Yunus Tansu Aksoy

Yunus Tansu Aksoy is a researcher in mechanical engineering with expertise in fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and energy systems. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at KU Leuven, Belgium, where he focused on particle-laden droplet and spray applications, multiphase flows, and advanced experimental methods.

He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Mechanical Engineering Department of TU/e, affiliated with the Pandemic Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) and the Department of Viroscience at Erasmus MC, working within the PDPC project Frontrunner 2: Predicting, measuring, and quantifying airborne virus transmission. His role in the project is to design a new air sampler capable of gently collecting infectious virus-laden droplets while operating at high throughput.

Yunus’s background in particle-laden sprays and experimental fluid dynamics provides a strong foundation for developing innovative air sampling technologies that advance the understanding of airborne virus transport. He is motivated by the opportunity to contribute to societal resilience and public health protection through the development of engineering solutions that support better pandemic preparedness.

Within the PDPC, he aims to develop and validate a next-generation air sampler that can outperform or complement existing devices on the market and strengthen the collaborative research between engineering and virology disciplines.

His research outputs can be reached via Google Scholar | ORCID