Expertise

Has expertise in:

Soft condensed matter physics

Coarse-grained simulation of DNA and RNA

Structure, rheology and microfluidics of liquid crystals

New soft and functional composite materials

Mesoscopic simulation methods for fluid dynamics and complex fluids

High-performance computing

Algorithm development and research software engineering

Prizes and awards

Chancellor's Fellowship: Recipient; 2017
EPSRC Research Software Engineer Fellowship: Recipient; 2016
EPSRC Early Career Fellowship: Recipient; 2016

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Publications

Variation of molecular mean free path in confined geometries: Xie Jianfei, Gibelli Livio, Borg Matthew K, Henrich Oliver, Lockerby Duncan A, Reese Jason M; AIP Conference Proceedings Vol 2132 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5119594
Effective mean free path and viscosity of confined gases: Xie Jianfei, Borg Matthew K, Gibelli Livio, Henrich Oliver, Lockerby Duncan A, Reese Jason M; Physics of Fluids Vol 31 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5108627
Microfluidic Flow of Colloid-Liquid Crystal Composite Materials: Lesniewska Magdalena, Henrich Oliver, Mottram Nigel; 5th International Soft Matter Conference (ISMC2019) (2019)
Coarse-grained simulation of DNA using LAMMPS : an implementation of the oxDNA model and its applications: Henrich Oliver, Gutiérrez Fosado Yair Augusto, Curk Tine, Ouldridge Thomas E; European Physical Journal E Vol 41 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2018-11669-8
Mesoscopic modelling and simulation of soft matter: Schiller Ulf D, Krüger Timm, Henrich Oliver; Soft Matter Vol 14, pp. 9-26 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1039/C7SM01711A
Flow of deformable droplets : discontinuous shear thinning and velocity oscillations: Foglino M, Morozov A N, Henrich O, Marenduzzo D; Physical Review Letters Vol 119 (2017); https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.208002

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Research interests

Soft condensed matter is an interdisciplinary field at the interface of physics, chemistry and biology. It covers a variety of physical, mostly liquid or gel-like states and systems, which are easily deformable by thermal stresses and fluctuations. Complex fluids such as liquid crystals, colloidal suspensions, glasses, amphiphilic mixtures, polymeric liquids, foams, gels, granular matter and a number of biologically relevant substances fall into this category.

Soft matter is ubiquitous and shares the common feature that the generic physical behaviour occurs at energy scales comparable to thermal energies at room temperature. It also shows a distinct propensity to self-assemble into more complex, mesoscopic structures which determine its mechanical, optical and rheological properties.

A particular focus of my research is on liquid crystals and nano-composite materials. I have also an interest in coarse-grained simulation of DNA and RNA. We try to understand the structural and dynamical behaviour of these systems. This requires modelling of mesoscopic time and length scales between those of the microscopic world of atoms and the macroscopic world we live in. Mesoscopic length scales range roughly from several nanometres (10^-9 m) to micrometres (10^-6 m).

Personal webpage: https://www.oliverhenrich.com

Professional activities

Coarse-Grained Modelling of DNA Hydrogels: Speaker; 19/3/2019
Mesoscopic Simulation of Soft Condensed Matter: Speaker; 13/12/2018
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich: Visiting researcher; 12/2018
Mesoscopic Simulation of Flowing Topological Composite Materials: Speaker; 28/6/2018
Mesoscopic Simulation of Flowing Topological Composite Materials: Speaker; 16/5/2018

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Projects

Transformative Technologies for Nanomedicine Characterization Centre for Doctoral Training: Rattray, Zahra (Principal Investigator) Edkins, Robert (Principal Investigator) Van de Linde, Sebastian (Principal Investigator) Sandison, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Henrich, Oliver (Principal Investigator); 31-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2024
Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | Lesniewska, Magdalena: Henrich, Oliver (Principal Investigator) Mottram, Nigel (Co-investigator) Lesniewska, Magdalena (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2022
EPSRC Research Software Engineer Fellowship: Henrich, Oliver (Fellow); 01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2021
Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP 2016-2017 University of Strathclyde) | Denholm, James: Hourahine, Ben (Principal Investigator) Henrich, Oliver (Co-investigator) Denholm, James (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2016 - 01-Jan-2020

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Dr Oliver Henrich

Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow

Physics