Associate Professor Nicolas Francois

Department	Materials Physics
Email
Office	Cockcroft 4 61
Publication list	Francois publication list (24KB PDF)

Grants and awards

ARC Industry Fellow 2024 - 2030:

Improving Australian iron ore comminution for green steel production

ARC DECRA Fellow 2016 - 2018 :

Biofilms in two-dimensional turbulent flows: effects on Lagrangian transport

Research interests

I am a curiosity-driven experimentalist interested in geomaterials physics, soft matter, structured materials and fluid hydrodynamics. I am interested in fundamental questions in out-of-equilibrium physics (fragmentation of solid materials, autonomous devices powered by chaotic flows, hydrodynamic waves, stochastics thermodynamics, granular matter, polymer rheology). I am equally interested in a variety of applied questions in geomechanics and hydrology (comminution of geomaterials, mechanics and fluid transport in fractured rocks characterised via X-ray tomography) and in applied fluid mechanics (fluid-structure interaction, wave-energy conversion, environmental fluid mechanics).

When dialing an ANU extension from outside the university:

(02) 612 XXXXX (within Australia)
+61 2 612 XXXXX (outside Australia)

Where XXXXX is the 5 digit extension number you are after.

Anti-Spam notice: The email addresses from this directory are made available to support the academic and business activities of ANU. These email addresses are not published as an invitation to receive unsolicited commercial messages or 'spam' and we do not consent to receipt of such materials. Any messages that are received which contravenes this policy is strictly prohibited, and is also a breach of the Spam Act 2003. The University reserves the right to recover all costs incurred in the event of breach of this policy.

Edit Your Profile

Updated: 15 May 2024/ Responsible Officer: Director, RSPE/ Page Contact: Physics Webmaster