P. RoyDr. Pratanu Roy is a Staff Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), California. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A & M University in 2014. Dr. Roy conducts research in computational fluid dynamics (finite olume method, multigrid methods), high-performance computing for CFD, transport in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), and turbulence modelling. Dr. Roy is the recipient of the 2015 American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) best paper award. He has also received the 2020 LLNL Physical and Life Sciences Directorate award for spearheading a brand new mentoring program within the lab. In 2022, he was awarded National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Defense Programs Awards of Excellence in recognition of his 'contributions developing and rapidly deploying the reaction sorption transport (ReSorT) moisture model.' Read More Read Less