Dr. Francesc Font

Serra-Hunter Assistant Professor

Department of Fluid Mechanics

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Barcelona, Spain

Email: francesc.font@upc.edu

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ACADEMIC CAREER:

Assistant Professor (2021-Present), Department of Fluid Mechanics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)

Postdoctoral Fellow (2018-2021), Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Bellaterra (Barcelona, Spain).

Postdoctoral Fellow (2017-2018), Department of Physics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)

Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2017), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada).

Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-2016), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Limerick (Limerick, Ireland).

Research Assistant (2010-2014), Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Bellaterra (Barcelona, Spain).

EDUCATION:

PhD in Applied Mathematics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain.

MSc in Mathematical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain.

Graduate in Physics (Llicenciat/Licenciado), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Modelling, Partial and Ordinary Differential Equations, Moving Boundary Problems, Transport Phenomena, Nanoscience.

PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS:

M. Aguareles, M. Calvo, F. Font, T.G. Myers, A mathematical model for the energy stored in green roofs, Applied Mathematical Modelling, In Press (2022) [link]
T.G. Myers, A. Valverde, M. Aguareles, M. Calvo, F. Font, Modelling mass transfer from a packed bed by fluid extraction, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 188, 122562 (2022) [link]
C. Fanelli, K. Kaouri, T.N. Phillips, T.G. Myers, F. Font, Magnetic nanodrug delivery in non-Newtonian blood flows, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 26, 74 (2022) [link]
C. Fanelli, V. Cregan, F. Font, T.G. Myers, Modelling nanocrystal growth via the precipitation method, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 165(A), 120643 (2021). [link]
F. Font, W. Micou, F. Bresme, Non-equilibrium molecular dynamics and continuum modelling of transient freezing of atomistic solids, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 164, 120601 (2021). [link]
T.G. Myers, F. Font, Mass transfer from a fluid flowing through a porous media, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 163, 120374 (2020). [link]
T.G. Myers, F. Font, M.G. Hennessy, Mathematical modelling of carbon capture in a packed column by adsorption, Applied Energy, 278, 115565 (2020). [link]
E. Moreno, S. Flemming, F. Font, M. Holschneider, C. Beta, S. Alonso, Modeling cell crawling strategies with a bistable model: From amoeboid to fan-shaped cell motion, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 412, 132591 (2020). [link]
S. Flemming, F. Font, S. Alonso, C. Beta, How cortical waves drive fission of motile cells, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117:12, 6330-6338 (2020). [link]
I. Dassios, F. Font, Solution method for the time-fractional hyperbolic heat equation, Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 1-12 DOI: 10.1002/mma.6506 (2020). [link]
F. Font, F. Bresme, Transient melting at the nanoscale: a continuum heat transfer and non-equilibrium molecular dynamics approach, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122:30, 17481-17489 (2018). [link]
F. Font. A one-phase Stefan problem with size-dependent thermal conductivity, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 63, 172-178 (2018). [link]
F. Font, B. Protas, G. Richardson, J.M. Foster. Binder migration during drying of lithium-ion battery electrodes: modelling and comparison to experiment, Journal of Power Sources, 393, 177-185 (2018). [link]
F. Font, S. Afkhami, L. Kondic. Substrate melting during laser heating of nanoscale metal films, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 113, 237-245 (2017). [link]
T.G. Myers, F. Font. On the one-phase reduction of the Stefan problem with a variable phase change temperature, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 61, 37-41 (2015). [link]
F. Font, T.G. Myers, S.L. Mitchell. Mathematical model for nanoparticle melting with density change, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 18:2, 233-243 (2015). [link]
T.G. Myers, F. Font, V. Cregan, M.M. MacDevette. Nanomatematiques: modelitzacio matematica a la nanoescala, Butlleti de la Societat Catalana de Matematiques, 24:2, 115-134 (2014). [link]
T.G. Myers, M.M. MacDevette, F. Font, V. Cregan. Continuum mathematics at the nanoscale, Journal of Mathematics in Industry, 4:11 (2014). [link]
F. Font, T.G. Myers. Spherically symmetric nanoparticle melting with a variable phase change temperature, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 15, 2086 (2013). [link]
F. Font, S.L. Mitchell, T.G. Myers. One-dimensional solidification of supercooled melts, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 62, 411-421 (2013). [link]
T.G. Myers, S.L. Mitchell, F. Font. Energy conservation in the one-phase supercooled Stefan problem, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 39, 1522-1225 (2012). [link]
A. Corral, F. Font, J. Camacho. Noncharacteristic half-lives in radioactive decay, Physical Review E, 83, 066103 (2011). [link]

PUBLICATIONS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

F. Font, Memory and nonlocal effects of heat transport in a spherical nanoparticle, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2116 (1), 012055 (2021) [link]
M. Calvo, A. Valverde, F. Font, M. Aguareles, T.G. Myers, Contaminant removal by adsorption, Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2021. Mathematics in Industry, vol 39, Springer, Cham. (2021) [link]
M. Aguareles, F. Font, T. Myers, J. Ripoll, Mathematical modelling of fibre coating, Proceedings of the 158th European Study Group with Industry (2020). [link]
F. Font, E. Moreno, S. Alonso, Wave-pinning by global feedback in the bistable Schlögl model, Trends in Mathematics 11, 145-149 (2019). [link]
F. Font, G. Hocking, D.A. Burton, V. Cregan, P. Iliev. Stress effects of silica particles in a semiconductor package molding compound. Proceedings of the 110th European Study Group with Industry (2016). [link]
F. Font, W. Lee. A mathematical model for the secondary drying of a freeze-drying process. IOP Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 633 (2015) 012060. [link]
T.G. Myers, F. Font and M.M. MacDevette. Mathematical modelling of nanoscale phenomena. NSTI-Nanotech (2013), ISBN 978-1-4822-0584-8 Vol.2. [link]
F. Font, T. G. Myers and M. MacDevette. A mathematical model for the melting of spherical nanoparticles, Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Mathematics for Industry. [link]
F. Font, T. G. Myers and J. Low. Microfluidic phase change valves, Proceedings of the RSME Conference on Transfer and Industrial Mathematics, ISBN 978-84-9887-715-1. [link]
T. G. Myers, M.M. DeDecker, F. Font and J. Low. Modelling solidification and melting with a flowing liquid layer, Proceedings of the RSME Conference on Transfer and Industrial Mathematics, ISBN 978-84-9887-715-1. [link]

BOOK CHAPTERS:

F. Font, T.G. Myers, M.G. Hennessy, A Mathematical Model of Carbon Capture by Adsorption. In: Multidisciplinary Mathematical Modelling. SEMA SIMAI Springer Series, vol 11, pp. 35-48, Springer, Cham (2021) [link]

BOOKS EDITED:

M. Aguareles, F. Font, T. Myers, M. Pellicer, J. Solà-Morales (eds), Applications of Industrial Mathematics: Proceedings of the 158th European Study Group with Industry. RSME-Springer Series, vol. 8, Springer Cham, ISBN: 978-3-031-32132-0 (2023). [link]
F. Font, T.G. Myers (eds), Multidisciplinary Mathematical Modelling: Applications of Mathematics to the Real World. SEMA SIMAI Springer Series, vol. 11, Springer Cham, ISBN: 978-3-030-64274-7 (2021) [link]

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