Dr Rahil Valani

Grant-Funded Researcher (A)

School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

I am an ARC Grant Funded Researcher in Applied Mathematics in the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Adelaide. I completed a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering (Hons) and a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics and Physics) in 2016 from Monash University. I then completed a PhD in Physics from Monash University in 2020. During my PhD, my research focused on investigating, both experimentally and theoretically, a hydrodynamic system of self-propelled droplets on a vibrating fluid bath.

I have a broad interest in applying mathematics to understand various physical and biological phenomena. My specific interests are in dynamical systems & chaos, fluid dynamics and active matter.

My Research
Career
Publications
Contact

Inertial particle focusing in curved microfluidic ducts
Superwalking droplets
Hydrodynamic quantum analogs
Dynamics of wave-particle entities

Appointments

Date Position Institution name
2019 - 2020 Teaching Professional Monash College
2017 - 2019 Teaching Assistant Monash University
2015 - 2017 Research Assistant Monash University

Date	Position	Institution name
2019 - 2020	Teaching Professional	Monash College
2017 - 2019	Teaching Assistant	Monash University
2015 - 2017	Research Assistant	Monash University

Awards and Achievements

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2021	Research Award	Robert Street Doctoral Prize 2020	Monash University	Australia	-
2021	Scholarship	Australian Government RTP Scholarship	Australian Government	Australia	-
2021	Award	T.M. Cherry award	ANZIAM	Australia	-
2020	Research Award	2020 Norris Family Award for Outstanding Research Output by a Graduate Research Student	Monash University	Australia	-
2018	Award	Best student presentation award	Brown University	United States	-
2017	Scholarship	J L William Postgraduate Top Up Scholarship	Monah University	Australia	-
2016	Award	Best in School Award	Monash University	Australia	-

Language Competencies

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Gujarati Can read, speak and understand spoken
Hindi Can read, speak and understand spoken

Language	Competency
English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Gujarati	Can read, speak and understand spoken
Hindi	Can read, speak and understand spoken

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2017 - 2020	Monash University	Australia	PhD
2012 - 2017	Monash University	Australia	Bachelor of Science
2012 - 2016	Monash University	Australia	Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering (Hons)

Research Interests

Applied Mathematics Dynamical Systems in Applications Fluid Physics

Journals

Year	Citation
2023	Valani, R. N., Harding, B., & Stokes, Y. M. (2023). Utilizing bifurcations to separate particles in spiral inertial microfluidics. Physics of Fluids, 35(1), 011703. DOI
2022	Valani, R. N., Harding, B., & Stokes, Y. M. (2022). Bifurcations and Dynamics in Inertial Focusing of Particles in Curved Rectangular Ducts. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 21(4), 2371-2392. DOI
2022	Valani, R. N. (2022). Anomalous transport of a classical wave-particle entity in a tilted potential. Physical Review E, 105(1), L012101-1-L012101-6. DOI
2022	Valani, R. N. (2022). Lorenz-like systems emerging from an integro-differential trajectory equation of a one-dimensional wave–particle entity. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 32(2), 023129-1-023129-13. DOI
2021	Valani, R. N., Slim, A. C., Paganin, D. M., Simula, T. P., & Vo, T. (2021). Unsteady dynamics of a classical particle-wave entity. Physical Review E, 104(1), 015106-1-015106-16. DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC1
2021	Valani, R. N., Slim, A. C., & Simula, T. P. (2021). Stop-and-go locomotion of superwalking droplets. Physical Review E, 103(4), 043102-1-043102-12. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2020	Valani, R. N., Dring, J., Simula, T. P., & Slim, A. C. (2020). Emergence of superwalking droplets. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 906, 1-28. DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2019	Valani, R. N., Slim, A. C., & Simula, T. (2019). Superwalking droplets. Physical Review Letters, 123(2), 024503-1-024503-5. DOI Scopus22 WoS21 Europe PMC1
2018	Valani, R. N., & Slim, A. C. (2018). Pilot-wave dynamics of two identical, in-phase bouncing droplets. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 28(9), 096114-1-096114-15. DOI Scopus8 WoS8 Europe PMC2
2018	Valani, R. N., Slim, A. C., & Simula, T. (2018). Hong-Ou-Mandel-like two-droplet correlations. Chaos, 28(9), 096104-1-096104-8. DOI Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC4
2018	Valani, R. N., Groszek, A. J., & Simula, T. P. (2018). Einstein-Bose condensation of Onsager vortices. New Journal of Physics, 20(5), 053038-1-053038-16. DOI Scopus13 WoS11
-	Valani, R. N., Harding, B., & Stokes, Y. M. (n.d.). Bifurcations in inertial focusing of a particle suspended in flow through curved rectangular ducts.
-	Müller-Bender, D., Valani, R. N., & Radons, G. (n.d.). Pseudolaminar chaos from on-off intermittency. Physical Review E, 107(1). DOI

Theses

Year Citation
2020 Valani, R. (2020). Superwalking Droplets and Generalised Pilot-Wave Dynamics. (PhD Thesis).

Year	Citation
2020	Valani, R. (2020). Superwalking Droplets and Generalised Pilot-Wave Dynamics. (PhD Thesis).

Position: Grant-Funded Researcher (A)
Email: rahil.valani@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Ingkarni Wardli, floor Level Seven
Room: 7.36
Org Unit: School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences

Dr Rahil Valani

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