Göttinger Graduiertenzentrum für Neurowissenschaften, Biophysik und Molekulare Biowissenschaften

Shishkina, Olga, PD Dr.

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

  • 1987: Diploma in Mathematics, Moscow Lomonosov University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow, Russia
  • 1990: Doctoral Thesis in Scientific Computing, Moscow University for Telecommunication and Informatics, Moscow, Russia
  • 1990-1993: Senior Lecturer at Rybinsk Aviation Technological Academy, Department for Software Development, Rybinsk, Russia
  • 1994-2002: Researcher at Moscow Lomonosov University, Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Moscow, Russia
  • 2002-2014: Researcher at German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, Göttingen
  • 2009: Habilitation (venia legendi) in Fluid Mechanics, TU Ilmenau
  • 2014: Habilitation (venia legendi) in Mathematics, Georg August University, Göttingen
  • 2014-2019: Heisenberg Fellow (DFG) at Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen
  • since 2019: "Theory of Turbulent Convection" Group Leader at MPI-DS, Göttingen
  • 2020: Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD)
  • 2022: Fellow of the European Mechanics Society (EUROMECH)
  • since 2022: Associate Editor of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics (JFM)



Major Research Interests
The nature of turbulent flows, in particular, physics of turbulent thermal convection. This includes investigation of natural, forced and mixed convection; coherent flow structures, boundary layer structures, small-scale turbulence in buoyancy-driven flows; the influence of rotation, non-Boussinesq effects, non-monotone fluid properties, wall roughness and domain geometry on turbulent convection. Apart from physics of turbulence itself, the research interests include also all numerical issues and aspects of turbulence simulations. Research interests in natural and applied sciences and engineering include in particular the large-scale oceanic circulation, wind chill effects in hot and cold regions, supergranulation in the solar upper convective zone, heat and mass transfer in nanofluids, surface-tension-driven convection and vibration-induced convection in low gravity, improvement of the efficiency of technological heating and cooling processes, control of ventilation processes in living quarters and in transport.

Homepage Department/Research Group
https://www.ds.mpg.de/4036102/Shishkina_Olga

ORCID: 0000-0002-6773-6464