Initiative in Innovative Computing (IIC) Harvard University

Lorena Barba obtained her Ph.D. in aeronautics from California Institute of Technology in 2004.  She then joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Bristol, UK. There, she was the leader of an EC-funded international project titled "Scientific Computing Advanced Training" involving 10 institutions in Europe and Latin America. The project allowed more than 30 young aspiring scientists to spend an extended period immersed in a research group in Europe. In the fall of 2008, she started a new position as Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in Boston University. Her research as a computational scientist and a fluid dynamicist covers particle methods used for fluid simulation, the development of fast and efficient algorithms, the use of novel computer architectures, as well as fundamental and applied aspects of fluid dynamics.