ALEXIS DUCHESNE
Biography
Alexis Duchesne, assistant Professor at the University of Lille, affiliated with the IEMN laboratory. Specialized in fluid dynamics, with a particular interest in free-surface flows, hydrodynamic instabilities, and interfacial phenomena.
Role in the LeidenForce project
- [academic partner] université de lille • france 🇫🇷
- [principal investigator] dc#4 • gauri patki
- [wp leader] wp5 • dissemination, communication & exploitation
Biography
Alexis Duchesne is an Assistant Professor at the University of Lille, affiliated with the IEMN laboratory.
His research focuses on fluid dynamics, with a particular interest in free-surface flows, hydrodynamic instabilities, and interfacial phenomena.
He earned his PhD from Université Paris Diderot in 2014 and conducted postdoctoral research at the Université de Liège and the Technical University of Denmark.
His current work explores nonlinear behaviors in surface flows, combining experimental and theoretical approaches.
Lab
FILMS ("fluids, interfaces, liquids and micro-systems") is a research team within the IEMN laboratory in Lille, France. Our main activities are on Fluids and interfaces and Acoustofluidics.
- Acousto-fluidics This theme concerns the use of ultrasonic acoustic waves to manipulate liquids and objects. In particular, we have developed acoustic tweezers, analogous to optical tweezers, for the micromanipulation of cells and micro-organisms. New concepts are also being studied, such as micro-swimmers for drug delivery.
- Fluids and Interfaces We study free-surface flows and various hydrodynamic phenomena, such as hydraulic jumps and jets. The team is particularly interested in understanding the effect of the presence of particles on modifying the properties of fluid interfaces. In this way, we have shown that it is possible to stabilise interfaces and obtain bubbles and anti-bubbles with extremely long lifetimes, which has been noted in the press (see portfolio).
Acoustic imaging techniques : The group has considerable expertise in non-linear elastography techniques, which provide new tools for diagnostic imaging.
