Grae Worster
{{Short description|British fluid dynamicist}}
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Michael Grae Worster (born 16 July 1958) is a British fluid dynamicist at the University of Cambridge. He is a professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.{{cite web|title=DAMTP Professor Grae Worster|url=http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/people/m.g.worster/|website=DAMTP|accessdate=17 March 2015}} Since 2007, he has been the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-fluid-mechanics/information/editorial-board|title=Editorial board|last=|first=|date=|website=Journal of Fluid Mechanics|publisher=Cambridge University Press|language=en|access-date=2018-02-16}} He is also an associate faculty member of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences.{{cite web|title=Associate Faculty of AIMS South Africa|url=https://www.aims.ac.za/en/about/about-aims/associate-faculty}} In 2006, he was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society{{Cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm|title=APS Fellow Archive|last=|first=|date=|website=American Physical Society|language=en|access-date=2018-02-16}} and of the European Mechanics Society.
Education
In 1979, he obtained a B.A. from the University of Cambridge, where he then continued his studies, completing his Ph.D. there in 1983 under the supervision of Herbert Huppert.{{cite web|url=http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=50491|title=The Mathematics Genealogy Project|website=The Mathematics Genealogy Project|accessdate=17 March 2015}}
History of Employment
1983–1989: Research Fellow, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK.
1983–1985: Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
1989–1992: Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, USA.
1992–2000: Assistant Director of Research, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK.
2000–2001: Senior Lecturer, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK.
2001–2004: Reader, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK.
2004–present: Professor, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK.
Personal life
He married Jacqueline Bould of Cottenham in June 1988.Cambridge Daily News Wednesday 22 June 1988, page 11
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