Giulio Facchini

@roehampton.ac.uk

Life Sciences Department
University of Roehampton, London, UK

EDUCATION

Aix-Marseille University (Phd)
Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris (MS)
University of Florence (BS)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Morphogenesis, pattern formation, complex systems, hydrodynamic instabilities
164

Scholar Citations

7

Scholar h-index

6

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Morphogenesis of the diamond-type stereom microlattice and the origin of saddle-shaped minimal surfaces in the echinoderm skeleton
    K Humański, G Facchini, J Croce, D Kołbuk, P Dubois, P Gorzelak
    bioRxiv, 2025.10. 27.684615 , 2025
    2025.0
  • Phyllotactic structures in radially growing spatial symmetry breaking systems
    G Facchini, MA Budroni, G Schuszter, F Brau, A De Wit
    Physical Review Letters 135 (1), 018001 , 2025
    2025.0
    Citations: 2
  • High environmental temperatures put nest excavation by ants on fast forward: they dig the same nests, faster
    A Rathery, G Facchini, LG Halsey, A Perna
    bioRxiv, 2025.03. 24.645078 , 2025
    2025.0
    Citations: 1
  • Substrate evaporation drives collective construction in termites
    G Facchini, A Rathery, S Douady, D Sillam-Dussès, A Perna
    Elife 12, RP86843 , 2024
    2024.0
    Citations: 8
  • A growth model driven by curvature reproduces geometric features of arboreal termite nests
    G Facchini, A Lazarescu, A Perna, S Douady
    Journal of the Royal Society Interface 17 (168), 20200093 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 23
  • Remote determination of the shape of Jupiter’s vortices from laboratory experiments
    D Lemasquerier, G Facchini, B Favier, M Le Bars
    Nature physics 16 (6), 695-700 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 27
  • Zombie vortex instability in the protoplanetary disk: can we find it in the lab?
    G Facchini, M Wang, P Marcus, M Le Bars
    EAS Publications Series 82, 435-444 , 2019
    2019.0
  • Weber’s Law-based perception and the stability of animal groups
    A Perna, G Facchini, JL Deneubourg
    Journal of the Royal Society interface 16 (154), 20190212 , 2019
    2019.0
    Citations: 4
  • The linear instability of the stratified plane Couette flow
    G Facchini, B Favier, P Le Gal, M Wang, M Le Bars
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 853, 205-234 , 2018
    2018.0
    Citations: 37
  • Erosion of a sharp density interface by a turbulent jet at moderate Froude and Reynolds numbers
    J Herault, G Facchini, M Le Bars
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 838, 631 , 2018
    2018.0
    Citations: 16
  • The rolling suitcase instability
    S Courrech du Pont, G Facchini, K Sekimoto
    Bulletin of the American Physical Society , 2018
    2018.0
  • Some aspects of the dynamics of rotating, stratified and shear flows: astrophysical and geophysical applications
    G Facchini
    Aix-Marseille , 2017
    2017.0
  • The rolling suitcase instability: a coupling between translation and rotation
    G Facchini, K Sekimoto, SC du Pont
    Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering … , 2017
    2017.0
    Citations: 13
  • Entrainment induced by waves at a density interface impinged by a turbulent jet
    J Herault, G Facchini, ML Bars
    arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.09140 , 2017
    2017.0
  • On the lifetime of a pancake anticyclone in a rotating stratified flow
    G Facchini, M Le Bars
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 804, 688-711 , 2016
    2016.0
    Citations: 7
  • Generation of a mean flow by an internal wave
    B Semin, G Facchini, F Pétrélis, S Fauve
    Physics of Fluids 28 (9), 096601 , 2016
    2016.0
    Citations: 25
  • Self similar evolution of a vortex in a rotating stratified flow-Application to Meddies
    G Facchini
    AGUFM 2015, NG41A-1765 , 2015
    2015.0
  • Une expérience modele de l’oscillation quasi-biennale
    B Semin, G Facchini, F Pétrélis, S Fauve
    Rencontre du Non-Linéaire , 2015
    2015.0
    Citations: 1
  • JFM Rapids (online only)
    R Maurin, J Chauchat, P Frey, RJ Hearst, G Gomit, ...
  • Oscillation quasi-biennale: expériences de laboratoire
    B Semin, G Facchini, F Pétrélis, S Fauve
    Résumés des exposés de la 17e Rencontre du Non-Linéaire Paris 2014, 27 , 0

