Meet the Lab!
PI: Nick Battista
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, TCNJ
Degree:Ph.D. Mathematics from UNC-CH
Math Office: Science Complex P209
Email: battistn[at]tcnj[.]edu
Office Hours: M: 10:15-11:45am, Th:1:15-2:45pm and by appt.
Research Interests: Biological fluid dynamics, fluid-structure interaction, numerical analysis, and applied math education
Hobbies: Weightlifting, scuba diving, guitar, Ghostbusters trivia
CV: Jan-2022
John Phelan
Major/Year: Applied Math, 4th Year
Research: Jellyfish locomotion
Eileen Yizzi
Major/Year: Applied Math, 3rd Year
Research: Lionsmane Jellyfish
Lilly Hoffman
Major/Year: Mathematics, 4th Year
Research: Lionsmane Jellyfish
Lana Abdelmohsen
Major/Year: Computer Science, 3rd Year
Research: Machine Learning and Locomotion
Zain Moin
Major/Year: Biomed. Eng., 4th Year
Research: Biomimetic Pumping
Kendra Ebke
Major/Year: Mathematics, 3rd Year
Research: Marine snow and zooplankton interactions
Rose Pereira
Major/Year: Mathematics, 4thYear
Research Focus: Anguilliform swimming
through saturated media
Miruna Baciu
Major/Year: Applied Math, 4th Year
Research: Reduced-order models in
locomotion
Natalia Sokolnicki
Major/Year: Mathematics
Research Focus: Ebola epidemics
and social campaigns
Stephanie Shen
Major/Year: Communications
Research Focus: Ebola epidemics
and social campaigns
Lab Alumni!
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:
Tierney Baldwin
Major: Mathematics
Class: 2021 (TCNJ)
Research Focus: "Hopscotching" Jellies
and Siphonophores
Papers: Hopscotching Jellyfish
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