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Education & Training

Duke University

• Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, October 2018. 

University of Notre Dame 

• BS, Mechanical Engineering, May 2004. 

Awards & Honors

• Big Data Scientist Training Enhancement Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Cancer Institute and Veterans Health Administration, 2020

• Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award in Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, 2019

• Rutgers School of Graduate Studies Conference Travel Award, 2018

• New Jersey Space Grant Consortium Graduate Research Award, 2015 

Publications

1. Hossain, M. M. N., Hu, N.-W., Abdelhamid, M., Singh, S., Murfee, W. L., Balogh, P. (2023). Angiogenic Microvascular Wall Shear Stress Patterns Revealed Through Three-Dimensional Red Blood Cell Resolved Modeling. Function. https://doi.org/10.1093/function/zqad046

   • Featured on the front cover of the issue, with a press release from the American Physiological Society.

2. Hu, N.-W., Lomel, B. M., Rice, E. W., Hossain, N., Sarntinoranont, M., Secomb, T. W., Murfee, W. L., Balogh, P. (2023). Estimation of Shear Stress Heterogeneity along Capillary Segments in Angiogenic Rat Mesenteric Microvascular Networks. Microcirculation/Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/micc.12830 

3. Roychowdhury, S., Mahmud, S.T., Martin, A., Balogh, P., Puleri, D.F., Gounley, J., Draeger, E.W. and Randles, A. (2023). Enhancing Adaptive Physics Refinement Simulations Through the Addition of Realistic Red Blood Cell Counts. In Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (pp. 1-13).

4. Hu, N.W., Rodriguez, C.D., Rey, J.A., Rozenblum, M.J., Courtney, C.P., Balogh, P., Sarntinoranont, M. and Murfee, W.L. (2022). Estimation of shear stress values along endothelial tip cells past the lumen of capillary sprouts. Microvascular Research, 142, p.104360.

5. Puleri, D.F., Roychowdhury, S., Balogh, P., Gounley, J., Draeger, E.W., Ames, J., Adebiyi, A., Chidyagwai, S., Hernández, B., Lee, S., Moore, S.V., Vetter, J.S., and Randles, A.  (2022). High Performance Adaptive Physics Refinement to Enable Large-Scale Tracking of Cancer Cell Trajectory. In 2022 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER) (pp. 230-242). IEEE.

6. Balogh, P., Gounley, J., Roychowdhury, S. and Randles, A. (2021). A data-driven approach to modeling cancer cell mechanics during microcirculatory transport. Scientific Reports, 11(1), pp.1-18.

7. Puleri, D.F., Balogh, P. and Randles, A., 2021. Computational models of cancer cell transport through the microcirculation. Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology, pp.1-22.

8. Ebrahimi, S., Balogh, P. and Bagchi, P., 2021. Motion of a capsule in a curved tube. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 907.

9. Pepona, M., Balogh, P., Puleri, D.F., Hynes, W.F., Robertson, C., Dubbin, K., Alvarado, J., Moya, M.L. and Randles, A., 2020. Investigating the interaction between circulating tumor cells and local hydrodynamics via experiment and simulations. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, 13(5), pp.527-540. 

10. Ames, J., Puleri, DF., Balogh, P., Gounley, J., Draeger, E., Randles, A. 2020. “Multi-GPU Immersed Boundary Method hemodynamics simulations”. Journal of Computational Science, 101153. 

11. Balogh, P. and Bagchi, P. 2019. “Three-dimensional distribution of wall shear stress and its gradient in red cell-resolved computational modeling of blood flow in in vivo-like microvascular networks.” Physiological Reports 7, e14067. 

    • Selected as Editor’s Choice for the issue. 

12. Balogh, P. and Bagchi, P. 2019. “The cell-free layer in simulated microvascular networks.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 864, 768-806. 

13. Balogh, P. and Bagchi, P. 2018. “Analysis of red blood cell partitioning at bifurcations in simulated microvascular networks.” Physics of Fluids 30, 051902. 

