Project History
The Netherlands/Germany
Detlef Lohse
2018 Balzan Prize for Fluid Dynamics
For his exceptional contributions in the most diverse fields of fluid dynamics, such as the transition to turbulent regimes in the Rayleigh-Bénard convection, the study of multi-phase turbulent flow, sonoluminescence, the properties of bubbles and drops down to a microscopic level, and micro and nano fluidics.
Excerpt from The Balzan Prizewinners’ Research Projects: An Overview 2020