Pablo Vallés Oliván

Personal Investigador en Formación, Área de Mecánica de Fluidos, Universidad de Zaragoza

PhD student at University of Zaragoza, in co-tutelle with the Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour

Pablo Vallés Oliván is a PhD student and early-stage researcher in Fluid Mechanics at the University of Zaragoza. He holds a degree in Physics and master’s degrees in Mathematical Modeling and in Water Resources Engineering. His research focuses on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), shallow-water modeling, and Lagrangian transport models, with particular emphasis on particle tracking for material and pollutant transport, such as micro- and macroplastics, in hydro-environmental systems.

His core contributions include:

• CFD & Numerical Modeling: Development and application of shallow-water solvers with focus on Lagrangian particle transport. Developer and maintainer of RiverFlow2D and OilFlow2D, and scientific developer for SERGHEI.
• Particle Tracking & Pollutant Transport: Design of Lagrangian models to simulate material and pollutant dynamics, with emphasis on micro- and macroplastics in rivers, reservoirs, and hydraulic networks.
• Hydroinformatics Applications: Modeling of irrigation systems, runoff, and reservoir operation using coupled approaches (e.g., 2D–0D) and control strategies.
• High-Performance Computing: Experience with efficient implementations of fluid dynamics solvers for large-scale, high-resolution environmental simulations.