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

Fellow Poster

: Electrical Signal Propagation Along Biological Membranes (

2024

)

Fellow Poster

: 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.

3. Farhadi, J.*, Fernandes, J. B.*, Shekhar K., Mandadapu, K. K., Capacitive response of biological membranes, Physical Review E, 111(6), 2025.

Pre-prints:
1. Castonguay, S. T., Fernandes, J. B., Puso, M. A., Aubry, S., A hereditary integral, transient network approach to modeling permanent set and viscoelastic response in polymers, arXiv:2506.20773, 2025.

2. Fernandes J. B.*, Row, H.*, Mandadapu, K. K., Shekhar K., Electrochemical response of biological membranes to localized currents and external electric fields, arXiv:2508.14001, 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