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
Tierney Baldwin
Major/Year: Mathematics, 4th Year
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Research Focus: "Hopscotching" Jellyfish and Siphonophores
Zain Moin
Major/Year: Biomedical Engineers, 3rd Year
Hometown: Hillsborough, NJ
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Research Focus: Biomimetic Pumping Devices
Miruna Baciu
Major/Year: Applied Mathematics, 3rd Year
Hometown: Tenafly, NJ
Career Goals: Combine Math and Business
Favorite Animal: Cats (specifically her cat Mitzoo)
Favorite Function: x^3
Research Focus: Model Discovery!
Rose Pereira
Major/Year: Mathematics, 3rd Year
Hometown: West Milford, NJ
Career Goals: Pursue math and technology in unison in Data Science
Favorite Animal: Cats (I have 5 at home!)
Favorite Function: The floor function!
Research Focus: Anguilliform swimming through saturated media
Michael Mongelli
Major/Year: Biology/Computer Science, 3rd Year
Hometown: Woodland Park, NJ
Hobbies: Skateboarding
Research Focus: Pendulums immersed in fluids!
Papers: https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids5020048
Stephanie Shen
Major/Year: Communications, 3rd Year
Hometown: Parsippany, NJ
Hobbies: Reading, photography, videography
Research Focus: Ebola epidemics and social campaigns
Natalia Sokolnicki
Major/Year: Mathematics
Hometown: Bridgewater, NJ
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Research Focus: Ebola epidemics and social campaigns
Chris Jakuback
Major/Year: Statistics/Physics, 3rd Year
Hometown: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Career Goals: Exploring possibilities and taking suggestions!
Hobbies: Basketball and video games
Research Focus: Fluid-structure interaction problems!
Previous Lab Members:
Erin Haus
Major/Year: Biology
Class: 2019 (TCNJ)
Hometown: Califon, NJ
Career Goals: Software development in computational biology
Hobbies: Nutrition, photography, and spending time in nature
Research Focus: Immunology and allergies!
Jason Miles
Major/Year: Mathematics
Class: 2019 (TCNJ)
Hometown: Carteret, NJ
Career Goals: Become a teacher and inspire the next generation
of beautiful minds.
Hobbies: Skateboarding and crocheting
Research Focus: Jellyfish locomotion!
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Leigh Pearcy
Major: Math & Math Education
Class: 2017 (UNC-CH)
Currently: PhD program in Applied Math at UT-Knoxville
Awards/Honors: NSF GRFP Recipient 2017
Research Focus: Modeling the opioid epidemic
Papers: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11538-019-00605-0
Andrea Lane
Major: Math & Biostatistics
Class: 2016 (UNC-CH)
Currently: PhD program in Biostatistics at Emory University
Awards/Honors: NSF GRFP Recipient 2016
Research Focus: Blood flow in heart development
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