Joshua Fernandes

Program Year:

University:

University of California, Berkeley

Field of Study:

Chemical Engineering

Advisor:

Karthik Shekhar

Degree(s):

B.S. Chemical Engineering, and B.S. Applied Mathematics, University of Maryland College Park, 2021

Practicum Experience(s)

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2023)

Practicum Supervisor(s):

Mike

Puso

Practicum Title:

A physics-based model of permanent set in solid network polymeric materials

Annual Program Review Abstracts

Electrical Signal Propagation Along Biological Membranes (2024)

Ion Transport and Dynamics of Electrical Double Layers Around Cellular Membranes (2023)

Publications

Journal articles (* denotes equal contribution):
1. Fernandes, J. B., Yalun Y., Klauda, J. B., Molecular dynamics simulations of the human ocular lens with age and cataract, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, 1864(11), 2022.

2. Row, H.*, Fernandes J. B.*, Mandadapu, K. K., Shekhar K., Spatiotemporal dynamics of ionic reorganization near biological membrane interfaces, Physical Review Research 7(1), 2025.

Pre-prints:
Farhadi, J.*, Fernandes, J.B.*, Shekhar K., Mandadapu, K. K., Capacitive response of biological membranes, arXiv:2503.04677, 2025.

Awards

1. Outstanding Senior in Chemical Engineering; University of Maryland, College Park
May 2021

2. Biophysical Society Undergraduate Poster Award Competition, Finalist
February 2021

3. Outstanding Junior in Chemical Engineering; University of Maryland, College Park
May 2020

4. Putnam Competition, Top 193
December 2018

5. Banneker/Key Scholar; University of Maryland, College Park
August 2017 - May 2021