{"id":128,"date":"2024-03-29T14:59:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T18:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2025-10-14T13:30:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:30:05","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Principal Investigator<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Valeri Frumkin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/03\/Profile1-530x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"240\" class=\"wp-image-85 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/03\/Profile1-530x636.jpg 530w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/03\/Profile1-853x1024.jpg 853w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/03\/Profile1-768x922.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/03\/Profile1-1279x1536.jpg 1279w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/03\/Profile1-1705x2048.jpg 1705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/strong><span aria-hidden=\"true\">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.<span class=\"white-space-pre\"> <\/span><br \/>\nI&#8217;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 &#8211; Israel Institute of Technology, respectively. I then made a transition for theoretical to experimental research during a<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\"> postdoct at the Fluidic Technologies Laboratory at Technion, followed by a three-year postdoc<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\"> at the Mathematics Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Current group members<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Ph.D. students<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Jacob Garrett<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/10\/Profile-Picture-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/10\/Profile-Picture-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/10\/Profile-Picture-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/10\/Profile-Picture-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/10\/Profile-Picture-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/10\/Profile-Picture-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ryan Engle<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/10\/Ryan-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/10\/Ryan-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/10\/Ryan.png 504w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/10\/Ryan-500x504.png 500w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2024\/10\/Ryan-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <span>Andras Bencze<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/AndrasProfile-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/AndrasProfile-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/AndrasProfile-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/AndrasProfile-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/AndrasProfile-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/AndrasProfile-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>MSc. students<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <span>Skyla Anderson\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/SkylaProfile-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/SkylaProfile-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/SkylaProfile-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/SkylaProfile-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/SkylaProfile-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/SkylaProfile-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; David Ramirez Vadillo<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/DavidProfile-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/DavidProfile-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/DavidProfile.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Undergraduate students<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ethan Andersson<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/thumbnail_P1010058-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/thumbnail_P1010058-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/thumbnail_P1010058-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Atharv Biju Pillai<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/Profile-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-189 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/Profile-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/Profile-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/Profile-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/Profile-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/Profile-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Erdeni Iles\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/ErdeniProfile-1-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/ErdeniProfile-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/ErdeniProfile-1-550x550.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/ErdeniProfile-1-710x710.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/ErdeniProfile-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/frumkinlab\/files\/2025\/10\/ErdeniProfile-1-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sunho Kim<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Prospective group members<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h5>Current BU undergraduate and graduate students:<\/h5>\n<p>Please send an email to<a href=\"mailto:valfru@bu.edu\"> valfru@bu.edu<\/a> with a description of your research interests and experience and availability to meet.<\/p>\n<h5>Prospective PhD students:<\/h5>\n<p>Please apply to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/academics\/explore-degree-programs\/phd-in-meche\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mechanical Engineering PhD program<\/a> at BU and indicate interest in joining our group on your application.<\/p>\n<h5>Prospective postdocs:<\/h5>\n<p>Please send an email to <a href=\"mailto:valfru@bu.edu\">valfru@bu.edu<\/a> with a description of your research interests, your CV, and contact information for three references.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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