Wouter Mostert

Wouter Mostert is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Engineering Science, specializing in fluid mechanics and environmental engineering. He holds a Tutorial Fellowship at Worcester College and is part of the Environmental Fluid Mechanics Group. He earned his PhD in 2015 from the University of Queensland, focusing on magnetohydrodynamic implosions and shock wave dynamics. His postdoctoral work spanned Caltech, Princeton University, and the Missouri University of Science and Technology before joining Oxford. His research centers on wave breaking mechanics, droplet and bubble dynamics, and numerical simulations of turbulent flows. Recent work explores machine learning applications in boundary condition modeling and energy dissipation in ocean systems. He contributes to renewable energy research, including floating wind turbine dynamics and storm surge modeling.

Education: PhD in Fluid Dynamics, University of Queensland (2015); Postdoctoral Research at Caltech (2015–2017), Princeton (2017–2019), and Missouri S&T (2019–2021).

Research Focus:

• Wave breaking thresholds and energy dissipation mechanisms
• Turbulent droplet and bubble dynamics
• Numerical simulation of multiphase flows
• Impact of surfactants and gravity on fluid interfaces
• Machine learning for fluid dynamics modeling

Recent publications highlight advancements in bag film breakup analysis, sub-Hinze scale bubble production, and wind turbine response modeling. He collaborates with interdisciplinary teams on ocean engineering challenges and renewable energy systems.