Assistant Professor

Biography

Dr. Shen obtained his Ph.D. (2020) in Aeronautics at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) by investigations of magnetohydrodynamics, advised by Prof. Dale Pullin. He completed his MSc (2016) and BSc (2014) degrees in Applied Mathematics at The University of Melbourne, supervised by Prof. John Sader. In 2021, Dr. Shen joined the Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory, Fluids and Heath Network, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a postdoctoral researcher, working with Prof. Lydia Bourouiba. Dr. Shen has a broad research interest in fluid dynamics, plasma physics, and mathematical biology. Specifically, he is studying a range of multiphase flows and interfacial flow instabilities that are critical for nuclear fusion, environmental, biophysical and public health applications.

Research Interests

Fluid dynamics, plasma physics, mathematical epidemiology and biophysics.

Selected Publications

  Article

1. Candidate transmission survival genome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
   • Author(s): Mishra, Saurabh; Singh, Prabhat Ranjan; Hu, Xiaoyi; Lopez-Quezada, Landys; Jinich, Adrian; Jahn, Robin; Geurts, Luc; Shen, Naijian; DeJesus, Michael A.; Hartman, Travis; Rhee, Kyu; Zimmerman, Matthew; Dartois, Veronique; Jones, Richard M.; Jiang, Xiuju; A
   • Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 122, (10), article number e2425981122
   • Year: 2025


2. Assessing bias in susceptible-infected-recovered estimation from aggregated epidemic data
   • Author(s): Shen, Naijian; Bourouiba, Lydia
   • Source: Royal Society Open Science, v. 12, (7), article number 240526
   • Year: 2025


3. Splash on a liquid pool: Coupled cavity-sheet unsteady dynamics
   • Author(s): Dandekar, R.; Shen, N.; Naar, B.; Bourouiba, L.
   • Source: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, v. 1002, article number A13
   • Year: 2024


4. Fragmentation from inertial detachment of a sessile droplet: implications for pathogen transport
   • Author(s): Shen, N.; Kulkarni, Y.; Jamin, T.; Popinet, S.; Zaleski, S.; Bourouiba, L.
   • Source: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, v. 1002, article number A6
   • Year: 2024