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Principal Investigator

Tracy StepienPh.D., University of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor of Mathematics

Graduate Students

Abhiram HegadePh.D. student
Project: Mathematical modeling of tumor and immune cell migration and interactions

Undergraduate Students

Lucy AllanProject: Mathematical modeling of tumor-immune dynamics in brain cancer
Sanandan OjhaProject: Mathematical modeling of dual layer cell migration in embryonic development

Former Group Members

Graduate Students

Hannah Anderson2020-2024Ph.D. Dissertation: Mathematical Model of Glioblastoma-Immune Dynamics: Applications to Immunotherapy
Gillian Carr2023-2024M.S. Thesis: Image analysis and agent-based modeling of tumor-immune interactions in the glioblastoma microenvironment
  • Next destination: Catastrophe Modeling Analyst at Everest Group

Undergraduate Students

Jianda Du2024-2025Thesis: Determining the Effect of Curvature in a Mathematical Model of Cell Migration
  • Next destination: University of Maryland, College Park (Mathematics)
Grace Bachmann2023-2024Project: Image analysis and modeling of cell migration in embryonic development
  • Next destination: Florida Blue
Jean-Luc Choiseul2022-2023Thesis: Image Segmentation and Parameterization of a Two Layer Cell Migration Model
Shane Gladson2021-2023Thesis: An Agent-based Model of Biting Midge Dynamics to Understand Bluetongue Outbreaks
  • Additional Project: Modeling the spread of misinformation and extremism
  • Next destination: University of Chicago (Financial Mathematics)
Muhammad Abdulla2020-2021Project: Vertex model of astrocyte migration

Current and Former Collaborators

Rocío Marilyn Caja RiveraSt. Jude's Children's Research Hopsital
Veronica CiocanelDuke University, Departments of Mathematics and Biology
Martina ContePolitecnico di Torino, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Lance DavidsonUniversity of Pittsburgh, Departments of Bioengineering and Computational & Systems Biology
Maria D'OrsognaCalifornia State University at Northridge, Department of Mathematics
Aurélie EdwardsBoston University, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Jeffrey HarrisonUniversity of Florida, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
James HengeniusCHU Sainte-Justine
Thomas HillenUniversity of Alberta, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
Gabriela JaramilloUniversity of Houston, Department of Mathematics
Eric KostelichArizona State University, School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences
Yang KuangArizona State University, School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences
Anita LaytonUniversity of Waterloo, Department of Applied Mathematics
Alan LindsayUniversity of Notre Dame, Department of Applied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics
Holley LynchStetson University, Department of Physics
Lidia MradMount Holyoke College, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Sergei PilyuginUniversity of Florida, Department of Mathematics
E. Bruce PitmanUniversity at Buffalo, Department of Materials Design and Innovation
Mark PreulBarrow Neurological Institute
Libin RongUniversity of Florida, Department of Mathematics
Erica RutterUC Merced, Department of Applied Mathematics
Timothy SecombUniversity of Arizona, Department of Physiology
Ioannis SgouralisUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Mathematics
Hal SmithArizona State University, School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences
Brian SpencerUniversity at Buffalo, Department of Mathematics
Scott StevensChamplain College, Department of Mathematics
David SwigonUniversity of Pittsburgh, Department of Mathematics
Ryan ThiessenUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Dara WaldIowa State University, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
Cole ZmurchokMetrum Research Group