Rahil Valani

Rahil Valani

School of Mathematical Sciences

Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences

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.

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

  • 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
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  • Journals
    Year Citation
    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
    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), 1-16.
    DOI
    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 Scopus1 WoS3
    2019 Valani, R. N., Slim, A. C., & Simula, T. (2019). Superwalking droplets. Physical Review Letters, 123(2), 024503-1-024503-5.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS13
    2018 Valani, R. N., & Slim, A. C. (2018). Pilot-wave dynamics of two identical, in-phase bouncing droplets. Chaos, 28(9), 096114-1-096114-15.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS6 Europe PMC2
    2018 Valani, R. N., Slim, A. C., & Simula, T. (2018). Hong-Ou-Mandel-like two-droplet correlations. Chaos, 28(9), 096104-1-096104-7.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS8 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 WoS9

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