Mathematical Biology at the University of Utah

Recent Graduates
from the
Mathematical Biology Program

Nicholas G. Cogan
"A Model of Biofilm Growth and Structural Development" (2003)
Chair: James P. Keener
Postdoc: Tulane University

Eric N. Cytrynbam
"Using Low Dimensional Models to Understand Cardiac Arrythmias" (2001)
Chair: James P. Keener
Postdoc: University of California, Davis

Miguel Dumett
"A numerical method for solving anisotropic elliptic boundary value problems on irregular domains in two and three dimensions" (2001)
Chair: James P. Keener
Postdoc: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Berton Earnshaw
"" (2007)
Chair: Paul C. Bressloff
Postdoc: University of Utah

Stefanos Folias
"Stimulus-Induced Waves and Breathers in Synaptically Coupled Neural Networks" (2005)
Chair: Paul C. Bressloff
Postdoc: Boston University

Robert D. Guy
"A Continuum Model of Platelet Aggregation: Closure, Computational Methods and Simulation" (2004)
Chair: Aaron Fogelson
Postdoc: University of Utah

Brynja R. Kohler
"T Lymphocyte population dynamics in health and autoimmunity" (2004)
Chair: James P. Keener
Tenure Track: Utah State University

Andrew Kuharsky
"Mathematical modeling of blood coagulation" (1998)
Chair: Aaron Fogelson
Postdoc: Tulane University

Young-Seon Lee
"Mechanisms of Calcium Alternans in Cardiac Cells" (2006)
Chair: Jim Keener
Postdoc: Cornell University

Timothy L. Lewis
"Signal Propagation in Inhomogeneous Excitable Media" (1998)
Chair: James P. Keener
Postdoc: New York University

Eric Marland
"Dynamics of the sarcomere" (1998)
Chair: James P. Keener
Postdoc: University of California, Davis

Meagan McNulty
"" (2007)
Chair: Frederick R. Adler

Elijah Newren
"" (2007)
Chair: Aaron L. Fogelson

Bradford E. Peercy
"Models of Border Zone Arrhythmias in Acute Myocardial Ischemia" (2003)
Chair: James P. Keener
Postdoc: Rice University

Thomas C. Robbins
"Seed dispersal and biological invasion: A mathematical analysis" (2004)
Chair: Mark A. Lewis
Postdoc: University of Utah

Chung Seon Yi
"Mathematical models for ionic concentration changes and volume shifts during ischemia and hypoxia" (2001)
Chair: Aaron L. Fogelson
Postdoc: Virginia Technical University

Haoyu Yu
"Three-dimensional computational modeling and simulation of platelet aggregation on parallel computers" (2000)
Chair: Aaron L. Fogelson
Postdoc: University of Minnesota

John Zobitz
"" (2007)
Chair: Frederick R. Adler

Recent Postdocs
from the
Mathematical Biology Program

Jonathan Forde
Ph.D., University of Michigan (2005)
"Delay Differential Equation Models in Mathematical Biology"

David George
Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle (2006)
"Finite Volume Methods and Adaptive Refinement for Tsunami Propagation and Inundation"

Robert D. Guy
Ph.D., University of Utah (2003)
"A Continuum Model of Platelet Aggregation: Closure, Computational Methods and Simulation"

Viktoria R.T. Hsu
Ph.D., University of Washington (2004)
"Ion Transport through Biological Cell Membranes: From Electro-Diffusion to Hodgkin-Huxley via a Quasi Steady-State Approach"

MunJu Kim
Ph.D., Brown University (2004)
"Hydrodynamics of Bacterial Flagella"

Laura A. Miller
Ph.D., Courant Institute, New York University (2004)
"A Computational Study of Flight in the Smallest Insects"

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