{"id":19,"date":"2012-09-05T11:22:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T15:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/template\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-05-18T09:57:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:57:01","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tstepien\/research\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#cellmigration\">Cell Migration<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#braincancer\">Brain Cancer<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#popdyn\">Population Dynamics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#entomology\">Entomology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#kidney\">Kidney Hemodynamics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#heart\">Heart Mechanics and Circulation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#education\">Education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#datamining\">Data Mining<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#mcm\">COMAP Mathematical Contest in Modeling<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#thesis\">Ph.D. Dissertation and Undergraduate Honors Thesis<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#general\">General Interest<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"blurbhr\">\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"cellmigration\"><\/a>Cell Migration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rdcu.be\/dTVzy\">An approximate Bayesian computation approach for embryonic astrocyte migration model reduction<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11538-024-01354-5#Sec18\">Supplementary Material<\/a>). Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 86 (2024), 126.<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11538-024-01354-5\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.1007%2Fs11538--024--01354--5-yellow\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tstepien\/astrocyte-migration-ABC\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/github-tstepien%2Fastrocyte--migration--ABC-blue\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jtbi.2022.111208\">Spreading mechanics and differentiation of astrocytes during retinal development<\/a> <em>with Timothy W. Secomb<\/em>. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 549 (2022), 111208.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jtbi.2022.111208\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.1016%2Fj.jtbi.2022.111208-yellow\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tstepien\/astrocyte-migration\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/GitHub-tstepien%2Fastrocyte--migration-blue\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0218021\">Using a continuum model to decipher the mechanics of embryonic tissue spreading from time-lapse image sequences: An approximate Bayesian computation approach<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/5kdo6hwsjoh7xky\/2019_plosone.zip?raw=1\">Supplementary Material<\/a>) <em>with Holley E. Lynch, Shirley X. Yancey, Laura Dempsey, and Lance A. Davidson.<\/em> PLOS ONE, 14 (2019), e0218021.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0218021\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0218021-yellow\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/460774\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/bioRxiv-460774-green.svg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tstepien\/strain-mapping\/\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/GitHub-tstepien%2Fstrain--mapping-blue.svg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tstepien\/cell-migration-spatialcoord-onelayer\/\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/GitHub-tstepien%2Fcell--migration--spatialcoord--onelayer-blue.svg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5061\/dryad.8pj52vk\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/Dryad%20data-10.5061%2Fdryad.8pj52vk-purple.svg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.pitt.edu\/News\/2019\/Davidson-PLOS-ONE\/\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/news%20release-Pitt-red.svg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2019-07\/uop-uop070919.php\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/news%20release-EurekAlert!-red.svg\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3934\/dcds.2015.35.3203\">Existence and uniqueness of similarity solutions of a generalized heat equation arising in a model of cell migration<\/a> <em>with Hal L. Smith.<\/em> Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems &#8211; Series A (DCDS-A), 35 (2015), 3203\u20133216.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3934\/dcds.2015.35.3203\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.3934%2Fdcds.2015.35.3203-yellow.svg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tstepien\/cell-migration-similarity-soln\/\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/GitHub-tstepien%2Fcell--migration--similarity--soln-blue.svg\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1137\/130941407\">Traveling waves in a one-dimensional elastic continuum model of cell layer migration with stretch-dependent proliferation<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/gk31tkds6wc0ucq\/2014_siads.zip?raw=1\">Supplementary Material<\/a>) <em>with David Swigon.<\/em> SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems (SIADS), 13 (2014), 1489\u20131516. <br><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1137\/130941407\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.1137%2F130941407-yellow.svg\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"blurbhr\">\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"braincancer\"><\/a>Brain Cancer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00285-025-02243-8\">Go-or-grow models in biology: A monster on a leash<\/a> <em>with Ryan Thiessen, Martina Conte, and Thomas Hillen<\/em>. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 91 (2025), 58.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00285-025-02243-8\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.1007%2Fs00285--025--02243--8-yellow\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48550\/arXiv.2412.05191\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/arXiv-2412.05191-green\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jtbi.2024.111951\">Optimal control of combination immunotherapy for a virtual murine cohort in a glioblastoma-immune dynamics model<\/a> <em>with Hannah G. Anderson, Gregory P. Takacs, Jeffrey K. Harrison, and Libin Rong.