Jacques Vanneste

Who is Jacques Vanneste?

Jacques Vanneste is a professor of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, whose main research area is fluid dynamics; he appears to be a popular and engaging lecturer to undergraduates.

His particular research interest is in analytic methods for handling systems with dynamics on two distinct time or length scales. This is relevant, for example, for the interaction between weather and ocean circulation, where fast inertial waves can be generated by slow underlying flows; see for example his work on the tropopause, and his most-cited paper. He is also interested in the dynamics of stirring.