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Sergio Maldonado, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Fluid Mechanics
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Monterrey, Mexico

and

Visiting Academic (Lecturer on leave)
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
University of Southampton
Southampton, UK

Sergio Maldonado’s research interests include various aspects of Environmental Fluid Mechanics, including: the study of interactions between flows and living organisms (algae), the mechanics of plastic pollutants in turbulent flow, and enhancement of numerical (CFD and computational hydraulics) solvers via Physics Informed Neural Networks.

Trajectory:

• 2024-current. Associate Professor, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico.
• 2024-current. Visiting Academic, University of Southampton, UK.
• 2017-2024. Lecturer (Assistant Professor), University of Southampton, UK.
• 2016-2017. Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, CA, USA.

Education:

• 2016 PhD in Environmental Fluid Mechanics, University of Edinburgh, UK. (supervisor: Prof Alistair Borthwick)
• 2011 MSc Hydraulic Engineering (cum laude), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico.
• 2009 BSc Mechanical Engineering, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico.