People
Jody Reimer
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics & School of Biological Sciences
Jody is interested in all things mathematical and quantitative ecology, but tends to gravitate towards modeling life in extreme environments such as the polar regions and the Great Salt Lake. She first came to the University of Utah in Fall 2019 for a postdoc, and liked it so much that she transitioned to her current role as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2022. When she's not modeling the natural world, she loves running, skiing, biking, and paddling through its less explored corners.
Graduate Students
Abby Hardin-Kohli
Abby is a 2nd-year PhD student in the Mathematics Department, working in ecological modeling. When she's not doing math, you'll often find her playing board games, hitting the climbing gym, or cuddling her cat.
Anthony Jajeh
Anthony is a 3rd Year Mathematics Ph.D. student at the University of Utah. He is interested in studying the process of EPS production in sea ice through data analytics, fluid dynamics, PDEs, and ODEs. In his free time, he likes to hang out with friends and go to jiu-jitsu.
Hannah Meier
Hannah is a first-year PhD student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology co-advised by Jon Wang. Her research interest lies in understanding how the drying of the Great Salt Lake has changed and will change aspects of the lake's microbiota. To do this her work will incorporate field, laboratory, modeling, and remote sensing techniques. In her free time, Hannah can be found playing pinball, cooking, reading, or working on puzzles of any kind.
Lauren Whelton
Lauren is a 1st year Biology Ph.D. Student, working on ecological modeling in the microbialites of the Great Salt Lake. In her free time, she likes to crochet, read, and spend time with her friends or her cats.
Undergraduate Students
Nicole Forrester
Nicole is completing a double major in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. Since Fall 2021, she has been researching optimal polar bear movement as part of the Reimer and Golden labs. In her free time, she likes to hang out with friends, make music, and work out. In her future career, she hopes to work in research, data analysis, or software development.
Nathan Gregor
Nathan is a sophomore at the University of Utah pursuing a degree in Biology. He is interested in the natural world and its denizens big, small, and microscopic, and is always seeking to learn more about them and how they shape and are shaped by their environments. Some of his hobbies include hiking, birdwatching, and writing.
Lucy Leary
Lucy is a second-year honors undergraduate student majoring in math and minoring in integrated health and ecology, cognitive science, and computer science. She plays ultimate frisbee for the University of Utah's women's ultimate frisbee team, and for fun she likes handlettering and teaching her dog new tricks. She works for the Marriott Library, the Math Tutoring Center, the Honors College Peer-Mentoring program, and Austin Green's Wildlife Coexistance lab. .