John Lister’s research looks at a number of areas of fundamental fluid mechanics and in the application of fluid mechanics to understand a variety of processes in the Earth Sciences. Some indication of the range of his interests is provided by the following topics
- Fluid driven crack propagation and dykes
- Viscous gravity currents and lava flows
- Particle-laden flows, turbidity currents and sedimentation
- The thermodynamics and fluid dynamics of the Earth’s core
- Capillary pinch-off and film rupture
- Similarity solutions and finite-time singularities
- Low Reynolds number flow
- Flows with solidification or temperature-dependent viscosity