Jun Zhang
Professor of Physics and Mathematics
Physics and Mathematics
Shanghai University
China
Biography
Jun Zhang is Professor of Physics and Mathematics, NYU Shanghai; Global Network Professor, NYU. Since 2001 he has been the codirector of the Applied Math Laboratory in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He holds a PhD in physics from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen. Zhang’s research interests lie in the field of physics of fluids and complex systems, which includes biomechanics or bio-locomotion (organismal swimming and flying and walking), geophysical fluids (thermal convection, continental dynamics, and erosion), solid-on-solid friction, urban heat-island effect, and self-organization phenomena at different scales.
Research Interest
Physics and Mathematics