<\/em> Journal of Theoretical Biology, 595 (2024), 111951.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jtbi.2024.111951\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.1016%2Fj.jtbi.2024.111951-yellow\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2024.04.29.591725\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/bioRxiv-2024.04.29.591725-green\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/stepien-lab\/glioma-Tcell-MDSC-treatment\/\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/GitHub-stepien--lab%2Fglioma--Tcell--MDSC--treatment-blue\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00285-023-02027-y\">Global stability and parameter analysis reinforce therapeutic targets of PD-L1-PD-1 and MDSCs for glioblastoma<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/y13f82i8l4uws8tv0dv9u\/2023_jmb.zip?raw=1&amp;rlkey=8dcn3ooii4vjv4wimbro0q3q8\">Supplementary Material<\/a>) <em>with Hannah G. Anderson, Gregory P. Takacs, Duane C. Harris, Yang Kuang, and Jeffrey K. Harrison.<\/em> Journal of Mathematical Biology, 88 (2024), 10.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00285-023-02027-y\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.1007%2Fs00285--023--02027--y-yellow\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2023.05.15.540846\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/bioRxiv-2023.05.15.540846-green\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/stepien-lab\/glioma-Tcell-MDSC\/\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/GitHub-stepien--lab%2Fglioma--Tcell--MDSC-blue\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2020.03.12.988832\">A nondegenerate convective-reaction-density-dependent diffusion model of in vitro glioblastoma tumor growth<\/a>&nbsp;<em>with Erica M. Rutter and Yang Kuang.<\/em>&nbsp;CSBC\/PS-ON Handbook of Mathematical Oncology (2020).<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2020.03.12.988832\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/bioRvix-2020.03.12.988832-green\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1137\/17M1146257\">Traveling waves of a Go-or-Grow model of glioma growth<\/a> <em>with Erica M. Rutter and Yang Kuang.<\/em> SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (SIAP), 78 (2018), 1778\u20131801.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1137\/17M1146257\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.1137%2F17M1146257-yellow.svg\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-017-02462-0\">Mathematical analysis of glioma growth in a murine model<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/ejnq9spah5xoyvo\/2017_scirep.zip?raw=1\">Supplementary Material<\/a>) <em>with Erica M. Rutter, Barrett J. Anderies, Jonathan D. Plasencia, Eric C. Woolf, Adrienne C. Scheck, Gregory H. Turner, Qingwei Liu, David Frakes, Vikram Kodibagkar, Yang Kuang, Mark C. Preul, and Eric J. Kostelich.<\/em> Scientific Reports, 7 (2017), 2508.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-017-02462-0\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.1038%2Fs41598--017--02462--0-yellow.svg\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3934\/mbe.2015.12.1157\">A data-motivated density-dependent diffusion model of in vitro glioblastoma growth<\/a> <em>with Erica M. Rutter and Yang Kuang.<\/em> Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering (MBE), 12 (2015), 1157\u20131172.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3934\/mbe.2015.12.1157\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.3934%2Fmbe.2015.12.1157-yellow.svg\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"blurbhr\">\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"popdyn\"><\/a>Population Dynamics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1063\/5.0138150\">Dynamics of a linearly-perturbed May\u2013Leonard competition model<\/a> <em>with Gabriela Jaramillo and Lidia Mrad<\/em>. Chaos, 33 (2023), 063121.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1063\/5.0138150\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.1063%2F5.0138150-yellow\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48550\/arXiv.2210.04342\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/aRxiv-2210.04342-green\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tstepien\/linearly-perturbed-May-Leonard\/\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/GitHub-tstepien%2Flinearly--perturbed--May--Leonard-blue\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"blurbhr\">\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"entomology\"><\/a>Entomology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rdcu.be\/deD3i\">An agent-based model of biting midge dynamics to understand Bluetongue outbreaks<\/a> <em>with Shane L. Gladson<\/em>. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 85 (2023), 69.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11538-023-01177-w\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.1007%2Fs11538--023--01177--w-yellow\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2022.09.26.509502\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/bioRxiv-2022.09.26.509502-green\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/stepien-lab\/MidgePy\/\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/GitHub-stepien--lab\/MidgePy-blue\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/app10186543\">Moth mating: Modeling female pheromone calling and male navigational strategies to optimize reproductive success<\/a> <em>with Cole Zmurchok, James B. Hengenius, Roc\u00edo Marilyn Caja Rivera, Maria R. D&#8217;Orsogna, and Alan E. Lindsay<\/em>. Applied Sciences, 10 (2020), 6543.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/app10186543\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.3390%2Fapp10186543-yellow.svg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tstepien\/moth-mating\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/GitHub-tstepien%2Fmoth--mating-blue.svg\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Moth Mating<\/strong> <em>with Roc\u00edo Marilyn Caja Rivera, James Hengenius, Cole Zmurchok, Maria D\u2019Orsogna, and Alan Lindsay<\/em>. Proceedings of the 2018 AMS MRC in Agent-Based Modeling, West Greenwich, RI (2018), 1\u20133.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"blurbhr\">\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"kidney\"><\/a>Kidney Hemodynamics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3390\/pr6070089\">A multicellular vascular model of the renal myogenic response<\/a> <em>with Maria-Veronica Ciocanel, Ioannis Sgouralis, and Anita T. Layton.