Jessica Stark

Jessica Stark joined the Department of Biological Engineering as an assistant professor in January 2024. In her research, Stark develops technologies to realize the largely untapped potential of cell-surface sugars, called glycans, for immunological discovery and immunotherapy. Previously, Stark was an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University. She earned a BS in chemical and biomolecular engineering from Cornell University and a PhD in chemical and biological engineering at Northwestern University.