Jeremy Chang
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Jeremy Chang is a leading figure in comparative biomechanics, whose work illuminates how small flying animals navigate the complexities of natural environments. His research sits at the intersection of fluid dynamics, animal behavior, and evolutionary biology, with a particular focus on how insects and other organisms cope with unsteady, turbulent airflows. Chang’s major contribution has been to bridge the gap between controlled laboratory experiments and the messy, variable conditions of the real world. His highly cited 2016 paper, “Foraging in an unsteady world: bumblebee flight performance in field-realistic turbulence,” which has garnered 78 citations, is a landmark study that directly measured the turbulent conditions bees encounter outdoors and tested their flight performance under those specific conditions. This work revealed that bumblebees are remarkably resilient fliers, but that turbulence imposes real energetic and stability costs—insights critical for understanding pollination ecology and for designing more robust flying robots. By systematically characterizing the flow environments of small fliers, Chang has provided a foundational framework for studying animal locomotion in ecologically relevant contexts, earning him recognition as a pioneer in field-realistic biomechanics.
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