Lab members

Laura Miller

Professor of Mathematics and Biology

email: lam9 (at) unc (dot) edu

https://sites.google.com/site/swimflypump/people/LauraMiller

Laura is interested in experimental and computational biomechanics and fluid dynamics with an emphasis on swimming, flying, and pumping at intermediate scales. Her new research areas include the neuromechanics of animal locomotion and plant biomechanics.

Virginia Pasour

Adjunct Research Associate, Department of Mathematics

Program Officer, Biomathematics Program, Army Research Office

email: pasour (at) gmail (dot) com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginia-pasour-93035a9

Virginia is interested in the transport of plankton in rivers, lakes, and the ocean. She is currently working on how macrophytes (visible aquatic plants) create environments that are sheltered from currents.

Michael Senter

Mathematics Graduate Student

email: dmsenter (at) live (dot) unc (dot) edu

https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-michael-senter-9a13a642

Michael is a mathematics Ph.D. student who is interested in a variety of math physiology problems including plant electrophysiology, neuromechanics, and flight of the smallest insects.

Kemal Ozalp

Biology Graduate Student

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mESvpL8AAAAJ&hl=en

Kemal is a Ph.D. student in the Biology Program. Kemal is broadly interested in biomechanics, fluid dynamics, and collective behavior. Kemal is currently studying the fluid dynamics of brine shrimp swimming as well as their collective behavior.