Mathematical Biology Faculty

Frederick R. Adler
Ph.D., Cornell University (1991)
Mathematical modeling of complex ecological systems

Alla Borisyuk
Ph.D., New York University, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (2002)
Computational Neuroscience

Paul C. Bressloff
Ph.D., Kings College, London University (1988)
Mathematical modeling and analysis of neural systems

Aaron L. Fogelson
Ph.D., New York University (1982)
Mathematical modeling of platelet aggregation

James P. Keener
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology (1972)
Mathematical modeling of cardiac arrhythmias



Associated Mathematical Faculty

Sasha Balk
Fluid dynamics, fluid turbulence.

Andrej Cherkaev
Nonconvex variational problems, Optimization of structures.

Elena Cherkaev
Inverse problem theory.

David Dobson
Scattering theory and photonics.

Yekaterina Epshteyn
Numerical Analysis, Scientific Computing, Applied Mathematics.

Paul Fife
Turbulence, materials science and population dynamics.

Ken Golden
Percolation theory, sea ice.

Christel Hohenegger
Analytical and computational modeling of problems arising in the dynamics of complex fluids.

Graeme Milton
Material science.

Jingyi Zhu
Particle flows, fluid dynamics.

Associated Life Science Faculty

A growing list of life science faculty members who interact with the Math Biology group. Students in our IGERT and RTG Training Programs in Mathematical Biology will do lab rotations and select a life science advisor from this list of people.

Alessandra Angelucci
Opthalmology, anatomy of visual cortex

Susan Bock
Medicine/Bioengineering; blood clotting

Dave Bowling
Biology, Ecosystems ecology, carbon-water cycling; genetics

David Carrier
Biology; physiology, locomotion

Greg Clark
Bioengineering; neurophysiology

Dale Clayton
Biology; ecology

Jim Ehleringer
Biology; ecology

Robert Fujinami
Neurology; autoimmunity

David Goldenberg
Biology; protein structure and folding

Vladimir Hlady
Bioengineering/Medicinal Chemistry; biopolymers

Ken Horch
Bioengineering and physiology

Erik Jorgensen
Biology; synaptic transmission

Steve Kern
Pharmaceutics/Anesthesiology; anesthetics, drug interactions

Janet Lindsley
Biochemistry; topoisomerases

Theodore G. Liou M.D.
Internal medicine; Pulmonary, survival in CF, microbial interactions, airway inflammation

Sheldon Litwin
Internal medicine; cardiology, calcium dynamics

Jennifer Lund
Opthalmology; anatomy of visual cortex

Villu Maricq
Biology; receptor function, cell migration

Dick Normann
Bioengineering, visual cortex

Wayne Potts
Biology; host-parasite co-evolution

Rick Rabbitt
Bioengineering, auditory physiology and biophysics

Gary Rose
Biology; electrophysiology, electric fish

Michael Sanguinetti
Internal Medicine; cardiology, long QT syndrome

Jon Seger
Biology; ecology, evolutionary biology

Russell Stewart
Bioengineering; molecular motors, hydrogels

John Sperry
Plant structure and physiology

Ken Spitzer
Physiology/CVRTI; cardiac physiology

Wes Sundquist
Biochemistry; plasmids, protein structure

Damon Toth
Mathematical Epidemiology.

Neil Vickers
Biology; physiology, pheromones

John A. White
Bioengineering; Neurophysiology, imaging, and real-time instrumentation

Biotech Internships

A growing list of Biotech companies have expressed interest in hosting Math Biology students for summer internships. Typically, a student may choose to spend a summer after the first or second year of graduate study in an internship. The companies that have expressed this interest to date include:

Idaho Technologies
(Contact: David Eyre)

Arcaris
(Contact: Alexander Kamb)

Myriad Genetics
(Contact: Daniel Wettstein)

Merck Research Laboratories
(Contact: Jeffrey Sachs)