Yifei Guan
Research interests
Turbulence Modeling, Machine Learning, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Climate Change
Teaching interests
Fluid mechanics, Heat transfer
Publications
Guan, Y., and Hassanzadeh, P., Semi-analytical eddy-viscosity and backscattering closures for 2-D geophysical turbulence, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2026. [https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2026.12056]
Guan, Y., Amoudruz, L., Litvinov, S., Jakhar, K., Mojgani, R., Koumoutsakos, P., and Hassanzadeh, P., Prediction of Extreme Events in Multiscale Simulations of Geophysical Turbulence using Reinforcement Learning, Journal of Computational Science, 2026. [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877750326002401?dgcid=coauthor]
Wang, Q., Wang, X., Wang, M, Guan, Y., Luo, K., Wu, J.,Wang, W., Pérez, A. T.,
From localized dryout to convective elongated vapor structures: Reynolds number effects on boiling transition in a rectangular mini-channel. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2026 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2026.129527]
Qin, Y., Guan, Y., Luo, K., and Wu, J., Lattice Boltzmann Modeling of Electro-Thermo-Convection in Dielectric Liquids With Electric Conduction. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 2026 [https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.70099]
Guan, Y., Hassanzadeh, P., Schneider, T., Dunbar, O., Huang, D., Wu, J., and Lopez-Gomez, I., Online learning of eddy-viscosity and backscattering closures for geophysical turbulence using ensemble Kalman inversion, Physical Review Research, 2026. This article is part of a Physical Review Collection on the Physics of Changing Climate. [https://doi.org/10.1103/mnbm-3g56]
Han, G., Guan, Y., Liu, W., Chen, Q. Thermal-buoyancy regulation of ion transport and flow regime near electrochemical surfaces. International Journal of Thermal Sciences 2026 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2026.110971]
Jakhar, K., Guan, Y., and Hassanzadeh, P. 2026. Analytical and AI-Discovered Stable, Accurate, and Generalizable Subgrid-Scale Closure for Geophysical Turbulence. Physical Review Letters (Featured in Physics and Editors' Suggestion) [https://doi.org/10.1103/v28b-5qmp]
Qin, Y., Guan, Y., and Wu, J. 2025. Application of the ghost fluid lattice Boltzmann method to injection-induced electroconvection in a dielectric liquid. Applied Mathematical Modelling [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2025.116546]
Guan, Y., Wang, Q., Zhang, M., Zhang, Y., and Wu, J. 2025. Numerical investigation of two-dimensional electro-thermo-hydrodynamic turbulence: Energy budget and scaling law analysis. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2025.127094]
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Academic credentials
Postdoc, University of Chicago, Rice University; Ph.D., University of WashingtonSteinmetz Hall 214
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