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227A Biological Sciences West
Laura Ann Miller
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Professor, Department of Mathematics
Degrees
- Ph.D. Mathematics
- New York University, New York, New York, United States
- M.S. Zoology
- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States
- B.A. Biological Sciences
- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Courses
Vector Calculus
MATH 223 (Spring 2024)
Math modeling: bio fluid flow
MATH 481 (Fall 2023)
MATH 481 (Fall 2022)
MATH 481 (Fall 2021)
Directed Research
MATH 492 (Fall 2023)
Honors Thesis
RNR 498H (Spring 2023)
RNR 498H (Fall 2022)
Independent Study
APPL 599 (Fall 2023)
MATH 499 (Spring 2021)
MATH 599 (Fall 2022)
MATH 599 (Fall 2021)
Honors Independent Study
MATH 499H (Spring 2023)
MATH 499H (Fall 2022)
MATH 499H (Spring 2022)
MATH 499H (Fall 2021)
MATH 499H (Spring 2021)
Topics In Applied Math
MATH 577 (Spring 2023)
Methods Applied Mathematics I
APPL 581A (Fall 2022)
MATH 581A (Fall 2022)
Rsrch Ecology+Evolution
ECOL 610B (Spring 2024)
Research
MATH 900 (Spring 2023)
Dissertation
MATH 920 (Spring 2024)
MATH 920 (Fall 2023)
Selected Publications
Chapters
- Miller, L. (2020).
Bumps, Ridges, and no Flows in Vein
. In The Art of Theoretical Biology. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-33471-0_53
- Strychalski, W., Bryant, S., Jadamba, B., Kilikian, E., Lai, X., Shahriyari, L., Segal, R., Wei, N., & Miller, L. (2018).
Fluid Dynamics of Nematocyst Prey Capture
. In Understanding Complex Biological Systems with Mathematics. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-98083-6_6
- Miller, L. (2017).
On the Dynamic Suction Pumping of Blood Cells in Tubular Hearts
. In Women in Mathematical Biology. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60304-9_11
- Sheldon, K. S., Zhao, L., Chuang, A., Panayotova, I. N., Miller, L., & Bourouiba, L. (2017).
Revisiting the Physics of Spider Ballooning
. In Women in Mathematical Biology. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60304-9_9
- Zhao, L., Panayotova, I. N., Chuang, A., Sheldon, K. S., Bourouiba, L., & Miller, L. (2017).
Flying Spiders: Simulating and Modeling the Dynamics of Ballooning
. In Women in Mathematical Biology. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60304-9_10
- Hamlet, C., Miller, L., Rodriguez, T., & Santhanakrishnan, A. (2012).
The Fluid Dynamics of Feeding In the Upside-Down Jellyfish
. In Natural Locomotion in Fluids and on Surfaces. Springer, New York, NY. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-3997-4_3
Journals/Publications
- Miller, L., Hamlet, C., Strickland, C., & Nicolas, B. (2023). Multiscale flow between the branches and polyps of gorgonians. Journal of Experimental Biology, 226(5). doi:10.1242/jeb.244520
- Miller, L., Battista, N., Strickland, C., & Christina, H. (2022). Planktos: An agent-based modeling framework for computational fluid dynamics. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 84. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-022-01027-1
- Miller, L., Santhanakrishnan, A., Battista, N., Hoover, A., Hamlet, C., & Gaddam, M. (2022). The presence of a substrate strengthens the jet generated by upside down jellyfish. Frontiers Marine Science, 9. doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.847061
- Miller, L., Talkington, A., Davis, R., Datto, N., Goodwin, E., & Caron, K. (2022). Dermal lymphatic capillaries do not obey Murray's Law. Frontiers Cardiovascular Medicine, 12. doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.840305
- Santiago, M., Battista, N. A., Miller, L. A., & Khatri, S. (2022). Passive concentration dynamics incorporated into the library IB2d, a two-dimensional implementation of the immersed boundary method. Bioinspiration & biomimetics, 1748-3190.
- Hoover, A. P., Xu, N. W., Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., Dabiri, J. O., & Miller, L. A. (2021). Neuromechanical wave resonance in jellyfish swimming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(11).
- Miller, L. A. (2021). Fluid flow through a deep-sea sponge could inspire engineering designs. Nature, 595(7868), 497-498.
- Miller, L. A., Hoover, A. P., Xu, N. W., Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H., & Dabiri, J. O. (2021). Neuromechanical wave resonance in jellyfish swimming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(11). doi:10.1073/pnas.2020025118
- Senter, M., Ray, D., Strickland, C., Thomas, S., Talkington, A., & Miller, L. (2021). A Semi-Automated Finite Difference Mesh Creation Method for Use with Immersed Boundary Software Including IB2d and IBAMR. Biomimetics and Bioinspiration, 16.
