Tim Spencer

Tim Spencer is a Research Fellow at the Materials and Fluid Flow Modelling Group within Sheffield Hallam University. His work focuses on applying theoretical and computational methods to model complex fluid systems, with expertise in the lattice Boltzmann method, finite differencing, and high performance computing. His research spans diverse applications in liquid crystals, biological flows, and microfluidics.

His educational background includes a PhD (2005) and MSci (2002) in Engineering Physics from Sheffield Hallam University, where he received the Jeremy Laskowski Award and Mössbauer Award. He has supervised K. Burgin in their doctoral thesis on lattice-Boltzmann models for food rheology and collaborated with institutions like CNR Rome and University of Manchester.

Recent publications highlight his work on non-Newtonian particle transport (2019), multicomponent lattice Boltzmann models (2017), and anisotropic medium optical nonlinearities (2017). These studies intersect computational physics, biomedical engineering, and materials science, emphasizing multi-scale modeling, fluid dynamics, and numerical methods.

Scientific awards include:

• Jeremy Laskowski Award
• Mössbauer Award

His research projects have involved consultancy for Seiko Epson Corporation and ZBD Displays Ltd., modeling liquid crystal devices, and developing microfluidic systems for monodisperse drop formation. Collaborations extend to CNR Rome (hemodynamic flows) and University of Manchester (cell seeding in bioreactors).