Jeremy Koch

Jeremy Koch is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Thermo Fluid Sciences at the University of Colorado. He obtained his PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois in 2017. Before joining the R+PM Group in 2019, he worked in Prof. Petia Vlahovska's laboratory at Northwestern University. His research focuses on functional liquid crystalline materials for energy applications, rheology of complex fluids, and interdisciplinary studies spanning materials science, fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics.

His expertise includes experimental and theoretical investigations of liquid crystalline elastomers, phase transitions in polymers, and caloric effects in advanced materials. He also explores granular physics in construction materials and electrohydrodynamic phenomena in multiphase systems. Recent work has emphasized 3D printing applications of liquid crystalline materials and vibration-driven particle motion in yield-stress fluids.

Jeremy's research has been published in high-impact journals, with recent contributions to topics like elastocaloric effects in amorphous polymers and electrorotational instabilities in electric fields. His academic career bridges teaching innovation with cutting-edge material science research, particularly in energy-related systems.