{"id":10,"date":"2012-02-01T15:34:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T20:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fluidlab\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:32:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:32:51","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fluidlab\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal Investigator"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\ntable {\n    border: none;\n}\ntd {\n    border: none;\n}\ntd.pic {\n    border: none;\n    text-align: center;aust\n    width: 200;\n}\nth.a {\n    text-align: left;\n    font-style: italic;\n    border: none;\n    border-right: solid 1px #ffffff;\n    border-left: solid 1px #ffffff;\n    border-bottom: solid 1px #A9A9A9;\n}\ntd.a\n    border: none;\n}\ntd.rotate {\n    writing-mode: vertical-lr;\n    text-orientation: mixed;\n}\nimg.a{\n    width: 120px;\n}\nspan.degree_line{\n    font-size: 75%\n}\n<\/style>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<tr>\n\n\n<td class=\"a\" colspan=\"2\" width=\"200\">\n\n\n<h3>Principal Investigator<\/h3>\n\nau\n<\/td>\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"200\"><a href=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2013\/07\/James_Bird1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-459\" title=\"James_Bird\" alt=\"James_Bird\" src=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2013\/07\/James_Bird1.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"a\"><strong>James Bird, Ph.D.<br \/>\nProfessor<\/strong><br \/>\nPh.D., Harvard University<br \/>\nOffice: EMA 220<br \/>\n730 Commonwealth Avenue<br \/>\nBoston University, Boston, MA 02215<br \/>\nphone: (617) 358-6929<br \/>\nemail: jbird [at] bu.edu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table id=\"members\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" colspan=\"3\">\n<h2>Current Members<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<tr>\n\n\n<th class=\"a\" colspan=\"3\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #A9A9A9;\">Postdoctoral Researchers<\/th>\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n\n\n<tr>\n\n\n<td class=\"pic\" width=\"200\"><img class=\"a\" title=\"frederik\" alt=\"frederik\" src=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2016\/12\/frederik.jpg\" onmouseover=\"this.src='\/fluidlab\/files\/2016\/12\/Frederik_char.png'\" onmouseout=\"this.src='\/fluidlab\/files\/2016\/12\/frederik.jpg'\" \/><\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cfbrasz.github.io\/research.html\"><strong>Frederik Brasz, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/a>\ncfbrasz [at] bu.edu<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td class=\"a\"><em>Bubble dynamics (bursting, rising, plume formation), liquid jet formation and breakup, air-sea interaction<\/em><\/td>\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n\n\n<tr>\n\n\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"200\"><img class=\"a\" title=\"postdoc2\" alt=\"postdoc2\" src=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2015\/05\/blank-profile.png\"><\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td class=\"a\"><strong>postdoc2<\/strong>\npostdoc2 [at] postdoc2.postdoc2<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td class=\"a\"><\/td>\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n\n\n<tr>\n\n\n<th class=\"a\" colspan=\"3\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #A9A9A9;\">Research Assistants<\/th>\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n\n\n<tr>\n\n\n<td class=\"pic\" width=\"200\"><img class=\"a\" title=\"mark\" alt=\"mark\" src=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2015\/06\/mark.jpg\" onmouseover=\"this.src='\/fluidlab\/files\/2016\/12\/Mark_char.png'\" onmouseout=\"this.src='\/fluidlab\/files\/2015\/06\/mark.jpg'\" \/><\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td class=\"a\"><strong>Mark Menesses, Ph.D.<\/strong>\nmenesses [at] bu.edu<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td class=\"a\"><em>Bubble effects on biofouling, dewetting dynamics, thermocapillary phenomena<\/em><\/td>\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"a\" colspan=\"3\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #A9A9A9;\">Ph.D. Students<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pic\" width=\"200\"><img class=\"a\" title=\"garam\" alt=\"garam\" src=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2021\/05\/garam_cropped-e1635120029142-816x1024.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"a\"><strong>Garam Lee<\/strong><br \/>\ngaramlee [at] bu.edu<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\"><em>Droplet impact, Drying patterns, Wicking and swelling<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pic\" width=\"200\"><img class=\"a\" title=\"taeki\" alt=\"taeki\" src=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2022\/04\/Taeki-photo-scaled-e1651181242964.jpeg\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"a\"><strong>Taeki Kim<\/strong><br \/>\ntaekikim [at] bu.edu<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\"><em>Bubble-particle interactions, Flow through biological tissue<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pic\" width=\"200\"><img class=\"a\" title=\"eli\" alt=\"eli\" src=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2015\/05\/blank-profile.png\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"a\"><strong>Eli Forstadt<\/strong><br \/>\neforstad [at] bu.edu<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\"><em>Particles on interfaces, Interfacial swimming, Bursting bubbles<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<tr>\n\n\n<td class=\"pic\" width=\"200\"><img class=\"a\" title=\"example\" alt=\"example\" src=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2015\/05\/blank-profile.png\" \/><\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td class=\"a\"><strong>Example Person<\/strong>\nexample [at] bu.edu<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td class=\"a\"><em>topic 1, topic 2, topic 3<\/em><\/td>\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<tr>\n\n\n<th class=\"a\" colspan=\"3\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #A9A9A9;\">Master Students<\/th>\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n\n\n<tr>\n\n\n<td class=\"pic\" width=\"200\"><img class=\"a\" title=\"example\" alt=\"example\" src=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2015\/05\/blank-profile.png\" \/><\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td class=\"a\"><strong>Example Person<\/strong>\nexample [at] bu.edu<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td class=\"a\"><em>topic 1, topic 2, topic 3<\/em><\/td>\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"a\" colspan=\"3\">Undergraduate Students<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pic\" width=\"200\"><img class=\"a\" title=\"austin\" alt=\"austin\" src=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2024\/05\/IMG_3523-scaled-e1716396936565.