Hermes Gadelha

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

1) Molecular motor dynamics: dynein oscillations and self-organization

2) Hydrodynamic synchronization of motors/phase oscillators.

3) Mathematical modelling of human sperm rheotaxis and chemotaxis. Is the female tract selecting or guiding sperm cells? the role of the -taxis and peristalsis

4)The mechanics of filament-bundles and flagella

5)Global warming, sex determination and crocadilian survivorship

6) Membrane separation processes in water desalination

7) Flexive and propulsive dynamics of passive biofilaments in viscous fluids

8) Robot swimming and synthetic fluid propellers

9)Pattern formation in Hele-Shaw cells