Henry Shum
Assistant Professor
Applied Mathematics
University of Waterloo
Canada
Biography
Prof/Dr Henry Shum, has recived his PhD in University of Oxford. Currently, he is working as a Assistant Professor in University of Waterloo. His research include Biological fluid dynamics, Microorganism motility, Chemomechanical coupling, Synthetic chemical reaction networks, Numerical methods for fluid-structure interactions.
Research Interest
Biological fluid dynamics Microorganism motility Synthetic chemical reaction networks Chemomechanical coupling
Publications
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Yeomans JM, Pushkin DO, Shum H. An introduction to the hydrodynamics of swimming microorganisms. Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics. 2014 Sep 1;223(9):1771-85.
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Li J, Shklyaev OE, Li T, Liu W, Shum H, Rozen I, Balazs AC, Wang J. Self-propelled nanomotors autonomously seek and repair cracks. Nano letters. 2015 Sep 21;15(10):7077-85.
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Pushkin DO, Shum H, Yeomans JM. Fluid transport by individual microswimmers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2013 Jul;726:5-25.
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Shum H, Gaffney EA, Smith DJ. Modelling bacterial behaviour close to a no-slip plane boundary: the influence of bacterial geometry. InProceedings of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 2010 Jun 8 (Vol. 466, No. 2118, pp. 1725-1748). The Royal Society.
