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# Computational Multiphase Physics (CoMPhy) Lab
-### 🌊 Exploring Non-Newtonian Free-Surface Flows & Soft Matter Singularities 🌊
+**Department of Physics · Durham University · United Kingdom**
-[](https://comphy-lab.org)
-[](mailto:vatsalsy@comphy-lab.org)
-[](https://github.com/comphy-lab)
-[](https://www.youtube.com/@CoMPhyLab)
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+We study non-Newtonian free-surface flows and soft-matter singularities. The group sits at the intersection of applied mathematics, fluid mechanics, and direct numerical simulation, and develops open-source codes and theory for soft-matter phenomena across length and time scales.
-[](https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/physics/)
-[](https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/vatsal-sanjay/)
-[](https://github.com/orgs/comphy-lab/repositories)
-[](https://github.com/comphy-lab)
+[Website](https://comphy-lab.org) · [People](https://comphy-lab.org/team) · [Research](https://comphy-lab.org/research) · [Opportunities](https://comphy-lab.org/join) · [Email](mailto:vatsal.sanjay@comphy-lab.org) · [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@CoMPhyLab) · [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/comphy-lab.org) · [X](https://twitter.com/VatsalSanjay)
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+- **Drop impact and forces** — inertia, viscosity, wettability, and rheology in impact, rebound, and soft-sphere analogues
+- **Bubbles and singularities** — capillary-wave focusing, Worthington jets, and pinch-off in Newtonian and complex fluids
+- **Sheets and films** — hole nucleation, Taylor–Culick retraction, and film rupture
+- **Open-source DNS** — Basilisk C extensions for viscoelastic, viscoplastic, and elastoviscoplastic multiphase flow
-## 🔬 About CoMPhy Lab
+Current interests include mycofluidic transport, non-Newtonian effects on hydrodynamic singularities, and respiratory-droplet formation driven by viscoelastic mucus rheology.
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-We are a computational physics research group based at the **Department of Physics** at **Durham University**. Our research focuses on understanding complex fluid dynamics phenomena through advanced computational methods.
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+| [MultiRheoFlow](https://github.com/comphy-lab/MultiRheoFlow) | Multiphase flows with complex rheology on Basilisk C |
+| [Viscoelastic3D](https://github.com/comphy-lab/Viscoelastic3D) | Three-dimensional viscoelastic solver extension |
+| [Viscoelastic Worthington jets](https://github.com/comphy-lab/Viscoelastic-Worthington-jets-and-droplets-produced-by-bursting-bubbles) | Jets and droplets from bursting viscoelastic bubbles |
+| [JumpingBubbles](https://github.com/comphy-lab/JumpingBubbles) | Coalescence-induced bubble jumping |
+| [basilisk-C](https://github.com/comphy-lab/basilisk-C) | Lab-maintained Basilisk C install and version pin |
+| [Basilisk-101](https://github.com/comphy-lab/Basilisk-101) | Onboarding notebooks for Basilisk CFD |
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+[All public repositories →](https://github.com/orgs/comphy-lab/repositories)
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-| 🌊 [**Bubble Dynamics**](https://github.com/comphy-lab) | Worthington jet formation from bursting bubbles | Basilisk C, MPI |  |
-| 💧 [**Droplet Physics**](https://github.com/comphy-lab) | Non-Newtonian droplet impact phenomena | OpenFOAM, Python |  |
-| 🔄 [**Viscoelastic Flows**](https://github.com/comphy-lab) | Complex fluid behavior in confined geometries | Basilisk C, Julia |  |
-| ⚡ [**Singularity Formation**](https://github.com/comphy-lab) | Soft matter singularities and breakup | C++, MATLAB |  |
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1. Verschuur, C. I., Oratis, A. T., Sanjay, V., & Snoeijer, J. H. How elasticity affects bubble pinch-off. Phys. Rev. Fluids (2026).
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-### 🔬 **Open Science Commitment**
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-We believe in open and reproducible science. All our computational tools and datasets are openly available to the research community.
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-- 🎓 **PhD/Postdoc Positions**: Check our [opportunities page](https://comphy-lab.org/opportunities)
-- 🤝 **Research Collaborations**: Contact us for potential collaborations
-- 💻 **Code Contributions**: See our repositories and contribution guidelines
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-### 📬 **Contact Us**
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+## Join and contact
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- Advancing computational physics one simulation at a time 🚀
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+Open science is the default: simulation codes and analysis for papers live in public repositories under this organization.
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+- Positions and projects: [comphy-lab.org/join](https://comphy-lab.org/join)
+- PI: [Vatsal Sanjay](https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/vatsal-sanjay/) · [vatsal.sanjay@comphy-lab.org](mailto:vatsal.sanjay@comphy-lab.org)
+- Discussions: [github.com/orgs/comphy-lab/discussions](https://github.com/orgs/comphy-lab/discussions)