{{short description|Portuguese fluid dynamicist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Silvana Cardoso | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | citizenship = | fields = Fluid mechanics | workplaces = | patrons = | alma_mater = University of Porto, University of Cambridge | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = Andrew W. Woods | academic_advisors = John Davidson, Herbert Huppert, Alírio Rodrigues | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | spouse = | children = | home_town = }}'''Silvana Cardoso''' is a Portuguese fluid dynamicist working in Britain. She is professor of Fluid Mechanics and the Environment at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. She leads the Fluids and the Environment research group<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/rg-feg|title=Fluids and Environment|first=Vanessa S.|last=Blake|date=July 5, 2018|website=www.ceb.cam.ac.uk}}</ref> at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology.
Her research focuses on fluid mechanics and environmental science, in particular the interaction of natural convection and chemical kinetics including
* turbulent plumes and thermals in the environment, such as the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan and oceanic methane releases. * flow and reaction in porous media, e.g., the spreading of carbon dioxide in geological storage at Sleipner gas field in the North Sea. * cool flames and thermo-kinetic explosions, as occurred in the crash of TWA flight 800. * self-assembling porous precipitate structures, such as chemical gardens and submarine hydrothermal vents.
She is on the International Advisory Panel<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/chemical-engineering-science/editorial-board|title=Chemical Engineering Science Editorial Board|via=www.journals.elsevier.com}}</ref> of the journal ''Chemical Engineering Science'' and the Editorial Board<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/chemical-engineering-journal/editorial-board|title=Chemical Engineering Journal Editorial Board|via=www.journals.elsevier.com}}</ref> of Chemical Engineering Journal.
In 2016 she was awarded the Davidson medal of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icheme.org/knowledge/medals-and-prizes/research-and-teaching/davidson-medal-winners/|title=Davidson Medal winners – IChemE|website=www.icheme.org}}</ref>
Recent press interest in her work has included pieces on whether natural geochemical reactions can delay or prevent the spreading of carbon dioxide in subsurface aquifers used for carbon capture and storage,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://ichemeblog.org/2015/01/20/the-complexities-of-carbon-capture-and-storage-day-238/ |title = The Complexities of Carbon Capture and Storage (Day 238)|date = 2015-01-20}}</ref> the possible melting of oceanic methane hydrate deposits owing to climate change,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://phys.org/news/2017-03-percent-global-methane-deposits-due.html |title = 3.5 percent of global methane deposits could be melted by 2100 due to climate change}}</ref> and the importance to astrobiology of brinicles on Jupiter's moon, Europa.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://astrobiology.com/2019/03/self-assembling-ice-membranes-on-europa.html |title = Self-Assembling Ice Membranes on Europa – Astrobiology| date=6 March 2019 }}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.cfn.group.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-silvana-cardoso Page at Cambridge Fluids Network regarding fluid mechanics research at Cambridge] * [https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/directory/silvana-cardoso Page at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology] * [https://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/college/master-and-fellows/list-fellows/professor-silvana-cardoso Page at Pembroke College] * [https://www.energy.cam.ac.uk/directory/sssc1@cam.ac.uk Page at University of Cambridge] * {{MathGenealogy|id=175590}}
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