Author Archives: PoreLab

PoreLab lecture with Dr. Miles Morgan on flow regimes and instabilities in a fluid-driven granular silo

By PoreLab22 April, 2026PoreLab Lecture Series

Who: Dr. Miles Morgan Affiliation: Complex Fluids Research Group, Swansea University, Wales, UK When: April 22th, between 13:00 and 14:00 CET (Norway time) Where: https://uio.zoom.us/j/69096081290?pwd=bg1XKTMKjweeHqxM77VmAfbOLPD0o6.1 Title: Flow regimes and instabilities in a fluid-driven granular silo Abstract: Fluid-driven flow of granular materials can generate complex behaviour and instabilities in natural and industrial systems. Here we study a submerged silo in which

PoreLab Lecture with Guillaume Galliero on How Thermophysical Properties of Fluids Advance Hydrogen and Gas Storage

By PoreLab12 April, 2026PoreLab Lecture Series

Who: Professor Guillaume Galliero Affiliation: Laboratory of Complex Fluids and their Reservoirs (LFCR), University of Pau & Pays de l’Adour, France When: April 15th, between 13:00 and 14:00 CET (Norway time) Where: The lecture will be in-person in the common room (PoreLab Trondheim) and streamed in the Kelvin room ( Porelab Oslo). From anywhere else, you will be

Symposium in Honor of Professor Alex Hansen’s 70th Birthday, 19-20 March 2026, Paris

By PoreLab1 April, 2026Conference/Symposium/Workshop

A scientific symposium celebrating Professor Alex Hansen’s 70th birthday was held at the Institut Henri Poincaré (IHP), Sorbonne University, Paris, on 19–20 March 2026. Organized by colleagues from PoreLab in Norway, ESPCI in France and UFC in Brazil, the event brought together nearly 40 international experts in statistical physics, porous media, fracture mechanics, and complex

Knut Jørgen Måløy Elected to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

By PoreLab30 March, 2026Awards

Professor Knut Jørgen Måløy, PI at PoreLab, has been elected as a new member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, one of Norway’s most prestigious scholarly institutions. His election was formally approved at the Academy’s members’ meeting on 9 March 2026, as part of the annual admission of new members to the Natural

The annual report 2025 has arrived!

By PoreLab20 February, 2026Annual Report

We are pleased to share with you our annual report for 2025, along with the catalogue for master’s students. The report gives a glimpse of what PoreLab is all about. We present in some detail both the organization of the center and some of our scientific results of 2025. Most importantly, we explain where we

15th Nordic Workshop on Statistical Physics: Biological, Complex and Non-Equilibrium Systems

By PoreLab31 January, 2026Conference/Symposium/Workshop

Professor Astrid de Wijn, associated member at PoreLab, and Assistant Professor Ralf Eichhorm from NORDITA are organizing the 15th Nordic Workshop on Statistical Physics: Biological, Complex and Non-Equilibrium Systems, on February 25-27, 2026 in NORDITA, Stockholm, Sweden. The workshop is sponsored by NORDITA. More information here: 15th Nordic Workshop on Statistical Physics: Biological, Complex and

Open PhD and Postdoc positions at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Oslo

By PoreLab27 January, 2026University of Oslo, Vacant Positions

Our partners at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Oslo are recruiting one or two PhD research fellows and one or two postdoctoral research fellow: PhD Research Fellow in fluid mechanics Deadline: 10 February 2026 Employer: University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway See advertisement and apply here: PhD Research Fellow in fluid mechanics (293755) | University of Oslo

Welcome to Anders!

By PoreLab20 November, 2025New employee

Anders Daltveit Melve joined PoreLab on August 25, 2025, as a PhD candidate on a three-year contract. He is the first PhD student to be recruited under Alex Hansen’s ERC (European Research Council) Advanced Grant project, AGIPORE – A Statistical Mechanics Framework for Immiscible Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media.The ERC Advanced Grant is a prestigious

Lecture by Onsager Professor Lyderic Boquect on 21 November at 11:15 in Auditorium S7 in “Sentralbygg 2”

By PoreLab17 November, 2025Awards

Professor Lydéric Bocquet from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris and the Collège de France, is the Onsager Professor 2025. He will receive the Onsager Medal and will give his lecture this Friday, November 21st, 2025 at 11.15 in Auditorium S7 in “Sentralbygg 2” He will talk about: The molecular mechanics of fluids: from ionic

PoreLab lecture with Sauro Succi on fluid simulations on quantum computers

By PoreLab17 November, 2025PoreLab Lecture Series

Who: Sauro Succi, Senior Research Executive and Principal Investigator, Center for Life Nano Scienceat la Sapienza, Roma, Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Head of the research line “Mesoscale Simulations”; When: Wednesday November 26th, between 13:00 and 14:00 CET (Norway time) Where: The lecture will be in-person in the common room (PoreLab Trondheim) and streamed in the Kelvin room

Defense of thesis: Reza Haghani

By PoreLab15 November, 2025Thesis Defence

Doctoral Candidate Reza Haghani at the Department of Geosciences will hold a trial lectureand defend his doctoral thesis for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD). The degree isadministered by the Faculty of Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science andTechnology (NTNU). Thesis title: Wettability Characterization of Porous Media Multiphase Lattice-Boltzmann Simulation Trial lecture: Reactive transport

PoreLab lecture with Professor Hyundon Shin on Carbon Net-zero and Energy Transition Technology

By PoreLab10 November, 2025PoreLab Lecture Series

Who: Professor Hyundon Shin from Inha University in South Korea When: Monday 17 November, between 10:00 and 11:00 CET (Norway time) Where: NTNU, Room 162, PTS, Valgrinda or Microsoft Teams: Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 345 768 153 075 43 Passcode: Di2eQ9pf Title: Carbon Net-zero and Energy Transition Technology

Welcome to Pooja!

By PoreLab9 November, 2025New employee

Dr. Pooja Singh joined PoreLab on October 15, 2025. She is a postdoctoral fellow funded by PoreLab under WP1-Thermodynamics of flow in porous media, in collaboration between Professor Alex Hansen and Professor Erika Eiser. This is a 3-year contract. Pooja recently completed her PhD in Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur