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Principal Investigator

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

 

Graduate Students

Gillian CarrM.S. student

Project: Image analysis and agent-based modeling of tumor-immune interactions in the glioblastoma microenvironment
Abhiram HegadePh.D. student

Project: Mathematical modeling of cancer and embryonic development

 

Undergraduate Students

Jianda DuProject: Modeling and parameter analysis of cell migration in embryonic development

 

Former Group Members

Graduate Students

Hannah Anderson2020-2024Ph.D. Dissertation: Mathematical Model of Glioblastoma-Immune Dynamics: Applications to Immunotherapy

Co-advised with Libin Rong

CTSI TL1 Predoctoral Trainee (2020-2022)

Next destination: Postdoc at Moffitt Cancer Center Integrated Mathematical Oncology Department

Undergraduate Students

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

Awarded Goldwater Scholarship (2021-2022)

Next destination: Stanford University (Electrical Engineering); awarded fellowship from NSF-GFRP

 

Current and Former Collaborators

Rocío Marilyn Caja RiveraUniversity of South Florida, Center for Global Health Infectious Disease Research
Veronica CiocanelDuke University, Departments of Mathematics and Biology
Lance DavidsonUniversity of Pittsburgh, Departments of Bioengineering, Developmental Biology, and Computational and 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
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
Dara WaldIowa State University, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
Cole ZmurchokAbCellera