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"a\"><strong>Austin Zhang<\/strong><br \/>\naustinz [at] bu.edu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pic\" width=\"200\"><img class=\"a\" title=\"sydney\" alt=\"sydney\" src=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2025\/06\/sydney-headshot-e1750184903542.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"a\"><strong>Sydney Le<\/strong><br \/>\nsydle [at] bu.edu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pic\" width=\"200\"><img class=\"a\" title=\"lucas\" alt=\"lucas\" src=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2025\/06\/lucas-headshot-e1750184762562-753x1024.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"a\"><strong>Lucas Gibbons<\/strong><br \/>\nlrgibbon [at] bu.edu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<tr>\n\n\n<th class=\"a\" colspan=\"3\">Visitors<\/th>\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<tr>\n\n\n<td class=\"pic\" width=\"200\"><img class=\"a\" title=\"visitor\" alt=\"visitor\" src=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2015\/05\/blank-profile.png\"><\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"350\"><strong>Matteo Bassanini<\/strong>, visitor origin\nmbbassan[at] bu.edu<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td class=\"a\"><\/td>\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" colspan=\"2\" width=\"250\">\n<h2>Past Members<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"a\" width=\"250\"><strong>Postdoctoral Researchers<\/strong><\/th>\n<th class=\"a\"><strong><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Frederik Brasz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"a\" width=\"250\"><strong>Graduate Students<\/strong><\/th>\n<th class=\"a\"><strong><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Coco DeFrancesco<br \/>\n<span class=\"degree_line\">M.S. Mechanical Engineering (2024)<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Lena Dubitsky<br \/>\n<span class=\"degree_line\">Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (2024)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Yizhao Wang<br \/>\n<span class=\"degree_line\">M.S. Mechanical Engineering (2023)<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Alexandros Oratis<br \/>\n<span class=\"degree_line\">Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (2021)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Oliver McRae<br \/>\n<span class=\"degree_line\">Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (2020)<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Mark Menesses<br \/>\n<span class=\"degree_line\">Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (2019)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Samira Shiri<br \/>\n<span class=\"degree_line\">Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (2019)<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Jicheng Guo<br \/>\n<span class=\"degree_line\">Ph.D. Material Science (2018)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Mustafa Ordu<br \/>\n<span class=\"degree_line\">Ph.D. Material Science (2017)<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Peter Walls<br \/>\n<span class=\"degree_line\">Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (2017)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Casey Bartlett<br \/>\n<span class=\"degree_line\">Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (2015)<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Colin Patterson<br \/>\n<span class=\"degree_line\">M.S. Mechanical Engineering (2015)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"a\" width=\"250\"><strong>Undergraduates<\/strong><\/th>\n<th class=\"a\"><strong><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Charles Boyce<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Daniel Poe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Christian Bragdon<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Torben Umeda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Timothy Farmer<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Henry Varona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Elena Flynn<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Katie Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Dianne Kim<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Yingxian Yu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Armela Murrizi<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Madeline Zhang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Ryan Cully<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Carly Hattrich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">ShuLan Holmes-Farley<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Matthew Nadeau<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Daralyn Wen<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Yunting Yan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Andrew Sabo<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Amrit Kohli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Armen Manucharyan<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Jake Garrett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Austin Zhang<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Ludovica Pujia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"a\" width=\"250\"><strong>Visitors<\/strong><\/th>\n<th class=\"a\"><strong><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Alexis Berny<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Matthieu Laurent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Gregoire Dequidt<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Eve Lehur\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Antoine Gaillard<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Tom Leger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Guillaume Genero<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Christina Pritscher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Louis Henaux<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Matthieu Santin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Robin Herver<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Aakash Sane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Jeremie Klinger<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Lebo Molefe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Jack Verich<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Mark Greer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Benjamin Berat<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\">Pierre Artus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"a\" width=\"250\">Matteo Bassanini<\/td>\n<td class=\"a\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img src=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2017\/05\/Lab_group_pic_May_2017.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><img src=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2016\/01\/scaled_ani.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr><\/tr>\n<tr><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/fluidlab\/files\/2019\/09\/lab_group_photo_Aug_2019-1024x794.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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