Meet the Lab!
PI: Nick Battista
Associate Professor of Mathematics, TCNJ
Degree: Ph.D. Mathematics from UNC-CH
Math Office: Science Complex P209
Email: battistn[at]tcnj[.]edu
Office Hours: Mondays, Thursdays, and by Appt.
Research Interests: Biological fluid dynamics, fluid-structure interaction, numerical analysis, machine learning, and
applied math education
Hobbies: Weightlifting, scuba diving, Ghostbusters trivia
CV: August-2022
Anna Dorval
Major/Year: Applied Math, 4th Year
Research: Machine learning and jellyfish locomotion
Eileen Yizzi
Major/Year: Applied Math, 4th Year
Research: Lionsmane Jellyfish
Lauren Terr
Major/Year: Statistics, 3rd Year
Research: Pelagic Polychaetes
Kendra Ebke
Major/Year: Mathematics, 4th Year
Research: Marine snow and zooplankton interactions
Rose Pereira
Major: Mathematics
Class: 2022
Research Focus: Anguilliform swimming
through saturated media
Michael Mongelli
Major Computer Science
Class: 2021 (TCNJ)
Research Focus: Pendulums in fluids!
Papers: Pendulums
Chris Jakuback
Major: Statistics/Physics
Class: 2021 (TCNJ)
Research Focus: Massive jellyfish
Erin Haus
Major: Biology
Class: 2019 (TCNJ)
Research: Immunology Modeling and Machine Learning
Jason Miles
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
Andrea Lane
Major: Math & Biostatistics
Class: 2016 (UNC-CH)
Currently: PhD program in Biostatists at Emory
Awards/Honors: NSF GRFP Recipient 2016
Research Focus: Blood flow in heart development
Papers:
Stephanie Shen
Major: Communications
Year: 2022
Research Focus: Ebola epidemics
and social campaigns
Natalia Sokolnicki
Major: Mathematics
Year: 2022
Research Focus: Ebola epidemics
and social campaigns
Lab Alumni!
Miruna Baciu
Major: Applied Math
Year: 2022
Research: Reduced-order models in
locomotion
Spencer Haber
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Year: 2022
Research Focus: Modeling adult dermal wound healing
Lilly Hoffman
Major/Year: Mathematics, 4th Year
Research: Lionsmane Jellyfish
Zain Moin
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Year: 2022
Research: Biomimetic Pumping
John Phelan
Major: Applied Math
Year: 2022
Research: Box jellyfish locomotion
Lana Abdelmohsen
Major: Computer Science
Year: 2023
Research: Machine Learning and Locomotion
