Education background
2003-2006 Ph.D, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2001-2003 M. Phil., The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2000-2001 M. Sc. Student, Lanzhou University
1996-2000 B. Sc., Lanzhou University
Experience
2015-now Professor, Center for Combustion Energy, and Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University
2013-2015 Associate Professor, Physics of Fluids Group, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, the Netherlands
2009-2013 Assistant Professor, Physics of Fluids Group, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, the Netherlands
2007-2009 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Physics of Fluids Group, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, the Netherlands
2006-2007 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Physics Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Concurrent Academic
Associate Editor of ‘International Journal of Multiphase Flow’
Editor of ‘Journal of Turbulence’
Editorial board member of ‘Physical Review Fluids’
Editorial Board member of ‘Acta Mechanica Sinica’
Editorial Advisory Board of ‘Experiments in Fluids’
Editorial Board member of ‘Journal of Hydrodynamics’
Governing board member of ‘International Conference on Multiphase Flow’
Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects
My research interests lie in the field of experimental fluid mechanics. The current interests of research are as follows.
Multiphase flows: particle-laden flows, bubbly flows, and drag reduction
High-Reynolds-number turbulence: Taylor-Couette flow, thermal convection, and bubbly turbulence
Bubbles and drops: droplet impact, droplet collision, and bubble dynamics
Microfluidics: ultra-fast micro-jets/droplets and their applications
Honors And Awards
2023 New Cornerstone Investigator (Tencent Foundation)
2021 Xplorer Prize (Tencent Foundation)
2020 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS Fellow)
2019 Visiting Professor 2019 Toulouse INP, France
2019 Plenary Speaker, the 10th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May, 2019.
2015 Keynote Speaker, the 15th European Turbulence Conference (ETC15), Delft, the Netherlands
2014 VIDI Laureate, Young Talent Programme, Innovational Research Incentives Scheme, Dutch Science Foundation (NWO)
Academic Achievement
Publications（ORCID: 0000-0002-0930-6343，Researcher ID: B-2743-2009）
Selected Publications:
1. C. Wang, L. Yi, L. Jiang, C. Sun*, How do the finite-size particles modify the drag in Taylor–Couette turbulent flow, J. Fluid Mech. 937, A15 (2022).
2. Z. Wang, E. Calzavarini, C. Sun*, and F. Toschi, How the growth of ice depends on the fluid dynamics underneath, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 118 (10) e2012870118 (2021).
3. S. Lyu, H. Tan, Y. Wakata, X. Yang, C. K. Law, D. Lohse, and C. Sun*, On explosive boiling of a multicomponent Leidenfrost drop, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 118 (2), e2016107118 (2021).
4. Mingbo Li, X. Ma, J. Eisener, P. Pfeiffer, C.D. Ohl*, C. Sun*, How bulk nanobubbles are stable over a wide range of temperatures, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 5896, 184 (2021).
5. S. Liu, L. Jiang, C. Wang, and C. Sun*, Lagrangian dynamics and heat transfer in porous-media convection, J. Fluid Mech. 917, A12 (2021).
6. L. Yi, F. Toschi, and C. Sun*, Global and local statistics in turbulent emulsions, J. Fluid Mech. 912, A13 (2021).
7. H. Jiang, X. Zhu, D. Wang, S.G. Huisman, and C. Sun*, Supergravitational turbulent thermal convection, Science Advances 6, eabb8676 (2020).
8. V. Mathai, D. Lohse, C. Sun*, Bubbly and Buoyant Particle-Laden Turbulent Flows, Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys. 11, 529-559 (2020) [invited review].
9. S. Liu, L. Jiang, K.L. Chong, X. Zhu, Z. Wan, R. Verzicco, R. Stevens, D. Lohse and C. Sun*, From Rayleigh-Benard convection to porous-media convection: how porosity affects heat transfer and flow structure, J. Fluid Mech. 895, A18 (2020).
10. Z. Wang, V. Mathai, and C. Sun*, Self-sustained biphasic catalytic particle turbulence, Nature Communications 10, 3333 (2019). Covered by Nature Energy Highlight Section.
11. S. Lyu, V. Matha, Y. Wang, B. Sobac, P. Colinet, D. Lohse, and C. Sun*, Final fate of a Leidenfrost drop: explosion or take-off, Science Advances 5, eaav8081 (2019). Highlighted by Nature Reviews Physics.
12. X. Zhu, R. A. Verschoof, D. Bakhuis, S. G. Huisman, R. Verzicco, C. Sun*, and D. Lohse*, Wall roughness induces asymptotic ultimate turbulence, Nature Physics 14, 417-423 (2018).
13. H. Jiang, X. Zhu, V. Mathai, R. Verzicco, D. Lohse, and C. Sun*, Controlling heat transport and flow structures in thermal turbulence using ratchet surfaces, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 044501 (2018).
14. M. Shirota, M. A. J. van Limbeek, C. Sun*, A. Prosperetti, and D. Lohse, Dynamic Leidenfrost effect: relevant time- and length-scales, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 064501 (2016).
15. S. Grossmann, D. Lohse*, and C. Sun*, High Reynolds number Taylor-Couette turbulence, Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech. 48, 53-80 (2016) [invited review].
