Dr Francis Dent
- Position: EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow
- Areas of expertise: Bioinspired engineering; experimental physics; applied fluid mechanics; microfluidics; micro/nanostructured surfaces.
- Email: F.J.Dent@leeds.ac.uk
- Website: LinkedIn | Googlescholar | Researchgate | ORCID
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Postdoctoral Researcher funded by the EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship. Investigating bioinspired materials for next generation functionality.
PhD (2020 – 2024) from the Biomimetic Functional Interfaces Group, University of Leeds.
Research interests
My research focuses on biological and engineered functional surfaces, and fluidic interfacial interactions. I employ experimental techniques to manufacture and characterise micro/nanosructured surfaces over multiple length scales.
Qualifications
- PhD (2020 - 2024) - Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds.
- BEng (2017 - 2020) - Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds.
Professional memberships
- American Physical Society
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Institute of Physics
Research groups and institutes
- Institute of Thermofluids