental turbulence mechanisms at microscopic scales, utilizing the Göttingen Variable Density Turbulence Tunnel (VDTT) to investigate stochasticity in turbulent flows and energy dissipation dynamics. She pioneers experimental approaches to separate deterministic and random velocity field components through repeated turbulence generation (up to 30,000 iterations), advancing predictability models for technological and natural flow systems. Concurrently, she conducts atmospheric boundary layer research through instrumented balloon field experiments, analyzing Lagrangian dispersion of aerosols and gases at scales from 100 meters to 50 kilometers.

The Small-scale Dynamics in Turbulence group operates within LFPB's experimental infrastructure, collaborating with Dr. Bagheri and Prof. Bodenschatz to bridge theoretical fluid dynamics with real-world atmospheric transport phenomena, addressing critical gaps in understanding extreme events at turbulent dissipation ranges.