Mario Morales Hernández
Profesor Titular de Mecánica de Fluidos, Universidad de Zaragoza
Collaborator, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (USA)
Dr. Mario Morales Hernández is an Associate Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the University of Zaragoza (Spain) and a Collaborator with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL, USA). With a strong foundation in Mathematics, he earned his PhD in Fluid Mechanics (2014) with summa cum laude distinction from the University of Zaragoza. His career includes prestigious postdoctoral fellowships (Juan de la Cierva–Formación, BCAM) and a significant tenure as Research Staff at ORNL, culminating in his current professorship at UNIZAR. His work is dedicated to advancing computational methods, high-performance simulations, and interdisciplinary applications of fluid mechanics in engineering and environmental sciences.
Mario Morales Hernández is a leading researcher in the mathematical modeling of environmental and earth system problems, leveraging high-performance computing (HPC) and GPU-based numerical methods. His core contributions include:
- Advanced CFD & HPC: Core developer of RiverFlow2D and lead developer of multi-GPU codes like TRITON and SERGHEI, applied to large-scale, high-resolution simulations of transient free-surface flows and other fluid dynamics problems.
- Environmental Fluid Mechanics: Expertise in modeling floods, erosion, sediment transport, porous media, solute transport, and water quality for riverine and coastal systems.
- Applied Hydraulics & Agriculture: Focus on irrigation, runoff, and soil-water interaction modeling.
- AI, Optimization & Control: Integrating artificial intelligence, adjoint equations and optimization techniques into predictive modeling and control strategies for fluid mechanics.
- Climate & Risk Assessment: Applying numerical methods to assess climate change impacts on hydrological extremes and flood risk.