Luc Deike

Luc Deike is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Princeton University. His research focuses on fluid mechanics, particularly in the study of non-linear and multi-scale systems. His work explores fundamental physics problems with applications in environmental and industrial contexts, including wave statistics, gas transfer, and spray dynamics. Deike is affiliated with the High Meadows Environmental Institute and leads the Deike Lab, where he develops laboratory and numerical experiments to model complex fluid phenomena. His research areas include breaking waves, bubble dynamics, and spray generation.

Luc Deike is a researcher at Princeton University specializing in waves and wave breaking, turbulence, multi-phase flows, drops and bubbles, and ocean-atmosphere interaction. His work explores the dynamics of air entrainment, bubble statistics, and mass transfer at the ocean-atmosphere interface. Deike's research includes the study of jet dynamics from bursting bubbles, the production of microplastic emissions, and the role of capillary effects in wave breaking. His publications focus on high-resolution simulations of breaking waves, turbulent bubble break-up, and energy dissipation in capillary wave turbulence. His research contributes to understanding the physical processes governing ocean-atmosphere interactions and their impact on climate and environmental systems.