<\/em> Processes, 6 (2018), 89.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3390\/pr6070089\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.3390%2Fpr6070089-yellow.svg\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-319-60304-9_5\">Modeling autoregulation of the afferent arteriole of the rat kidney<\/a>&nbsp;<em>with Maria-Veronica Ciocanel, Aur\u00e9lie Edwards, and Anita T. Layton.<\/em>&nbsp;Women in Mathematical Biology Research Collaboration Workshop, NIMBioS, Knoxville, June 2015, (eds. Anita T. Layton and Laura A. Miller), Association for Women in Mathematics Series 8, Springer International Publishing (2017), 75\u2013100.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-319-60304-9_5\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.1007%2F978--3--319--60304--9__5-yellow.svg\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rdcu.be\/fiXJV\">TGF-mediated dynamics in a system of many coupled nephrons<\/a> <em>with Saziye Bayram and E. Bruce Pitman.\u00a0<\/em>Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 71 (2009), 1482\u20131506.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/s11538-009-9410-1\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.1007%2Fs11538--009--9410--1-yellow.svg\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1137\/08S010165\">Tubuloglomerular feedback-mediated dynamics in three coupled nephrons<\/a> SIAM Undergraduate Research Online (SIURO), 2 (2009), 1\u201325.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1137\/08S010165\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.1137%2F08S010165-yellow.svg\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"blurbhr\">\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"heart\"><\/a>Heart Mechanics and Circulation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33774\/miir-2021-0lpf2\">Investigating Fontan Failure Using Mathematical Modeling<\/a>&nbsp;<em>with Ferran Brosa Planella, Jen Bryson, Brooks Emerick, Daniel Fong, Casey Johnson, Ayse Kabatas, Greg Murphy, Isaac Tate, and Matthew Doyle<\/em>. Mathematics in Industry Reports, 34th MPI Workshop, 25\u201329 June 2018, Claremont, CA, (2021), 1\u201322.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33774\/miir-2021-0lpf2\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.33774%2Fmiir--2021--0lpf2-yellow.svg\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Numerical methods for the calculation of material parameter values for three-layered aortic valve leaflets<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>with Matthew G. Doyle, Pak-Wing Fok, Huaxiong Huang, Greg Lewis, Sivabal Sivaloganathan, Rebecca Vandiver, and Craig A. Simmons.<\/em>&nbsp;Proceedings of the 4th Canadian Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics (CanCNSM), Montreal, QC, Canada (2013), 1\u20138.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Microindentation of Aortic Valve Leaflets and the Determination of Local Micromechanical Properties<\/strong> <em>with Matthew G. Doyle, Craig A. Simmons, Chris Breward, Helen Byrne, Pak-Wing Fok, Huaxiong Huang, Greg Lewis, Derek Moulton, Stephen O\u2019Keeffe, Don Schwendeman, Siv Sivaloganathan, Jennifer Siggers, Yu-Hau Tseng, and Rebecca Vandiver.<\/em> Proceedings of the MBI BioSciences Problem-Solving Workshop, Columbus, OH, USA (2012), 1\u201310.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"blurbhr\">\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"education\"><\/a>Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1137\/18M1191865\">Mathematics + Cancer: An undergraduate &#8220;bridge&#8221; course in applied mathematics<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/epubs.siam.org\/doi\/10.1137\/18M1191865#supplementary-materials\">Supplementary Material<\/a>) <em>with Eric J. Kostelich and Yang Kuang<\/em>. SIAM Review, 62 (2020) 244\u2013263.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1137\/18M1191865\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.1137%2F18M1191865-yellow.svg\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"blurbhr\">\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"datamining\"><\/a>Data Mining<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.4018\/IJMDEM.2016100103\">Discovering news frames: An approach for exploring text, content, and concepts in online news sources<\/a> <em>with Loretta H. Cheeks, Dara M. Wald, and Ashraf Gaffar.<\/em> International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management (IJMDEM), 7 (2016), 45\u201362. &nbsp;&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">(PDF posted by permission of the publisher, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.igi-global.com\/\">IGI Global<\/a>, Copyright 2016.)<\/span><br><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.4018\/IJMDEM.2016100103\" class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/doi-10.4018%2FIJMDEM.2016100103-yellow.svg\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1109\/IRI.2016.67\">Discovering news frames: Exploring text, content, and concepts in online news sources to address water insecurity in the Southwest Region<\/a>&nbsp;<em>with Loretta H. Cheeks and Dara M. 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Evans.<\/em> The UMAP Journal, 29 (2008), 267\u2013284.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"blurbhr\">\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"thesis\"><\/a>Ph.D. Dissertation and&nbsp;Undergraduate Honors Thesis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/d-scholarship.pitt.edu\/18675\/\">Collective Cell Migration in Single and Dual Cell Layers<\/a><br>University of Pittsburgh, 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tubuloglomerular Feedback-Mediated Dynamics in Three Coupled Nephrons<\/strong><br>University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 2008.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"blurbhr\">\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"general\"><\/a>General Interest<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ams.org\/journals\/notices\/202211\/rnoti-p1918.pdf\">Mathematicians Navigating Parenthood: Lessons Learned, Methodologies, and Useful Solutions That Were Beneficial During the COVID-19 Pandemic<\/a> <em>with Katharine Gurski, Angela Peace, Olivia Prosper, and Miranda Teboh-Ewungkem<\/em>. 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