Publications
(† denotes undergraduate students, ‡ denotes graduate students, * denotes postdocs)
Books and Book Chapters (edited, not peer-reviewed)
Cohen, B., Miller, L. O’Donnell, C., Ro, S., Wachs, B. and West, R. (2003). CAHSEE Success: Mathematics. New York: Kaplan, Inc.
Miller, L. A. (2012). Vortex Formation in the Embryonic Heart. Subchapter in A. Kheradvar and G. Pedrizzetti (Eds.), Vortex Formation in the Cardiovascular System. New York, NY: Springer.
Refereed Publications
1. Strychalski, W., Bryant, S., Jadamba, B., Kilikian, E.*, Lai, X.*, Shahriyari, L.*, Segal, R., Wei, N.*, and Miller, L. A. (2019). Fluid dynamics of nematocyst prey capture. In press for a special issue of the Proceedings of the American Women in Mathematics.
2. Hoover, A. ‡, Porras, A.†, and Miller, L. A. (2019). Pump or coast: The role of resonance and passive energy recapture in medusan swimming performance. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 863: 1031-1061.
3. Battista, N. A. ‡, Douglas, D. R.†, Lane†, A. N., Samsa‡, L. A., Liu, J. and Miller, L. A. (2019). Vortex Dynamics in Trabeculated Embryonic Ventricles. J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis., 6(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd6010006.
4. Santhanakrishnan, A.*, Jones, S.‡, Dickson, W., Peek, M.†, Kasoju, V.‡, Dickinson, M. H., Miller, L. A. (2018). Flow structure and force generation on flapping wings at low Reynolds numbers relevant to the flight of tiny insects. Fluids, 3(45), doi:10.3390/fluids3030045
5. Ohdera, A. H., Abrams, M. J., Ames, C. L., et al. (2018). Upside-Down but Headed in the Right Direction: Review of the Highly Versatile Cassiopea xamachana System. Front. Ecol. Evol., 09:| https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00035
6. Samson, J.‡, Battista, N., Khatri, S., Miller, L. A. (2017). Pulsing corals: A story of scale and mixing. BIOMATH, 6: 1712169.
7. Battista, N. A. ‡ and Miller, L. A. (2017). Bifurcations in valveless pumping techniques from a coupled fluid-structure-electrophysiology model in heart development. BIOMATH, 6(2), 1711297 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11145/j.biomath.2017.11.297
8. Battista, N. A. ‡, Strickland, C. S.*, Miller, L. A. (2017). IB2d Reloaded: a more powerful Python and MATLAB implementation of the immersed boundary method. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1002/mma.4708, 1–26.
9. Battista, N. A. ‡, Lane, A. N. †, Liu, J., Miller, L. A. (2017). Fluid Dynamics of Heart Development: Effects of Trabeculae and Hematocrit. Math. Med. and Biol. doi: 10.1093/imammb/dqx018.
10. Strickland, C.*, Miller, L. A., Santhanakrishnan, S.*, Hamlet, C. ‡, Battista, N. A. ‡, and Pasour, V. (2017). Three-Dimensional Low Reynolds Number Flows near Biological Filtering and Protective Layers. Fluids, 2, 62; doi:10.3390/fluids2040062.
11. Battista, N. ‡, Lane, A. †, and Miller, L. A. (2017). On the dynamic suction pumping of blood cells in tubular hearts. Women in Mathematical Biology, Association for Women in Mathematics Series, 211-231.
12. Sheldon, K. S., Zhao, L., Chuang, A. ‡, Panayotova, I. N., Miller, L. A., and Bourouiba, L. (2017). Revisiting the physics of spider ballooning. Women in Mathematical Biology, Association for Women in Mathematics Series, 211-231.
13. Zhao, L., Sheldon, K. S., Chuang, A. ‡, Panayotova, I. N., Bourouiba, L., and Miller, L. A. (2017). Flying Spiders: Simulating and modeling the dynamics of ballooning. Women in Mathematical Biology, Association for Women in Mathematics Series, 211-231.
