He was already a familiar face with us since he was on a Coututelle-agreement between the University of Strasbourg and PoreLab for his PhD. Tom writes the following about himself:
"Originally trained in geophysics, I performed my PhD with the University of Strasbourg (ITES) and Porelab on the hot (and cool) thermodynamics of the rupture in solids. In Porelab I will study the evental formation of pore fluid cavities in front of fast running fractures, the temperature anomalies around rupturing biological tissues, and the flow instabilities of viscoelastic fluids in narrow pores."