Meet the Lab!
PI: Nick Battista
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Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, TCNJ
Degree: Ph.D. Mathematics from UNC-CH
Math Office: Science Complex P209
Email: battistn[at]tcnj[.]edu
Office Hours: M (8:45-10:15a), Th (1:15-2:45pm)
Research Interests: Biological fluid dynamics, fluid-structure interaction, machine learning, numerical analysis, and
​ applied math education
Hobbies: Weightlifting, scuba diving, Ghostbusters trivia
CV: October-2024
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Manasvi Mamilla
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Major/Year: Biology (4th year)
Research: collective behavior of fish schools
Praneel Pothukanuri
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Major/Year: Computer Science (2nd year)
Research: neural network architectures
Joseph McGowan
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Major/Year: Mathematics (3rd year)
Research: polynomial chaos expansions and uncertainty quantification
Alberto Thomas
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Major/Year: Mathematics (3rd year)
Research: polynomial chaos expansions and uncertainty quantification
Lab Alumni!
Anna Dorval
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Major: Applied Math
Year: 2023
Research: Machine learning (polynomial chaos expansions) and jellyfish locomotion
Eileen Yizzi
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Major: Applied Math
Year: 2023
Research: Lion's mane Jellyfish and Deep Neural Networks
Lauren Terr
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Major Statistics
Year: 2024
Research: Using deep neural networks to study pelagic polychaetes
Kendra Ebke
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Major: Mathematics
Year: 2023
Research: Marine snow and zooplankton interactions
John Phelan
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Major: Applied Math
Year: 2022
Research: Box jellyfish locomotion
Lana Abdelmohsen
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Major: Computer Science
Year: 2023
Research: Using convolutional neural networks to learn about swimmers from their vortex wakes
Miruna Baciu
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Major: Applied Math
Year: 2022
Research: Reduced-order models in
locomotion
Zain Moin
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Major: Biomedical Engineering
Year: 2022
Research: Biomimetic Pumping
Spencer Haber
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Major: Biomedical Engineering
Year: 2022
Research Focus: Modeling adult dermal wound healing
Lilly Hoffman
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Major/Year: Mathematics, 4th Year
Research: Lion's mane Jellyfish
Stephanie Shen
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Major: Communications
Year: 2022
Research Focus: Ebola epidemics
and social campaigns
Natalia Sokolnicki
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Major: Mathematics
Year: 2022
Research Focus: Ebola epidemics
and social campaigns
Rose Pereira
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Major: Mathematics
Class: 2022
Research Focus: Anguilliform swimming
through saturated media
Michael Mongelli​
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Major Computer Science
Class: 2021 (TCNJ)
Research Focus: Pendulums in fluids!
Papers: Pendulums
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Chris Jakuback​
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Major: Statistics/Physics
Class: 2021 (TCNJ)
Research Focus: Massive jellyfish
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Erin Haus​
Major: Biology
Class: 2019 (TCNJ)
Research: Immunology Modeling and Machine Learning
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Jason Miles
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Major: Mathematics
Class: 2019 (TCNJ)
Research Focus: Jellyfish locomotion!
Papers:
Leigh Pearcy
Major: Math & Math Education
Class: 2017 (UNC-CH)
Currently: PhD program in Applied Math UTK
Awards/Honors: NSF GRFP Recipient 2017
Research Focus: Modeling the opioid epidemic
Papers: Opioid-Model
