Academic Appointments

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan                                                             2024-Present

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering                                                                                                             

Stanford University | University of California, Berkeley, CA                                                          2023

Research Scientist (2023), Postdoctoral Scholar (2020), Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, SLAC, Berkeley Lab - LBNL

MIT | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA                                                                                                  2017

Research Fellow, Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Koch Institute, Children’s Hospital Boston

Fudan University, Shanghai, China                                                                                                                   2016

Ph.D. in Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude, Laboratory for Advanced Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science

Monash University, Melbourne, Australia                                                                                                   2014

Graduate Researcher, Chemical and Biological Engineering      

Dr. Jing Tang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Prior to joining U-M, Jing initially served as a postdoctoral research fellow and subsequently assumed the role of a Physical Science Research Scientist with ​Professors ​​​​Yi Cui at Stanford and Jeffrey A. Reimer at UC Berkeley, inventing nature-inspired materials and devices for energy and sustainability in close collaboration with Professor Zhenan Bao at Stanford. Before joining the Cui Group and the Reimer Group, Jing was a research fellow jointly advised by Professors Daniel S. Kohane at Harvard and Robert S. Langer at MIT and was working on therapies to treat neurological disorders, from biomaterials to smart drug delivery systems. ​​In her graduate work, supervised by Professors Gengfeng Zheng and Dean Dongyuan Zhao at Fudan University, Jing focused on bioelectronics-enabled artificial retina. Throughout the adventure of this scientific journey, Jing also has benefited greatly from the guidance and mentorship of Professor Bozhi Tian at the University of Chicago. Jing considers herself incredibly fortunate to have received inspiration, training, and supervision from her extraordinary advisors, who possess wisdom, insights, and vision. Her goal at U-M is to instill in the next generation of scientists with her curiosity, innovation, energy, passion, and enthusiasm for science.

Jing’s research has been highlighted by worldwide news media, including Nature Research, Nature News, ​Science Daily, Scientific American, Discover News, The Economist, MIT Technology Review, EurekAlert!, New Scientist, Stanford News, Berkeley News, DOE Office of Science, UC Newsroom, College of Chemistry - UC Berkeley, VOA, Science Advances, Nature Communications, and The Scientist, while also being recognized with several awards, including the MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35, the Rising Star in Engineering in Health by Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University and the Rising Star in Chemical Engineering by MIT, UCLA Future Faculty Scholar, NextProf Nexus Class of 2022 UC Berkeley/University of Michigan/Georgia Institute of Technology, ACS PMSE Future Faculty Honoree,​ the University of Wisconsin-Madison WiscProf Program, and Baosteel National Grand Prize Award (Ranked #1 Nationally), among other honors. Besides her research interests, Jing has been co-leading translational initiatives and serving as the reviewer and editor of peer-reviewed journals while holding multiple patents relating to fundamental discoveries and materials innovation for energy and sustainability. 

2023 ACS Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Future Faculty Scholar

2022 The University of Wisconsin-Madison WiscProf Program

2022 NextProf Nexus, UC Berkeley/University of Michigan/Georgia Institute of Technology

2021 MIT Rising Star in Chemical Engineering 

2021 Rising Star in Engineering in Health by Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University

2020 MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35

2020 UCLA Future Faculty Scholar

​2019 Young Investigator Award in Northern California Chapter American Association of Physicists