Publications

The full list of publications is reported below. My profiles are available on Google Scholar and ORCID. You can find here also invited talks, presentations and posters.

Under review/in press

  1. How modeling assumptions shape predictions of convective mixing of carbon dioxide, De Paoli M. and Pirozzoli S. (2026) [link][pdf]
  2. Universal transport laws in buoyancy-driven porous mixing, De Paoli M. and Zhu X. (2026) [link][pdf]
  3. Flow morphology and patterns in porous media convection: A persistent homology analysis, De Paoli M., Pirozzoli S., Lalu C. and Kondic L. (2025) [link][pdf]

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. Complete solid-body rotation rate measurements of micro-plastic curved fibers in turbulence. Caridi G., Giurgiu V., De Paoli M. and Soldati A., Exp. Fluids, 66,102 (2025) [link][pdf].
  3. 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]
  4. 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].
  5. Transport scaling in porous media convection, Zhu X., Fu Y. and De Paoli M., J. Fluid Mech. 991, A4 (2024) [link][pdf]
  6. Full rotational dynamics of plastic microfibers in turbulence, Giurgiu V., Caridi G., De Paoli M. and Soldati A., Phys. Rev. Lett., 133, 054101 (2024) [link][pdf]. See also the Focus story on Physics and Phys.org.
  7. 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]
  8. Correction: Convective mixing in porous media: a review of Darcy, pore-scale and Hele-Shaw studies, Convective mixing in porous media: A review of Darcy, pore-scale and Hele-Shaw studies, De Paoli M., Eur. Phys. J. E 47:5 (2024), [link][pdf].
  9. 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.
  10. The TU Wien Turbulent Water Channel: Flow control loop and three-dimensional reconstruction of anisotropic particle dynamics, Giurgiu V., G. Caridi, Alipour M., De Paoli M. and Soldati A., Rev. Sci. Instrum. (selected by AIP Publishing as Kudos Research Showcase), 94, 095101 (2023) [link][pdf]
  11. Experimental assessment of mixing layer scaling laws in Rayleigh-Taylor instability, De Paoli M., Perissutti D., Marchioli C. and Soldati A., Phys. Rev. Fluids, 7, 093503, (2022) [link][pdf]
  12. Strong Rayleigh-Darcy convection regime in three-dimensional porous media, De Paoli M., Pirozzoli S., Zonta F. and Soldati A., J. Fluid Mech., 943, A51, (2022) [link][pdf]
  13. Influence of Reynolds number on the dynamics of long non-axisymmetric fibres in channel flow turbulence. Alipour M., De Paoli M. and Soldati A., J. Fluid Mech., 934, A18, (2022) [link][pdf]
  14. Short-range exposure to airborne virus transmission and current guidelines. Wang J., Alipour M., Soligo G., Roccon A., De Paoli M., Picano F. and Soldati A., PNAS, 118, 37, (2021) [link]
  15. Long non-axisymmetric fibres in turbulent channel flow. Alipour M., De Paoli M., Ghaemi S. and Soldati A., J. Fluid Mech., 916, A3, (2021) [link][pdf]
  16. Towards the ultimate regime in Rayleigh–Darcy convection. Pirozzoli S., De Paoli M., Zonta F. and Soldati A., J. Fluid Mech. (Rapids), 911, R4, (2021) [link][pdf]
  17. Influence of reservoir properties on the dynamics of a migrating current of carbon dioxide. De Paoli M., Phys. Fluids (Editor’s Pick), 33, 016602 (2021) [link][pdf]
  18. Concentration-based velocity reconstruction in convective Hele–Shaw flows. Alipour M., De Paoli M. and Soldati A., Exp. Fluids, 61, 195, (2020) [link][pdf]
  19. How non-Darcy effects influence scaling laws in Hele-Shaw convection experiments. De Paoli M., Alipour M. and Soldati A., J. Fluid Mech., 892, A41, (2020) [link][pdf]
  20. Universal behavior of scalar dissipation rate in confined porous media. De Paoli M., Giurgiu V., Zonta F. and Soldati A., Phys. Rev. Fluids (Rapid communication), 4, 101501(R), (2019) [link]
  21. Convective dissolution in porous media: experimental investigation in Hele‐Shaw cell. Alipour M. and De Paoli M., Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 19 (1), e201900236, (2019) [link][pdf]
  22. Rayleigh-Taylor convective dissolution in confined porous media. De Paoli M., Zonta F. and Soldati A., Phys. Rev. Fluids, 4, 023502, (2019) [link]
  23. Viscosity-modulated breakup and coalescence of large drops in bounded turbulence. Roccon A., De Paoli M., Zonta F. and Soldati A., Phys. Rev. Fluids, 2, 083603 (2017) [link]
  24. Dissolution in anisotropic porous media: Modelling convection regimes from onset to shutdown. De Paoli M., Zonta F. and Soldati A., Phys. Fluids, 29, 026601 (2017) [link]
  25. Influence of anisotropic permeability on convection in porous media: Implications for geological CO2 sequestration. De Paoli M., Zonta F. and Soldati A., Phys. Fluids, 28, 056601 (2016) [link]

About our work

  1. Supercellular carbon dioxide flows, Backscatter on Physics Today, 74, 5:68 (2021) [link]

High resolution images, movies and slides are available upon request.

Presentations, posters and more

  1. ERC Starting Grant
  2. Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship
  3. Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship