UC Berkeley New Faculty: Alexis Kaminski, Mechanical Engineering

Berkeley CA

01 April, 2021

2:45 AM

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Press release from the University of California, Berkeley: March 30, 2021 Alexis Kaminski is a new member of the UC Berkeley faculty. (Photo courtesy Alexis Kaminski) Name: Alexis Kaminski (she/her) Discipline: Mechanical engineering Degrees: B.S. and M.S., Mechanical engineering, University of Alberta, 2010, 2012; Ph.D., applied mathematics and theoretical physics, University of Cambridge, 2017 Research interests: Geophysical and environmental fluid dynamics — the physics of how fluids flow in the natural environment. I focus on waves, instabilities and turbulence in stratified flows, in many cases inspired by ocean observations. Hobbies: Dance and swimming, and watching really cheesy TV shows! This press release was produced by the University of California, Berkeley. The views expressed here are the author's own.