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The linear instability of the stratified plane Couette flow
    G Facchini, B Favier, P Le Gal, M Wang, M Le Bars
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 853, 205-234 , 2018
    2018.0
    Citations: 37
  • Remote determination of the shape of Jupiter’s vortices from laboratory experiments
    D Lemasquerier, G Facchini, B Favier, M Le Bars
    Nature physics 16 (6), 695-700 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 27
  • Generation of a mean flow by an internal wave
    B Semin, G Facchini, F Pétrélis, S Fauve
    Physics of Fluids 28 (9), 096601 , 2016
    2016.0
    Citations: 25
  • A growth model driven by curvature reproduces geometric features of arboreal termite nests
    G Facchini, A Lazarescu, A Perna, S Douady
    Journal of the Royal Society Interface 17 (168), 20200093 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 23
  • Erosion of a sharp density interface by a turbulent jet at moderate Froude and Reynolds numbers
    J Herault, G Facchini, M Le Bars
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 838, 631 , 2018
    2018.0
    Citations: 16
  • The rolling suitcase instability: a coupling between translation and rotation
    G Facchini, K Sekimoto, SC du Pont
    Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering … , 2017
    2017.0
    Citations: 13
  • Substrate evaporation drives collective construction in termites
    G Facchini, A Rathery, S Douady, D Sillam-Dussès, A Perna
    Elife 12, RP86843 , 2024
    2024.0
    Citations: 8
  • On the lifetime of a pancake anticyclone in a rotating stratified flow
    G Facchini, M Le Bars
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 804, 688-711 , 2016
    2016.0
    Citations: 7
  • Weber’s Law-based perception and the stability of animal groups
    A Perna, G Facchini, JL Deneubourg
    Journal of the Royal Society interface 16 (154), 20190212 , 2019
    2019.0
    Citations: 4
  • Phyllotactic structures in radially growing spatial symmetry breaking systems
    G Facchini, MA Budroni, G Schuszter, F Brau, A De Wit
    Physical Review Letters 135 (1), 018001 , 2025
    2025.0
    Citations: 2
  • High environmental temperatures put nest excavation by ants on fast forward: they dig the same nests, faster
    A Rathery, G Facchini, LG Halsey, A Perna
    bioRxiv, 2025.03. 24.645078 , 2025
    2025.0
    Citations: 1
  • Une expérience modele de l’oscillation quasi-biennale
    B Semin, G Facchini, F Pétrélis, S Fauve
    Rencontre du Non-Linéaire , 2015
    2015.0
    Citations: 1
  • Morphogenesis of the diamond-type stereom microlattice and the origin of saddle-shaped minimal surfaces in the echinoderm skeleton
    K Humański, G Facchini, J Croce, D Kołbuk, P Dubois, P Gorzelak
    bioRxiv, 2025.10. 27.684615 , 2025
    2025.0
  • Zombie vortex instability in the protoplanetary disk: can we find it in the lab?
    G Facchini, M Wang, P Marcus, M Le Bars
    EAS Publications Series 82, 435-444 , 2019
    2019.0
  • The rolling suitcase instability
    S Courrech du Pont, G Facchini, K Sekimoto
    Bulletin of the American Physical Society , 2018
    2018.0
  • Some aspects of the dynamics of rotating, stratified and shear flows: astrophysical and geophysical applications
    G Facchini
    Aix-Marseille , 2017
    2017.0
  • Entrainment induced by waves at a density interface impinged by a turbulent jet
    J Herault, G Facchini, ML Bars
    arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.09140 , 2017
    2017.0
  • Self similar evolution of a vortex in a rotating stratified flow-Application to Meddies
    G Facchini
    AGUFM 2015, NG41A-1765 , 2015
    2015.0
  • JFM Rapids (online only)
    R Maurin, J Chauchat, P Frey, RJ Hearst, G Gomit, ...
  • Oscillation quasi-biennale: expériences de laboratoire
    B Semin, G Facchini, F Pétrélis, S Fauve
    Résumés des exposés de la 17e Rencontre du Non-Linéaire Paris 2014, 27 , 0