    • Selected by the editor as a Featured Article, with a press release from the American Institute of Physics

14. Balogh, P. and Bagchi, P. 2017. “Direct numerical simulation of cellular-scale blood flow in 3D microvascular networks.” Biophysical Journal 113, 2815-2826. 

    • Appeared as the Cover Article for the December 19 Issue. Selected as a Feature Story for the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC): https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/-/the-complex-journey-of- red-bloods-cells-through-microvascular-networks. Featured in the press for NSF. Selected for Biomedical Picture of the Day by the London Institute of Medical Sciences. 

15. Balogh, P. and Bagchi, P. 2017. “A computational approach to modeling cellular-scale blood flow in complex geometry.” Journal of Computational Physics 334, 280-307. 

16. Vahidkhah, K., Balogh, P., and Bagchi, P. 2016. “Flow of red blood cells in stenosed microvessels.” Scientific Reports 6, 28194. 

Talks

1. Balogh, P.(Invited), American Physiology Summit, "3D Wall Shear Stress Characteristics in Angiogenic Microvascular Networks through Red Blood Cell-Resolved Modeling," American Physiological Society, Long Beach, CA. (April 20, 2023).

2. Hossain, N.(Invited), Hu, N.-W., Murfee, W. L., Balogh, P., American Physiology Summit, "Three-Dimensional Shear Stress Characteristics in Angiogenic Microvascular Networks Revealed Through Red Blood Cell-Resolved Modeling Based on Real Image Data," American Physiological Society, Long Beach, CA. (April 21, 2023).

3. Balogh, P.(Invited) Seminar at the Levich Institute, "Computational Modeling of Cell-Resolved Flows in the Microcirculation," The Levich Institute, City College of New York, New York, NY. (November 1, 2022).

4. Hossain, N., Hu, N.-W., Murfee, W. L., Balogh, P.(Invited), SES Annual Meeting, "Wall Shear Stress Characteristics in Angiogenic Microvascular Networks," Society of Engineering Science, College Station, TX. (October 18, 2022).

5. Balogh, P.(Invited) SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences, "Wall Shear Stress Characteristics in 3D RBC-Resolved Modeling of Blood Flow in Microvascular Networks," Society for Industrial and Applied Mathemathics, Pittsburgh, PA. (July 12, 2022).

6. Balogh, P.  "Large-Scale Simulation of Cellular-Scale Flows in the Microcirculation. " Invited Seminar, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NJIT, November 2021.

7. Balogh, P., Gounley, J., and Randles, A. “An Efficient, Data-Driven Approach to Model Specific Cancer Cell Lines.” Computational Approaches for Cancer Workshop, November 2020.

8. Balogh, P., Puleri, DF., Shelton, SE., Haase, K., Kamm, RD., and Randles, A. “Towards Establishing Hemodynamic Phenotype for Predicting Vascular Remodeling.” Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, October 2020, San Diego, CA. 

9. Balogh, P., Puleri, DF., Ames, J., Adebiyi, A., Gounley, J., Roychowdhury, S., Chidyagwai, S., Hernandez, B., Moore, S., Lee, S., Vetter, J., Draeger, E., and Randles, A. “Modeling Cancer Cell Transport in System-Scale Vasculatures Using a Multiphysics, Hybrid CPU-GPU Approach.” Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, October 2020, San Diego, CA. 

10. Balogh, P. “The development and application of a computational method for modeling cellular-scale blood flow in complex geometry.” Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award in Fluid Dynamics Invited Talk at the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS-DFD) Annual Meeting, November 2019, Seattle, WA. 

11. Balogh, P., Gounley, J., Roychowdhury, S., and Randles, A. “Computational modeling of cancer cells undergoing large deformation.” Poster Presentation at the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, October 2019, Philadelphia, PA. 

12. Balogh, P., Randles, A. ,Gounley, J., Draeger, E., Herschlag, G., and Pepona, M. “Multiscale Modeling of Blood Flow in the Human Vasculature.” American Physiological Society Conference: Interface of Mathematical Models and Experimental Biology: Role of the Microvasculature, September 2019, Phoenix, AZ. 