- Hamlet, C., Strychalski, W., & Miller, L. (2020). Fluid Dynamics of Ballistic Strategies in Nematocyst Firing. Fluids. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids5010020
- Miller, L. A., Battista, N. A., Waldrop, L. D., He, Y., & Neary Peterman, T. (2020). Uncertainty quantification reveals the physical constraints on pumping by peristaltic hearts. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 17(170), 20200232. doi:10.1098/rsif.2020.0232
- Ozalp, M. K., Miller, L. A., Dombrowski, T., Braye, M., Dix, T., Pongracz, L., Howell, R., Klotsa, D., Pasour, V., & Strickland, C. (2020). Experiments and Agent Based Models of Zooplankton Movement within Complex Flow Environments.. Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland), 5(1), 2. doi:10.3390/biomimetics5010002
- Samson, J. E., & Miller, L. A. (2020). Collective Pulsing in Xeniid Corals: Part II-Using Computational Fluid Dynamics to Determine if There are Benefits to Coordinated Pulsing. Bulletin of mathematical biology, 82(6), 67.
- Samson, J. E., Ray, D. D., Porfiri, M., Miller, L. A., & Garnier, S. (2020). Collective Pulsing in Xeniid Corals: Part I-Using Computer Vision and Information Theory to Search for Coordination. Bulletin of mathematical biology, 82(7), 90.
- Waldrop, L., He, Y. Y., Battista, N., Neary, T., & Miller, L. (2020). Uncertainty quantification reveals the physical constraints on pumping by valveless, tubular hearts. Royal Society Interface. doi:doi:10.1098/rsif.2020.0232
Proceedings Publications
- Stevens, T., Zhao, L., Zhang, W., Miller, L., & Courtney, R. J. (2019). Flying Spiders: Effects of the Dragline Length and the Spider Mass in Free-Fall. In Volume 1: Fluid Mechanics.
- Miller, L. (2017).
A fully coupled fluid-structure-muscle-electrophysiology model in heart development
. In Biomath.
- Miller, L. (2017).
Feeding and exchange flows produced by soft corals and upside down jellyfish
. In Biomath.
- Miller, L. (2017).
Under the sea: Pulsing corals in ambient flow
. In Mathematical Methods and Models in Biosciences.
- Miller, L. (2013).
Broad Leaves in Strong Flow
. In American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics.
- Overman, R. E., Overman, R. E., Prins, J. F., Prins, J. F., Miller, L. A., Miller, L. A., Minion, M. L., & Minion, M. L. (2013). Dynamic Load Balancing of the Adaptive Fast Multipole Method in Heterogeneous Systems. In 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Parallel & Distributed Processing, Workshops and Phd Forum, 1126-1135.
- Miller, L. (2010).
Feeding Currents Generated by Upside Down Jellyfish
. In American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics.
- Miller, L. (2008).
Leaf roll-up and aquaplaning in strong winds and floods
. In American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics.
Presentations
- Miller, L. (2023). Flows through soft corals and other cnidarians. . Mathematical and Computational Biology, ICERM. Providence, RI.
- Miller, L. (2023). Couple Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations of the Jets Generated by Upside-Down Jellyfish. Coupled Problems 2023. Chania, Crete, Greece.
- Miller, L. (2023). Flows around some soft corals. 2023 AMS Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting. Mobile, AL.
- Miller, L. (2023). Flows around some soft corals. 2nd SIAM Northern States Section Conference. Logan, UT.
- Miller, L. (2022). Multiscale flow through the branches of gorgonians. Microscale Ocean Biophysics Meeting. Mallorca, Spain.
- Miller, L. (2022). Using computational fluid dynamics to understand muscle driven movement: Case students in jellyfish and corals. Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics Seminar, University of Michigan.
- Miller, L. (2022). Electromechanical Pumping in Embryonic Heart Tubes. SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences.
- Miller, L. (2022). Using computational fluid dynamics to understand the mechanics of jellyfish swimming and feeding. The BPPB Seminar (online).
- Miller, L. (2022). Multiscale flow between the branches and polyps of gorgonians.. The 2022 Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB+). Phoenix, AZ: Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology.
- Miller, L., & Aghav, H. (2022). Effects of Wing Bristles and Wing Flexibility on the Aerodynamics of the Smallest Flying Insects.. SIAM Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA.
- Miller, L., & Hu, D. (2022). Fluid-Organism Interactions: Mathematical and Numerical Approaches. UCI Center for Integrative Movement Sciences (online).
- Miller, L., Glickenstein, D. A., & Lin, K. (2022). Applied Mathematics and Statistics for Data-Driven Discovery. SIAM Conference on Applied Mathematics Education.
- Santiago, M. K., Miller, L., Battista, N., & Khatri, S. (2022, March). Using IB2d to simulate chemical concentrations and heat transfer around marine organisms. Ocean Science Meeting. Online.
- Khatri, S., Hobson, G., Mitchell, K. A., Miller, L., & Santiago, M. K. (2021, November). Numerical Simulations of Pulsing Soft Corals and the Photosynthesis of their Symbiotic Algae. 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Phoenix Arizona.
- Miller, L. (2021). Flow through the hairy appendages of small animals: The leaky rake to solid plate transition.. Arizona State University Math Bio Seminar.