Laurette Tuckerman
Laurette Tuckerman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1956 (age 69–70) |
| Other names | Stephanie |
| Education | Wesleyan University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D) 1984 |
| Occupations | Mathematical physicist, Researcher |
| Employer(s) | Saclay Nuclear Research Centre,
University of Texas at Austin, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Polytechnique, École normale supérieure (Paris), Centre national de la recherche scientifique |
| Known for | Bifurcation analysis for timesteppers using matrix-free Jacobian action, Faraday wave threshold and simulation, analyses of Eckhaus instability and thermosolutal convection |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Physical Society (2002) and of Euromech (2018), Prandtl Memorial Lecture (2024), Émilie Du Châtelet prize (2025) |
Laurette Stephanie Tuckerman (born 1956) is a mathematical physicist working in the areas of hydrodynamic instability, bifurcation theory, and computational fluid dynamics. She is currently a director of research for the Centre national de la recherche scientifique, at the Physics and Mechanics of Heterogeneous Media Laboratory of ESPCI Paris.[1]
Early life
Tuckerman was born in New York City in 1956. Her mother was a journalist for the Agence France Presse covering the United Nations who had left France during World War II, and her father was a New York City union negotiator and devoted amateur pianist. She attended Hunter College High School.
Education
Tuckerman attended Wesleyan University and Princeton University and obtained a PhD in applied mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984.
Career
Tuckerman first worked at the Saclay Nuclear Research Centre in France and then at University of Texas at Austin, where she was a postdoc at the Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and then a faculty member in the department of mathematics. In 1994, she became a researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France. She has also taught at Ecole Polytechnique and at École normale supérieure (Paris).
Study
Wrote a journal named "Journal of Fluid Mechanics", she contributed to pages 49-68. Studying the parametric instability of the interface between two fluids. This study mentions that if there is a flat surface in between these fluids, they may become parametrically excited once they are in a vertically vibrating vessel. Waves called "standing waves" can also be generated with this vibration. The study analyzes when these waves become unstable using mathematical equations and a Floquet analysis. It shows that viscosity (how thick the fluids are) changes how the waves behave and when they start forming. Instability only occurs for certain combinations of wave size and vibration strength, creating specific “stability zones.” The results match well with experiments. The analysis can also be used to measure properties of fluids, such as surface tension, density, and viscosity, especially near the liquid–vapor critical point.
Awards
In 2002, she was elected as fellow of the American Physical Society[2] and in 2018 she became a fellow of Euromech.[3] She gave the Ludwig Prandtl Memorial lecture [4] at the 2024 GAMM meeting. She received the Émilie Du Châtelet prize from the Société Française de Physique in 2025.[5]
References
Laurette Tuckerman's Blog[1]
External links
- Home page
- Laurette Tuckerman publications indexed by Google Scholar
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