Binod Sreenivasan

• Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flows in planetary interiors and in the laboratory.
• Fluid motion in the Earth's outer core and the geodynamo.
• Vortex dynamics.

• Ph.D., Cambridge.
• M.S., Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
• B.Tech. (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut (formerly REC), India.

• B. Sreenivasan and D. Gubbins, Dynamos with weakly convecting outer layers: implications for core-mantle boundary interaction, Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynam., 102(4), 395-407, 2008. (pdf)
• B. Sreenivasan, A buoyant flow structure in a magnetic field: Quasi-steady states and linear-nonlinear transitions, Physics Letters A, 372(33), 5471-5478, 2008. (pdf)
• B. Sreenivasan, P.A. Davidson, On the formation of cyclones and anticyclones in a rotating fluid, Phys. Fluids, 20(8), 085104, 2008. (pdf)
• A.P. Willis, B. Sreenivasan and D. Gubbins, Thermal core-mantle interaction: exploring regimes for 'locked' dynamo action, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 165, 83-92, 2007.
• P.A. Davidson, B. Sreenivasan and A.J. Aspden, Evolution of localized blobs of swirling or buoyant fluid with and without an ambient magnetic field, Phys. Rev. E, 75, 026304, 2007. (pdf)
• B. Sreenivasan and C.A. Jones, Azimuthal winds, convection and dynamo action in the polar regions of planetary cores, Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynam., 100(4-5), 319-339, 2006. (pdf).
• B. Sreenivasan and C.A. Jones, The role of inertia in the evolution of spherical dynamos, Geophys. J. Int, 164(2), 467-476, 2006.
• B. Sreenivasan and C.A. Jones, Structure and dynamics of the polar vortex in the Earth's core, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L20301, 2005. (pdf)
• B. Sreenivasan, P.A. Davidson and J. Etay, On the control of surface waves by a vertical magnetic field, Phys. Fluids, 19, 403-421, 2000. (pdf)
• B. Sreenivasan, Breakdown of a magnetohydrodynamic flow structure, Phys. Fluids, 15, 2041-2046, 2003.
• B. Sreenivasan and V.R. Raghavan, Hydrodynamics of a swirling fluidised bed, Chem. Eng. Process., 41, 99-106, 2002. (pdf)
• B. Sreenivasan and T. Alboussière, Experimental study of a vortex in a magnetic field, J. Fluid Mech., 464, 287-309, 2002. (view pdf)
• B. Sreenivasan and T. Alboussière, Evolution of a vortex in a magnetic field, Eur. J. Mech. - Fluids, 464, 287-309, 2000. (view pdf)

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• CNRS Research fellowship, October 2001.
• Post-graduate prize awarded by the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers, UK (February 2000).
• Junior Research Fellowship of Hughes Hall, Cambridge (1998-2000).
• Cambridge-Nehru and Chevening Scholarship (1997-2000).
• Overseas Research Scholarship (ORS) Award.
• National Merit Scholarship certificate (India).

• E-mail: B.Sreenivasan@leeds.ac.uk