14. Miller, L. A. (2017). Biomechanics: The aerodynamics buzz from mosquitos. Nature, 544: 40–41, doi:10.1038/nature21904.
15. Strickland, C.*, Kristensen, N. P.*, and Miller, L. A. (2017). Inferring stratified parasitoid dispersal mechanisms and parameters from coarse data using mathematical and Bayesian methods. Royal Society Interface, 14(30), DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0005.
16. Battista, N. ‡, Strickland, C*., and Miller, L. A. (2017). IB2d: An easy to use immersed boundary method in 2D, with multiple options for fiber-structure models with possible porosity, advection-diffusion, and/or artificial forcing. Biomimetics and Bioinspiration, 12(3): 036003.
17. Hoover, A. ‡, Griffith, B. G., Miller, L. A. (2017). Quantifying performance in the medusan mechanospace with an actively swimming three-dimensional jellyfish model. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 813: 1112-1155.
18. Waldrop, L. D.*, Miller, L. A., and Khatri, S. (2016). A tale of two antennules: The performance of crab odor-capture organs in air and water. Royal Society Interface, 13(125): DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0615.
19. Jones, S. K. ‡, Yun, Y. K. †, Hedrick, T. L., Griffith, B. E., Miller, L. A. (2016). Bristles reduce the force required to “fling” wings apart in the smallest insects. Journal of Experimental Biology, 219: 3759-3772.
20. Jones, S., ‡ Griffith, B., Hedrick, T. and Miller, (2015). Lift and drag based mechanisms of vertical force generation in tiny insect flight. Journal of Theoretical Biology 384: 105–120.
21. Hoover, A. ‡ and Miller, L. A. (2015). A numerical study of the benefits of driving jellyfish bells at their natural frequency. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 374: 13–25.
22. Battista, N. ‡, Baird, A. ‡, and Miller, L. A. (2015). A Mathematical Model and MATLAB Code for Muscle–Fluid–Structure Simulations. Integr. Comp. Biol. 10.1093/icb/icv102.
23. Lindsay D. Waldrop*, Stephen C. Adolph, Cecilia G. Diniz Behn, Emily Braley, Joshua A. Drew, Robert J. Full, Louis J. Gross, John A. Jungck, Brynja Kohler, Jennifer C. Prairie, Blerta Shtylla, and Laura A. Miller (2015). Using active learning to teach concepts and methods in quantitative biology. Integr. Comp. Biol. doi:10.1093/icb/icv097
24. Waldrop, L. D.* and Miller, L. A. (2015). The role of the pericardium in the valveless, tubular heart of the tunicate, Ciona savignyi. J. Exp. Biol. doi: 10.1242/jeb.116863
25. Waldrop, L. D.* and Miller, L. A. (2015). Large amplitude, short wave peristalsis and its implications for transport. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 1-14.
26. Baird, A. ‡, Waldrop,* L., and Miller, L. A. (2015). JSMB Special Issue: Neuromechanical pumping: boundary flexibility and traveling depolarization waves drive flow within valveless, tubular hearts. Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, doi: 10.1007/s13160-015-0195-3.
27. Baird, A. ‡, King, T. †, and Miller, L. A. (2014). Numerical study of scaling effects in peristalsis and dynamic suction pumping. Contemporary Mathematics 628: 129-148.
28. Hamlet, C. ‡ and Miller, L. A. (2014). Effects of grouping behavior, pulse timing and organism size on fluid flow around the upside-down jellyfish, Cassiopea sp. Contemporary Mathematics 628: 173-190.
29. Hedrick, T., Combes, S., and Miller, L. A. (2014). Recent developments in the study of insect flight. Canadian Journal of Zoology 10.1139/cjz-2013-0196.
