Jinzi Mac Huang

About

Jinzi Mac Huang is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at NYU Shanghai. His research interests include applied mathematics, fluid dynamics, geophysics, and soft matter physics. He collaborates with the Applied Math Lab at the Courant Institute, the Applied Math Lab Shanghai at NYU Shanghai, and the Joint Physics Lab at the NYU-ECNU Institute of Physics. Huang holds a PhD in Mathematics from the Courant Institute at New York University and a BS in Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics from Zhiyuan College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His work involves experimental fluid dynamics and applied mathematics, contributing to understanding shape dynamics, fluid flow, and natural convective dissolution.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Physics
• Geomorphology
• Earth science
• Paleontology
• Engineering
• Mathematical analysis
• Mathematics
• Mechanics
• Geology

Selected publications

• Ultra-sharp pinnacles sculpted by natural convective dissolution

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 37 citations

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  The evolution of landscapes, landforms, and other natural structures involves highly interactive physical and chemical processes that often lead to intriguing shapes and recurring motifs. Particularly intricate and fine-scale features characterize the so-called karst morphologies formed by mineral dissolution into water. An archetypal form is the tall, slender, and sharply tipped karst pinnacle or rock spire that appears in multitudes in striking landforms called stone forests, but whose formati…

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• A stable and accurate scheme for solving the Stefan problem coupled with natural convection using the Immersed Boundary Smooth Extension method

  Journal of Computational Physics · 2021 · 33 citations

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• Morphological Attractors in Natural Convective Dissolution

  Physical Review Letters · 2022-01-11 · 26 citations

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  Recent experiments demonstrate how a soluble body placed in a fluid spontaneously forms a dissolution pinnacle-a slender, upward pointing shape that resembles naturally occurring karst pinnacles found in stone forests. This unique shape results from the interplay between interface motion and the natural convective flows driven by the descent of relatively heavy solute. Previous investigations suggest these structures to be associated with shock formation in the underlying evolution equations, wi…

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• Rayleigh–Bénard thermal convection perturbed by a horizontal heat flux

  Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 2022-12-29 · 24 citations

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  In Rayleigh–Bénard convection, it has been found that the amount of heat passing through the fluid has a power-law dependence on the imposed temperature difference. Modifying this dependence, either enhancing or reducing the heat transfer capability of fluids, is important in many scientific and practical applications. Here, we present a simple means to control the vertical heat transfer in Rayleigh–Bénard convection by injecting heat through one lateral side of the fluid domain and extracting t…

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• The role of shape-dependent flight stability in the origin of oriented meteorites

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2019-07-26 · 22 citations

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  The atmospheric ablation of meteoroids is a striking example of the reshaping of a solid object due to its motion through a fluid. Motivated by meteorite samples collected on Earth that suggest fixed orientation during flight-most notably the conical shape of so-called oriented meteorites-we hypothesize that such forms result from an aerodynamic stabilization of posture that may be achieved only by specific shapes. Here, we investigate this issue of flight stability in the parallel context of fl…

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Frequent coauthors

• Leif Ristroph

  Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

  21 shared

• Michael Shelley

  18 shared

• Nicholas J. Moore

  15 shared

• Jun Zhang

  10 shared

• Jun Zhang

  Chinese PLA General Hospital

  9 shared

• Jun Zhang

  Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry

  9 shared

• Jun Zhang

  9 shared

• Jun Zhang

  University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

  8 shared

Education

• PhD, Mathematics

  New York University

  2018

• BS, Zhiyuan College

  Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  2013

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