Amy Shen

Professor
Ph.D. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2000
Email: amy.shen at oist.jp
 
 

Professional Experience

  • Professor, Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Technology Graduate University, July 2014–present
  • Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, September 2008–June 2014
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, 2002–2008
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, 2000– 2002

Awards

  • Fellow of the Society of Rheology, 2022
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2021
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021
  • Excellence in Mentoring Award, OIST, 2020
  • The Annual Bergveld Lecturer, University of Twente, 2019
  • Fulbright Scholar Award, 2013-2014
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2007-2012
  • Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, 2003-2004
  • Best paper award, Particle Technology Forum, AICHE meeting, 2008
  • Elected member of Honor Society of Pi Tau Sigma, 2004
  • Video awards, Gallery of fluid motion, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2001 & 2003
  • Poster award, Gallery of fluid motion, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2001
  • Elected member of Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 1999
  • Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999
  • Summer Fellow in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1998

Editorial Boards

  • Associate Editor, Soft Matter, 2020-present
  • Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Biosensors, 2020-present
  • Editorial Board: Journal of Rheology, 2022-2025
  • Editorial Board, VIEW, 2019-present
  • Editorial Board, Physics of Fluids, 2017-present
  • Associate Editor, Biomedical Microdevices, 2017-2021
  • Editorial Board, Scientific Reports, 2016-2019

Publications (full list here); Google Scholar Link