November, 2019 Petia M. Vlahovska Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208, USA email:
[email protected] web: http://people.esam.northwestern.edu/~vlahovska Tel. /office/ +1 (847) 491-8782 Research Interests: fluid-structure interaction in Stokes flow, interfacial flows, electrohydrodynamics, active fluids, soft matter, rheology, mechanics of biomembranes. 1 Education 8/03 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Yale University. Thesis: “Dynamics of a surfactant-covered drop and the non-Newtonian rheology of emulsions” Advisors: Prof. Michael Loewenberg and Prof. Jerzy Blawzdziewicz 2001 M.Phil. Mechanical Engineering, Yale University 1999 M.S. Chemical Engineering, Yale University 6/96 M.Sc. Post-graduate program in “Separation processes in the industry and environmental protection” Laboratory of Chemical Physics and Engineering (renamed to Department of Chemical Engineering), University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria Thesis: “Modeling the drying of solvent coatings on continuous webs” Advisors: Dr. Richard Aust and Prof. Franz Durst (LSTM, University of Erlangen, Germany), Prof. Krassimir Danov (University of Sofia, Bulgaria) 6/94 M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski” (Bulgaria) Concentration: chemical physics and theoretical chemistry Thesis: “Diffusion-controlled adsorption kinetics in micellar surfactant solutions” Advisor: Prof. Krassimir Danov 2 Professional appointments