Rowan Brackston
I am a post-doctoral researcher in the Theoretical Systems Biology Group at Imperial College where I have worked since May 2017. The focus of my work is split between the development of insightful models for development and regulation of cells, and the computational methods needed for this analysis.
I originally studied aerospace and aerothermal engineering at the University of Cambridge, specialising in fluid mechanics and feedback control systems and graduating with an MEng (distinction) in 2013. I obtained my Ph.D. in experimental aerodynamics and flow control from the Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College in September 2017, working under the supervision of Professor Jonathan Morrison and Dr. Andrew Wynn. The work in my Ph.D. was focussed on the development of stochastic models and feedback control algorithms to modify the flow over automotive vehicles.
Publications
Extrinsic Noise and Heavy-Tailed Laws in Gene Expression ➟
L Ham*, RD Brackston*, MPH Stumpf (2019). bioRxiv.
Transition State Characteristics During Cell Differentiation ➟
RD Brackston*, E Lakatos*, MPH Stumpf (2018). PLoS Computational Biology, 14(9): e1006405.
Construction of Quasi-Potentials for Stochastic Dynamical Systems: An Optimization Approach ➟
RD Brackston, A Wynn, MPH Stumpf (2018). Physical Review E, 98, 022136.
Modelling and Feedback Control of Vortex Shedding for Drag Reduction of a Turbulent Bluff Body Wake ➟
RD Brackston, A Wynn, JF Morrison (2018). International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 71(C), 127-136
Feedback Control of Three-Dimensional Bluff Body Wakes for Efficient Drag Reduction ➟
RD Brackston (2017). Ph.D. Thesis, Imperial College London.
Adaptive Base-Flaps Under Variable Cross-Wind ➟
JMG de la Cruz, RD Brackston, JF Morrison (2017). SAE Technical Paper, 2017-01-7000.
Extremum Seeking to Control the Amplitude and Frequency of a Pulsed Jet for Bluff Body Drag Reduction ➟
RD Brackston, A Wynn, JF Morrison (2016). Experiments in Fluids, 57 (10), 159.
Stochastic Modelling and Feedback Control of Bistability in a Turbulent Bluff Body Wake ➟
RD Brackston, JM Garcia de la Cruz, A Wynn, G Rigas, JF Morrison (2016). Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 802, 726-749.
Diffusive Dynamics and Stochastic Models of Turbulent Axisymmetric Wakes ➟
G Rigas, AS Morgans, RD Brackston, JF Morrison (2015). Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 778, R2.