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Jessica Shang

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (CV)

j.k.shang[at]rochester.edu

Labstagram: @urhydrolab

Jessica Shang is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester. She did a postdoc with the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute and the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford, advised by Alison Marsden. She received a PhD in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Princeton in 2015, co-advised by Lex Smits and Howard Stone, an MPhil in Engineering at Cambridge advised by Holger Babinsky, and a BA in Engineering Sciences from Harvard. She enjoys interesting fundamental fluids problems and is always in awe of the role of fluid dynamics in the natural world. When not at research, Jessica is spending time with her kids, cooking, reading, and occasionally crafting.