30. Santhanakrishnan, A.*, Robinson, A.†, Lowe, A.†, Hedrick, T., and Miller, L. A. (2014). Clap and fling with porous wings. J. Exp. Biol. 217, 3898-3909.
31. Alben, S., Miller, L. A., and Peng, J.* (2013). Efficient kinematics for jet-propelled swimming. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 733: 100-133.
32. Overman, R. E., Prins, J. F., Miller, L. A., Minion, M. L. (2013). Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops & PhD Forum (IPDPSW), IEEE 27th International, 1126-1135
33. Miller, L. A., Goldman, D. I., Hedrick, T. L., Tytell, E. D., Wang, Z. J., Yen, J. and Alben, S. (2012). Using Computational and Mechanical Models to Study Animal Locomotion. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 52(5): 553-575.
34. Miller, L. A. and Alben, S. (2012). Interfacing Mathematics and Biology: A Discussion on Training, Research, Collaboration, and Funding. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 52(5): 616 - 621.
35. Miller, L. A., Santhanakrishnan, A.*, Jones, S. ‡, Hamlet, C. ‡, Mertens, K.*, and Zhu, L. Reconfiguration and flutter reduction in broad leaves. (2012). J. Exp. Biol. 215: 2716-2727.
36. Hamlet, C. L.‡ and Miller, L. A. Feeding currents of upside down jellyfish in the presence of background flow. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 74(11): 2547-2569.
37. Santhanakrishnan, A.*, Dollinger, M†., Hamlet, C. ‡, Colin, S., and Miller, L. A. (2012). Flow structure and transport characteristics of feeding and exchange currents generated by upside-down Cassiopea jellyfish. J. Exp. Biol. 215: 2369-2381.
38. Hamlet, C. ‡, Miller, L. A., Rodriguez, T.†, and Santhanakrishnan, A.* (2012). The fluid dynamics of feeding in the upside-down jellyfish. IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications.
39. Herschlag, G. ‡ and Miller, L. A. (2011). Reynolds number limits for jet propulsion: A numerical study of simplified jellyfish. J. Theor. Biol., 285(1): 84-95.
40. Santhanakrishnan, A.* and Miller, L. A. (2011). Fluid dynamics of heart development. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 61: 1-22.
41. Miller, L. A. (2011). Fluid dynamics of ventricular filling in the embryonic heart. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 61: 33-45.
42. Hamlet, C. ‡, Santhanakrishnan, A.*, and Miller, L. A. (2011). A numerical study of the effects of bell pulsation dynamics and oral arms on the exchange currents generated by the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea spp. J. Exp. Biol., 214: 1911-1921.
43. Zhu, L., He, G., Wang, S., Miller, L., Zhang, X., You, Q., and Fang, S. (2011). An immersed boundary method based on the lattice Boltzmann approach in three dimensions, with application, Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 61: 3506-3518.
44. Santhanakrishnan, A.*, Nguyen, N.†, Gunderson, J. A.†, and Miller, L. A. (2009). Flow within models of the vertebrate embryonic heart. J. Theor. Biol., 259: 449-454.
45. Miller, L. A. and Peskin, C. S. (2009). Flexible fling in tiny insect flight. J. Exp. Biol., 212: 3076-3090.
46. Leiderman, K. M. ‡, Miller, L. A., and Fogelson, A. L. (2008). The effects of inhomogeneities on flow through the endothelial surface layer. J. Theor. Biol., 252(2): 313-25.
47. Miller, L. A. and Peskin, C. S. (2005). A computational fluid dynamics study of 'clap and fling' in the smallest insects. J. Exp. Biol., 208: 195-212.
48. Miller, L. A. (2005). Structural dynamics and resonance in plants with nonlinear stiffness. J. Theor. Biol., 234: 511-524.
49. Miller, L. A. and Peskin, C. S. (2004). When vortices stick: An aerodynamic transition in tiny insect flight. J. Exp. Biol., 207: 3073-3088.