Keith Moffatt

This article is about the mathematician. For the American high jumper, see Keith Moffatt (athlete). For the University of Chicago biophysicist, see John Keith Moffat. For the American football player/physician, see Henry Moffat. For other uses, see Moffat (surname).
Not to be confused with Keith Moffitt.

Keith Moffatt
Born (1935-04-12) 12 April 1935 (age 89)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Other namesHenry Keith Moffatt
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
University of Cambridge
Known forMoffatt eddies
Helicity
Non-axisymmetric Burgers vortices
AwardsSmith's Prize (1960)
Senior Whitehead Prize (2005)
Hughes Medal (2005)
Fellow of the Royal Society (1986)
Scientific career
Fieldsmagnetohydrodynamics
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
Thesis Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence  (1962)
Doctoral advisorGeorge Batchelor
Doctoral studentsMichael Proctor
Renzo Ricca
Andrew Soward

Henry Keith Moffatt, FRS FRSE (born 12 April 1935) is a British mathematician with research interests in the field of fluid dynamics, particularly magnetohydrodynamics and the theory of turbulence. He was Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge from 1980 to 2002.