Team Members
Michael and his muse Sherpta.
Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering
University of Sydney
Email: michael.heisel@sydney.edu.au
Profiles: Uni website | Google scholar | CV
Additional roles: Associate Editor for the peer-reviewed journal ARC Geophysical Research; Director of Outreach to promote civil engineering to high school students in Australia
PhD student, School of Civil Engineering
University of Sydney
About: Aditya began his PhD in January 2024 after completing a master’s degree in Europe. His PhD project uses large-eddy simulations to parameterise how turbulent motions change with convection, a scenario typical of the daytime atmosphere .
PhD student, School of Civil Engineering
University of Sydney
About: Yanan joined the team in early 2024 after completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Sydney. Her PhD project uses wind tunnel experiment to investigate models for turbulent mixing in the atmosphere above forest canopies.
Frequent collaborators
- Marcelo Chamecki; University of California in Los Angeles (Heisel postdoc advisor)
- Kapil Chauhan; University of Sydney
- Michele Guala; University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Heisel PhD advisor)
- Nicholas Hutchins; University of Melbourne
- Gaby Katul; Duke University
- Chengwang Lei; University of Sydney
- Ivan Marusic; University of Melbourne
- Charitha de Silva; University of New South Wales