People

Principal Investigator

Valeri Frumkin

I am Assistant Professor at Boston University, interested in all aspects of interfacial phenomena and physics of fluids, with applications to microfluidics, optics, additive manufacturing, and in-space manufacturing. I am also interested in the field of Hydrodynamic Quantum Analogs, which explores fluid-mechanical systems that exhibit quantum-like behavior.
I’ve received my B.Sc in Physics and Mathematics and my M.Sc and Ph.D in Applied Mathematics from the Physics and Mathematics Faculties at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, respectively. I then made a transition for theoretical to experimental research during a postdoct at the Fluidic Technologies Laboratory at Technion, followed by a three-year postdoc at the Mathematics Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Current group members

Ph.D. students

– Jacob Garrett

– Ryan Engle

– Andras Bencze

MSc. students

– Hedy Goodman

Undergraduate students

– Erdeni Iles 

– Chanwoo Kim

Group Alumni

– Skyla Anderson (MSc. 2026)

– David Ramirez Vadillo (MSc. 2026)

– Ethan Andersson (Undergraduate student 2025-2026)

– Atharv Biju Pillai (Undergraduate students 2026)

Prospective group members

Current BU undergraduate and graduate students:

Please send an email to valfru@bu.edu with a description of your research interests and experience and availability to meet.

Prospective PhD students:

Please apply to the Mechanical Engineering PhD program at BU and indicate interest in joining our group on your application.

Prospective postdocs:

Please send an email to valfru@bu.edu with a description of your research interests, your CV, and contact information for three references.