13. Balogh, P. and Bagchi P. “The cell-free layer in simulated microvascular networks.” American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS-DFD) Annual Meeting, November 2018, Atlanta, GA. 

14. Balogh, P. and Bagchi P. “Fully resolved cellular-scale simulation of blood flow in physiologically realistic microvascular networks.” World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM), July 2018, New York City, NY. 

15. Balogh, P. and Bagchi P. “Computational modeling of red blood cells in microvascular networks.” The 8th Northeast Complex Fluids and Soft Matter Workshop, January 2018, Columbia University, NY. 

16. Balogh, P. and Bagchi P. “Direct numerical simulation of cellular-scale blood flow in microvascular networks.” American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS-DFD) Annual Meeting, November 2017, Denver, CO. 

17. Balogh, P. and Bagchi P. “Computational modeling of blood flow in microvascular networks.” Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, October 2017, Phoenix, AZ. 

18. Balogh, P. and Bagchi P. “3D simulations of blood cells flowing in microvascular networks.” The 7th Northeast Complex Fluids and Soft Matter Workshop, May 2017, Princeton University, NJ. 

19. Balogh, P. and Bagchi P. “An immersed-boundary method for modeling flow of deformable blood cells in complex geometry.” American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS-DFD) Annual Meeting, November 2016, Portland, OR. 

20. Balogh, P. and Bagchi P. “Flow of blood cells in complex geometry.” International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), August 2016, Montreal, Canada. 

Poster Presentations

1. Hossain, N., Hu, N.-W., Murfee, W. L., Balogh, P., American Physiology Summit, "Three-Dimensional Shear Stress Characteristics in Angiogenic Microvascular Networks Revealed Through Red Blood Cell-Resolved Modeling Based on Real Image Data," American Physiological Society, Long Beach, CA. (April 20, 2023).

2. Hu, N.-W., Hossain, N., Murfee, W. L., Balogh, P., American Physiology Summit, "Vessel-Specific Shear Stress Distribution and Heterogeneity in Angiogenic Rat Mesenteric Microvascular Networks," American Physiological Society, Long Beach, CA. (April 21, 2023).

3. Hu, N.-W., Lomel, B., Rice, E., Hossain, N., Murfee, W. L., Balogh, P., Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, "Simulation of Segment-Specific Shear Stress in Angiogenic Rat  Mesenteric Capillary Networks Using a Computational Model," Biomedical Engineering Society, San Antonio, TX. (October 13, 2022).

4. Hu, N., Lomel, B., Rice, E., Balogh, P., and Murfee, W. “Evaluation of Shear Stress Variability Along Capillaries in Angiogenic Rat Mesenteric Microvascular Networks”, Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C); Cambridge, MD; June 2022.

5. Hu, N., Lomel, B., Rice, E., Balogh, P., and Murfee, W. “Estimation of Shear Stress Heterogeneity Along Capillary Segments in Angiogenic Rat Mesenteric Microvascular Networks”, Experimental Biology; Philadelphia, PA; April 2022. 

Industry Experience

Washington Group International / URS / AECOM , 2004 - 2012 

Thermal-Hydraulics Analysis Group, Princeton, NJ 

• Mechanical engineer in a group involved with analyzing various fluid/thermal systems of nuclear and fossil fuel power plants. 

• Transient water-steam mixture flow analyses, including choked flow, steam line rupture, flow induced forces on piping systems, dynamics of steam/noncondensables mixtures, and condensation water hammer 

• Boiler implosion studies for flue gas desulfurization retrofit projects 

• CFD analyses related to power plant systems, including cavitation, hot air plume dispersion,  and flue gas flow patterns through ductwork configurations. 

Professional Certification

Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in New Jersey, 2009 - Present 

Memberships

• American Physical Society (APS)

• Microcirculatory Society (MCS)

• Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)