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.