Elizabeth P. Hicks is a research scientist and the founder of Epsilon Delta Labs, a research lab focusing on interdisciplinary research. She specializes in interdisciplinary research at the boundary between astrophysics and fluid dynamics, studying problems where simulations of pure fluid phenomena can inform astrophysical research. In her research, Dr. Hicks has used both theoretical methods and large-scale numerical simulations. Dr. Hicks also loves science+art collaboration. In particular, she and other member of Epsilon Delta Labs created an immersive turbulence experience, ``Far From Equilibrium'', which was performed in Chicago in the summer of 2016.

Curriculum Vitae

Current Projects

• Rayleigh-Taylor Unstable Flames: Connecting Local and Global Properties

• Solar Dreams

Past Projects

• Rayleigh-Taylor Unstable Flames: The Effect of Two-mode Coupling

• Far From Equilibrium: Curiosity, Creativity, Uncertainty

• Far From Equilibrium: An Dance About Turbulence

Publications

• Mingxuan Liu and Elizabeth P. Hicks, Rayleigh-Taylor Unstable Flames: the Effect of Two-Mode Coupling, 2024, Physical Review Fluids, Volume 9, Issue 11, 113203, November 2024. [pdf] [link]
• E. P. Hicks, Rayleigh–Taylor unstable flames at higher Reynolds number, 2019, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 489, Issue 1, October 2019, Pages 36–51. [pdf] [link]
• E. P. Hicks, Rayleigh-Taylor Unstable Flames -- Fast or Faster?, 2015, The Astrophysical Journal, 803, 72. [pdf] [link]
• E. P. Hicks, A shear instability mechanism for the pulsations of Rayleigh–Taylor unstable model flames, 2014, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 748, 618-640. [pdf] [link]
• E. P. Hicks and R. Rosner, Gravitationally Unstable Flames: Rayleigh-Taylor Stretching Versus Turbulent Wrinkling, 2013, The Astrophysical Journal, 771, 135. [pdf] [link]
• Elizabeth Hicks and Robert Rosner, The effects of burning on the development of 2D turbulence, 2010, Physica Scripta, Vol. 2010, T142, 01404.

Code and Data Releases

• Mingxuan Liu and Elizabeth P. Hicks, Rayleigh-Taylor Unstable Flames: the Effect of Two-Mode Coupling (Code and Data Release), Zenodo, September 16, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13750992

Undergraduate Students (Former)

• Mingxuan Liu (Emory University), 2022-2024
• grad school: University of Michigan (Astronomy)
• Rachel McEnroe (University of Chicago, PI: Wendy Zhang), 2014
• grad school: Northwestern University (Mathematics, Ph.D. 2021)