DrAdrien Lefauve

Assistant Professor (NERC Independent Research Fellow)

The Grantham Institute for Climate Change - Faculty of Natural Sciences

BIO

I am interested in the fluid mechanics of the environment and climate, with a focus on how small-scale turbulence affects density-stratified flows such as those in the ocean and atmosphere. 

My current research is funded by a NERC Independent Research Fellowship and integrates recent innovations and data from laboratory experiments, numerical simulations, and field observations. The goal is to connect small-scale physics with large-scale operational models to better understand and predict processes underlying major environmental challenges.


For PhD or postdoctoral opportunities: please contact me by email. I list potential sources of funding on my website.
There are PhD opportunities for a 2027 start with the Centre for Doctoral Training on "Mathematics for our Future Climate: Theory, Data and Simulation".

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor
    Imperial College London, Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, London, United Kingdom2025 - present
  • Director of Studies
    Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom2024 - 2025
  • Senior Research Fellow
    Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom2022 - 2025
  • Senior Research Fellow
    University of Cambridge, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge, United Kingdom2022 - 2025
  • College Lecturer
    Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom2019 - 2022
  • Research Fellow
    University of Cambridge, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge, United Kingdom2018 - 2022

DEGREES

  • PhD Fluid Mechanics
    University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom2018
  • MSc Fluid Mechanics
    École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France2014
  • MSc (Ingénieur) Mechanical Engineering
    University of Technology of Compiègne, Compiègne, France2013

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Natural Sciences

POSITION NAME

  • Assistant Professor (NERC Independent Research Fel