Faculty Profile

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Education

• PhD Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 2016
• MSc Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2011
• BSc Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2009

Academic Positions

• Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mechanical Science and Engineering, Jan. 2019 - present
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mechanical Science and Engineering, Jul. 2018 - Jan. 2019
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University, Sep. 2016 - present 

For more information

• Feng Research Group

Selected Articles in Journals

• Ristroph, K.D., Feng, J., McManus, S.A., Zhang, Y., Gong, K., Ramachandruni, H., White, C.E. and Prud'homme, R.K., 2019. Spray Drying OZ439 Nanoparticles to Form Stable, Water-dispersible Powders for Oral Malaria Therapy. Journal of Translational Medicine, 17, 97.
• Feng, J., Zhang, Y., McManus, S., Qian, R., Ristroph, K., Ramachandruni, H., Gong, K., White, C.E., Rawal, A. and Prud'homme, R., 2019. Amorphous nanoparticles by self-assembly: processing for controlled release of hydrophobic molecules. Soft Matter, 15, 2400-2410.    
• Yan, J., Moreau, A., Khodaparast, S., Perazzo, A., Feng, J., Fei C., Mao, S., Mukherjee, S., Kosmrlj, A., Wingreen, N.S., Bassler, B.L., and Stone, H.A., 2018. Bacterial biofilm material properties enable removal and transfer by capillary peeling. Advanced Materials, 1804153
• Tian, C.*,Feng, J.*, Cho H.J., Data S. and Prud’homme, R.K., 2018. Adsorption and Denaturation of Structured Polymeric Nanoparticles at an Interface. Nano Letters, 18(8), 4854-4860 (*equal contribution) 
• Feng, J., Zhang, Y., McManus, S.A., Ristroph, K.D., Lu, H.D., Gong, K., White, C.E. and Prud’homme, R.K., 2018. Rapid Recovery of Clofazimine-Loaded Nanoparticles with Long-Term Storage Stability as Anti-Cryptosporidium Therapy. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 1(5), 2184-2194.  
• Lu, H.D., Ristroph, K.D., Dobrijevic, E.L., Feng, J., McManus, S.A., Zhang, Y., Mulhearn, W.D., Ramachandruni, H., Patel, A. and Prud’homme, R.K., 2018. Encapsulation of OZ439 into Nanoparticles for Supersaturated Drug Release in Oral Malaria Therapy. ACS Infectious Diseases, 4(6), 970-979.
• Zhang, Y., Feng, J., McManus, S.A., Lu, H.D., Ristroph, K.D., Cho, E.J., Dobrijevic, E.L., Chan, H.K. and Prud’homme, R.K., 2017. Design and Solidification of Fast-Releasing Clofazimine Nanoparticles for Treatment of Cryptosporidiosis. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 14(10), 3480-3488.
• Shin, S., Ault, J.T., Feng, J., Warren, P.B. and Stone, H.A., 2017. Low‐Cost Zeta Potentiometry Using Solute Gradients. Advanced Materials, 29(30), 1701516.
• Feng, J., Nunes, J.K., Shin, S., Yan, J., Kong, Y.L., Prud'homme, R.K., Arnaudov, L.N., Stoyanov, S.D. and Stone, H.A., 2016. A Scalable Platform for Functional Nanomaterials via Bubble‐Bursting. Advanced Materials, 28(21), 4047-4052.
• Feng, J., Muradoglu, M., Kim, H., Ault, J.T. and Stone, H.A., 2016. Dynamics of a Bubble Bouncing at a Liquid/Liquid/Gas Interface. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 807, 324-352.
• Feng, J., Jacobi, I. and Stone, H.A., 2016. Experimental Investigation of the Faraday Instability on a Patterned Surface. Experiments in Fluids, 57(5), 86.
• Kong, Y.L., Boulogne, F., Kim, H., Nunes, J., Feng, J. and Stone, H.A., 2015. Deposition of Quantum Dots in a Capillary Tube. Langmuir, 31(45), 12560-12566.
• Stewart, P.S., Feng, J., Kimpton, L.S., Griffiths, I.M. and Stone, H.A., 2015. Stability of a Bi-layer Free Film: simultaneous or individual rupture events? Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 777, 27-49.
• Pak, O.S.*, Feng, J.* and Stone, H.A., 2014. Viscous Marangoni migration of a drop in a Poiseuille flow at low surface Péclet numbers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 753, 535-552. (*equal contribution)
• Feng, J., Roché, M., Vigolo, D., Arnaudov, L.N., Stoyanov, S.D., Gurkov, T.D., Tsutsumanova, G.G. and Stone, H.A., 2014. Nanoemulsions obtained via bubble-bursting at a compound interface. Nature Physics, 10(8), 606-612
• Feng, J., Wang, Z., Li, L., Li, Z. and Ni, W., 2013. A nonlinearized multivariate dominant factor-based partial least squares (PLS) model for coal analysis by using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Applied Spectroscopy, 67(3), 291-300.
• Quinn, D.B., Feng, J. and Stone, H.A., 2013. Analytical model for the deformation of a fluid–fluid interface beneath an AFM probe. Langmuir, 29(5), 1427-1434.
• Feng, J., Wang, Z., West, L., Li, Z. and Ni, W., 2011. A PLS model based on dominant factor for coal analysis using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 400(10), 3261-3271.
• Wang, Z., Feng, J., Li, L., Ni, W. and Li, Z., 2011. A multivariate model based on dominant factor for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measurements. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 26(11), 2289-2299.
• Wang, Z., Feng, J., Li, L., Ni, W. and Li, Z., 2011. A non-linearized PLS model based on multivariate dominant factor for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measurements. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 26(11), 2175-2182.
• Feng, J., Wang, Z., Li, Z. and Ni, W., 2010. Study to reduce laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measurement uncertainty using plasma characteristic parameters. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 65(7), 549-556. 

Patents

• R. K. Prud'homme, J. Feng, K. D. Ristroph, H. Lu, Y. Zhang, S. A. McManus, Cellulosic Polymer Nanoparticles and Methods for Forming them. U.S. Provisional Patent Ser. NO. 62/557,744, filed on Sep 12, 2017.
•  S. Shin, J. T. Ault, J. Feng, H. A. Stone. Zeta Potentiometer Using Diffusiophoresis and Diffusioosmosis. U.S. Provisional Patent Ser. NO. 62/594,871, filed on Dec 5, 2017.

Professional Societies

• Member, American Physical Society (APS)
• Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
• Member, Controlled Release Society (CRS)

Research Honors

• Wallace Memorial Honorific Fellowship, Princeton University (2016)
• Wu Prize for Excellence, Princeton University (2015)
• Eli and Britt Harari University Fellowship, Princeton University (2013)
• Graduation with Honors, Tsinghua University ( 2009, 2011)