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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2009 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to theoretical and computational fluid dynamics, especially interface problems in multiphase flows.
  • 1999 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering work on problems in multiphase flows including dynamics of contactline motion, interfacial instabilities and effective media theory in bubbly fluids

Overview

Michael J. Miksis is a researcher affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their work focuses primarily on engineering, with a particular emphasis on subfields such as biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, computational mechanics, ocean engineering, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research covers several main topics including microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, electrohydrodynamics and fluid dynamics, particle dynamics in fluid flows, Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, micro and nano robotics, lipid membrane structure and behavior, and surfactants and colloidal systems.

Michael J. Miksis has published extensively in a range of journals. Frequent publication venues include Physical Review Fluids, Physical Review E, arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, and Soft Matter.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Miksis include:

  • Mitochondria-rough-ER contacts in the liver regulate systemic lipid homeostasis, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Instability of a planar fluid interface under a tangential electric field in a stagnation point flow, 2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Drag force on spherical particles trapped at a liquid interface, 2022, Physical Review Fluids
  • Particle-surface interactions in a uniform electric field, 2022, Physical Review E
  • Stationary shapes of axisymmetric vesicles beyond lowest-energy configurations, 2024, Soft Matter

The researcher frequently collaborates with others in their field. Most frequent co-authors include Petia M. Vlahovska, Zhanwen Wang, Zhi Zhou, Shuozhen Zhao, and G. Paul Neitzel.

Michael J. Miksis has been recognized by several professional organizations. Honors include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019, a SIAM Fellow in 2009 for contributions to theoretical and computational fluid dynamics related to interface problems in multiphase flows, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1999 for pioneering work on multiphase flow problems such as contact line dynamics, interfacial instabilities, and effective media theory in bubbly fluids.

Best Publications

  • Bubble Oscillations of Large Amplitude

    Joseph B. Keller;Michael Miksis

  • Effective equations for wave propagation in bubbly liquids

    Russel E. Caflisch;Michael J. Miksis;George C. Papanicolaou;Lu Ting

  • Surface Tension Driven Flows

    Joseph B. Keller;Michael J. Miksis

  • The effect of the contact line on droplet spreading

    Patrick J. Haley;Michael J. Miksis

  • Dynamics of a drop in a constricted capillary tube

    T. M. Tsai;Michael J. Miksis

  • Shape of a drop in an electric field

    Michael J. Miksis

  • Exact boundary conditions for scattering problems

    Lu Ting;Michael J. Miksis

  • Periodic mass shedding of a retracting solid film step

    Harris Wong;P.W. Voorhees;M.J. Miksis;S.H. Davis

  • Slip over rough and coated surfaces

    Michael J. Miksis;Stephen H. Davis

  • Mitochondria-rough-ER contacts in the liver regulate systemic lipid homeostasis.

    Irene Anastasia;Nicolò Ilacqua;Andrea Raimondi;Philippe Lemieux

  • Capillary instabilities in solid thin films: Lines

    Matthew S. McCallum;Peter W. Voorhees;Michael J. Miksis;Stephen H. Davis

  • A level set projection model of lipid vesicles in general flows

    D. Salac;M. Miksis

  • Experimental study of rivulet formation on an inclined plate by fluorescent imaging

    M. F.G. Johnson;R. A. Schluter;Michael J Miksis;S. G. Bankoff

  • Role of strain-dependent surface energies in Ge/Si(100) island formation.

    O. E. Shklyaev;M. J. Beck;M. Asta;Michael J Miksis

  • Wave propagation in bubbly liquids at finite volume fraction

    Russel E. Caflisch;Michael J. Miksis;George C. Papanicolaou;Lu Ting

  • Axisymmetric bubble or drop in a uniform flow

    Michael Miksis;Jean Marc Vanden-Broeck;Joseph B. Keller

  • Reynolds number effects on lipid vesicles

    David Salac;Michael J. Miksis

  • Non-isothermal spreading of a thin liquid film on an inclined plane

    P. Gilberto López;S. George Bankoff;Michael J. Miksis

  • Effects of surfactant on droplet spreading

    Matthew A. Clay;Michael J. Miksis

  • The effect of an electrostatic field on film flow down an inclined plane

    Hyo Kim;S. G. Bankoff;Michael J. Miksis

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen H. Davis
Stephen H. Davis Northwestern University
Peter W. Voorhees
Peter W. Voorhees Northwestern University
Jean-Marc Vanden-Broeck
Jean-Marc Vanden-Broeck University College London
Mark Asta
Mark Asta University of California, Berkeley
Joseph B. Keller
Joseph B. Keller Stanford University
Gretar Tryggvason
Gretar Tryggvason Johns Hopkins University
Geoffrey B. McFadden
Geoffrey B. McFadden National Institute of Standards and Technology
George Papanicolaou
George Papanicolaou Stanford University
Russel E. Caflisch
Russel E. Caflisch Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Brian S. Swartzentruber
Brian S. Swartzentruber Sandia National Laboratories

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