Research output

Papers

1. Solute mixing in porous media with dispersion and buoyancy, De Paoli M., Yerragolam G.S., Verzicco R. and Lohse D., J. Fluid Mech. 1020,A24 (2025) [link][pdf][InterPore presentation]
2. Simulation and modelling of convective mixing of carbon dioxide in geological formations, De Paoli M., Zonta F., Enzenberger L., Coliban E., Pirozzoli S., Geophys. Res. Lett., 52, e2025GL114804 (2025) [link][pdf][data]
3. AFiD-Darcy: A finite difference solver for numerical simulations of convective porous media flows., De Paoli M., Yerragolam G. S., Lohse D. and Verzicco R. Comput. Phys. Commun., 312, 109579 (2025) [link][pdf][code].
4. Transport scaling in porous media convection, Zhu X., Fu Y. and De Paoli M., J. Fluid Mech. 991, A4 (2024) [link][pdf]
5. Towards the understanding of convective dissolution in confined porous media: thin bead pack experiments, two-dimensional direct numerical simulations, and physical models, De Paoli M., Howland C.J., Verzicco R. and Lohse D., J. Fluid Mech., 987, A1 (2024) [link][pdf]
6. Convective mixing in porous media: A review of Darcy, pore-scale and Hele-Shaw studies, De Paoli M., Eur. Phys. J. E 46:129 (2023), [link][pdf]. See also EPJ news and highlights.

Public outreach

1. Press release on April 8, 2025, from TU Wien: “How to get rid of carbon dioxide for good” [link]. See also articles by die Presse, APA, ORF, der Standard, Phys.org, Aljazeera, …
2. Interview on Sep.9, 2024, at Innovation Origins: “Carbon capture and storage: where are we now?” [link]

Databases and datasets

1. Data Supporting “Simulation and modelling of convective mixing of carbon dioxide in geological formations”, De Paoli M., Zonta F., Enzenberger L., Coliban E., Pirozzoli S. [link]
2. Data supporting “Towards the understanding of convective dissolution in confined porous media: thin bead pack experiments, two-dimensional direct numerical simulations and physical models”, C.J. Howland and De Paoli M. (2024) [link]

Codes

1. AFiD-Darcy : A finite difference solver for numerical simulations of convective porous media flows., De Paoli M., Yerragolam G. S., Lohse D. and Verzicco R [code].

Invited talks

1. AFiD-Darcy: A finite difference solver for numerical simulations of convective porous media flows, invited Cassyni Seminar for Computer Physics Communications (online), April 9, 2025 [recording][ppt].
2. Mixing in multiscale porous media flows: insights from experiments, simulations and modelling, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University, Coordinator: Prof. Sergio Pirozzoli, Sapienza University (Rome, Italy), February 14, 2025 [pdf].
3. Modelling heat and mass transport in convective porous media flows: a multiscale approach, Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Caltech, Coordinator: Prof. Xiaojing (Ruby) Fu, Caltech, Pasadena (US), July 10, 2024 [ppt].
4. Multiscale modelling of convective mixing in confined porous media, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Energia, dei Sistemi, del Territorio e delle Costruzioni (DESTEC), Coordinator: Prof. Paolo Di Marco, Università di Pisa, Pisa (Italy), May 9, 2024 [pdf].
5. Heat and mass transport: Insights from experiments, simulations, and modelling, Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides de Lille (LMFL), Coordinator: Prof. Francesco Romanò, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers, Dept. Fluid Mechanics and Energetics, Lille (France), March 14, 2024 [pdf].
6. Solute dispersion in porous media: Insights from experiments, simulations, and modelling, Laboratory of Complex Fluids and Their Reservoirs, Coordinator: Prof. Fabrizio Croccolo, Universite de Pau and des Pays de l’Adour, Anglet (France), March 12, 2024 [pdf].
7. Convection-driven porous media flows: Implications for carbon dioxide sequestration, Pre APS-DFD satellite meeting on Environmental and Biological Fluid Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (US), Nov. 16-17, 2023 [pdf].
8. Convection driven porous media flows: Implications for carbon dioxide sequestration, Invited talk at the PoreLab Lecture Series, Oslo (online), Nov. 14, 2023 [pdf, recording].

Presentations and posters

1. De Paoli M., Howland C., Yerragolam G.S., Verzicco R. and Lohse D., Multiscale modelling of convection in porous media: experiments, pore-scale and Darcy simulations with dispersion, EFDC2, Dublin (Ireland), August 25-29, 2025 [pdf].
2. De Paoli M., Howland C., Verzicco R. and Lohse D., Multiscale modelling of convection in porous media: experiments, pore-scale and Darcy simulations with dispersion, InterPore 2025, Albuquerque (New Mexico), May 19-22, 2025 [pdf].
3. De Paoli, M., Howland C., Verzicco R. and Lohse D., (2024) Convection in porous media with dispersion: experiments, pore-scale and Darcy simulations, APS-DFD Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City (Utah, USA), November 19-21, 2024 [pdf].
4. De Paoli, M., Yerragolam G. S., Verzicco R. and Lohse D. (2024), Mixing in porous media: a multiscale approach, Meeting of the JMBC Contact Group “Turbulence”, Eindhoven (the Netherlands), October 31, 2024 [pdf].
5. Convective mixing in confined porous media: pore-scale experiments, simulations and modelling, De Paoli M., Howland C., Verzicco R. and Lohse D., Gordon Research Conference on Flow and Transport in Permeable Media, Newry (US), July 14-19, 2024 [pdf].
6. Convective mixing in confined porous media: a pore-scale study. De Paoli M., Howland C., Verzicco R. and Lohse D., Max Planck Center Meeting, Bad Boekelo (the Netherlands), Apr. 29-30, 2024 [pdf].
7. Rayleigh-Taylor instability in confined porous media: Pore-scale simulations and experiments. De Paoli M., Howland C., Verzicco R. and Lohse D., American Physical Society – Division of Fluid Dynamics, Washington (US), Nov. 19-21, 2023 [pdf].
8. Convective mixing in confined porous media, De Paoli M., Howland C., Verzicco R. and Lohse D., JMBC Turbulence Contact Group Meeting, Delft (the Netherlands), Oct. 27, 2023 [pdf].
9. Pore-scale simulation of convective mixing in confined media. De Paoli M., Howland C., Verzicco R. and Lohse D., 10th GACM Colloquium, Vienna (Austria), Sep. 10-13, 2023 [pdf].