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Marc Pradas

Marc Pradas

Director Of Research

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Professional biography

I'm a Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the Open University. My research interests are in the areas of fluid mechanics and statistical physics. Previously I was a postdoctoral research associate at the Complex Multiscale Systems group at Imperial College London. I did my PhD in theoretical/statistical physics at the University of Barcelona.​

I'm currently the Director of Research of the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the OU.

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Research interests

My research interests cover a wide range of topics on the interface of applied mathematics, statistical physics, and engineering science. I give particular emphasis on soft condensed matter theory and fluid dynamics, including multiphase flows, microfluidics, and hydrodynamic instabilities. I'm also interested in stochastic/chaotic processes and emergent collective phenomena in complex and biological dynamical systems. 

​Part of my research is funded by EPSRC. I was a co-investigator of the project 'Fluid processes in smart microengineered devices: Hydrodynamics and thermodynamics in microspace' during 2015-2019, and I was the principal investigator of the project 'Droplets with dynamic size on smooth surfaces' during 2018-2021, in which we explored the interplay between a time-dependent variation of the volume of a sessile droplet and simple smooth variations on the solid surfaces. 

Latest publications

Displaying 10 of 44 publications

  • Holba, G., Hague, J. P., Hoggard, N. and Pradas, M., 2025, ‘Brain pulsations enhance cerebrospinal fluid flow in perivascular spaces’, Physical Review Fluids, 10(11), https://oro.open.ac.uk/108254/.
  • Round, A., Lin, T., Pradas, M., Tseluiko, D. and Kalliadasis, S., 2025, ‘Coherent structure interactions in spatially extended systems driven by excited hidden modes’, Physical Review X, 15(3), https://oro.open.ac.uk/103683/.
  • Soyarslan, C. and Pradas, M., 2024, ‘Physics-informed machine learning in asymptotic homogenization of elliptic equations’, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 427, https://oro.open.ac.uk/97845/.
  • Bisquert, L., Ruiz-Gutiérrez, l., Pradas, M. and Ledesma-Aguilar, R., 2024, ‘Competing Bifurcations Determine Symmetry Breaking During Droplet Snaps on Smooth Patterned Surfaces’, Langmuir, 40(46), pp. 24387–24396., https://oro.open.ac.uk/101109/.
  • Soyarslan, C. and Pradas, M., 2023, ‘Physics-informed machine learning in the determination of effective thermomechanical properties’, in 28th International ESAFORM Conference on Materials Forming, 19-21 Apr 2023, Krakow, Poland., https://oro.open.ac.uk/90028/.
  • Haynes, M. and Pradas, M., 2022, ‘On the lifetimes of two-dimensional droplets on smooth wetting patterns’, Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 135, https://oro.open.ac.uk/84179/.
  • Ewetola, M., Ledesma-Aguilar, R. and Pradas, M., 2021, ‘Control of droplet evaporation on smooth chemical patterns’, Physical Review Fluids, 6(3), https://oro.open.ac.uk/75822/.
  • 2019, ‘Effective elastic properties of 3D stochastic bicontinuous composites’, Mechanics of Materials, 137, https://oro.open.ac.uk/62288/.
  • Radhakrishnan, A. N. P., Pradas, M., Sorensen, E., Kalliadasis, S. and Gavriilidis, A., 2019, ‘Hydrodynamic Characterization of Phase Separation in Devices with Microfabricated Capillaries’, Langmuir, 35(25), pp. 8183–8516., https://oro.open.ac.uk/62076/.
  • Hatipogullari, M., Wylock, C., Pradas, M., Kalliadasis, S. and Colinet, P., 2019, ‘Contact angle hysteresis in a microchannel: Statics’, Physical Review Fluids, 4(4), https://oro.open.ac.uk/61230/.