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Swathi Krishna is a lecturer in the Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics group at the University of Southampton since August 2021. She obtained her bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India in 2009, and then completed an MSc in aerospace engineering at TU Delft, Netherlands in 2012. She earned her PhD in mechanics from École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland in 2017. Before becoming a lecturer, Swathi had a brief stint in the industry and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Rostock, Germany. Her research interests broadly lie in experimental fluid mechanics and aeroacoustics, focusing on unsteady vortex-dominated flows, experimental aerodynamics, and flow diagnostics. Her research is inspired by nature and aims to enhance engineering designs in aeronautics and marine technologies. She uses state-of-the-art facilities at the University of Southampton to conduct cutting-edge research in these fields, including complex robotic systems.