Saikat Mukherjee, PhD
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Iowa State University.
Postdoctoral Associate, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Minnesota, 2020-2023.
PhD in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, 2015-2020.
BE in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University, India, 2011-2015.
I am interested in the numerical modeling of fluid dynamics and transport processes in biological systems. Current research interests include cerebrospinal fluid flow, transport, flow in the gastro-intestinal tract, gut transport, peristalsis, dynamics of the gut microbiome, reaction-advection-diffusion processes, the dynamics of bacteria in the presence of fluid flow, and fluid dynamics of autocatalytic reaction fronts. Please visit my lab website below:
Fluidtrans research group
Awards and honors
Honorable mention, University of Minnesota Postdoctoral Awards in Impactful Research, 2022.
Individual Fellowship (Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND action) to pursue postdoctoral studies with Professor Laurence Rongy at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 2020.
Liviu Librescu Memorial Fellowship, Engineering Mechanics program, Virginia Tech, 2018.
Manuel Stein Fellowship, Engineering Mechanics program, Virginia Tech, 2018.