Jessica Metzger
Physics PhD Candidate at MIT studying nonequilibrium statistical physics and active matter. Former physics/math undergraduate at the University of Chicago.
Representative of the physics department in the MIT Graduate Student Council (2024-2025 academic year).
Articles/preprints
- Exceptions to the Ratchet Principle in active and passive stochastic dynamics - Metzger, J. et al. 2025. Arxiv preprint 2503.11902.
- Revisiting the Ratchet Principle: When Hidden Symmetries Prevent Steady Currents - Metzger, J. et al. 2024. Arxiv preprint 2412.07851.
- Low-speed Impacts into Ice–Dust Granular Mixtures - Brisset, J. et al. 2022. The Planetary Science Journal 3 (7), 176.
- Gas and Cosmic-Ray Properties in the MBM 53, 54, and 55 Molecular Clouds and the Pegasus Loop as Revealed by HI Line Profiles, Dust, and Gamma-Ray Data - Mizuno, T. et al. 2022. The Astrophysical Journal 935 (2), 97. (arxiv preprint)
- Multi-Particle Collisions in Microgravity: Coefficient of Restitution and Sticking Threshold for Systems of Mm-Sized Particles - Brisset, J. et al. 2019. Astronomy & Astrophysics 631, A35. (arxiv preprint)
- HOW MANY KILONOVAE CAN BE FOUND IN PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE SURVEY DATASETS? - Scolnic, D. et al. 2018. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 852 (1), L3. (arxiv preprint)
Misc. research and expository papers
- A consumer-resource model of phylogenetic diversification - 8.592 (Statistical physics in biology) final project. Dec 2024.
- Phase separation and detailed balance violation in a two-temperature system - 8.334 (Statistical physics of fields) final project. May 2023.
- Droplet spreading in a chiral active fluid - Bachelor's thesis, done in the Irvine Lab at UChicago.
- Complex Dynamics and Renormalization - PHYS 252 (nonlinear dynamics, audited) final. May 2021.
- Phase transitions in Lattice systems - UChicago 2020 Math REU. August 2020.
- Thermodynamic formalism - MATH 276 (dynamical systems) final. May 2020.
- Complex Dynamics - MATH 270 (complex variables) final. May 2019
Posters
- Exceptions to the Ratchet Principle: Rectification of Inhomogeneous Fluctuations - Research from the 2nd year of my PhD. Presented in the Summer of 2024.
- Ratchet Currents in Activity Landscapes - Research from the 1st year of my PhD. Presented in the Summer of 2023.
- Droplet Spreading in a Chiral Active Fluid - Bachelor's thesis, done in the Irvine lab at UChicago. May 2022.
- Modeling the Diffuse Gamma ray Spectrum with Cosmic Rays - Summer research internship with Tsunefumi Mizuno at the Hiroshima University Astrophysics department. September 2019.
- A Neutrinosphere Model for Kilonova Photometry - Summer research internship with James Annis, with the Dark Energy Survey at Fermilab. August 2018.
Magazine articles
- Research for human rights abuses: how MIT breaks its own rules. - Guest Column, The Tech at MIT. Oct. 3, 2024.
- Disorder, Instability, and Traffic Jams: An Inquiry with Dr. Sidney Nagel. - Scientia, The Triple Helix at UChicago. Winter 2021
- A Symphony of Strings: An Inquiry with Professor Savdeep Sethi. - Scientia, The Triple Helix at UChicago. Winter 2020.
- Neutron Star Collisions & Kilonova Modeling. - Scientia, The Triple Helix at UChicago. Winter 2019.
- Saving Earth from a Killer Asteroid - Spectrum, The Triple Helix at UChicago. Winter 2019.
Contact
Office: MIT 6C-431
Email: jessmetz@mit.edu
Misc.
- The background of this page is a collage made by my sister Olivia @liv.m.art
- Working scihub url
- Working libgen url
Last updated Jan. 8, 2024