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.