Undergraduate Research Students

Alumni
  1. Julie Cain, B.S. in Mathematics (Honors) (Penn State Erie, 1998)
  2. Matt Behan, B.S. in Biology (Honors) (Penn State Erie, 1999)
  3. Jessie Swanson, B.S. in Applied Mathematics (2000)
  4. Mandy Swann, B.S. in Applied Mathematics (2001)
  5. Keola Wierschem, B.S. in Physics (2003)
  6. Alicia Baptiste, B.S. in Biomedical Mathematics (2004)
  7. Wendy Cimbora, B.S. in Applied Mathematics (Honors, 2004)
  8. Rudy Arceo, B.S. in Biomedical Mathematics (Honors, 2007) (photo)
  9. Michelle Outlaw, B.S. in Biomedical Mathematics 2007 (Hughes Fellow) (photo)
  10. Tanja Batchelor, B. S. in Biomedical Mathematics 2009

Graduate Students

Current Alumni
  1. Jessie Swanson, M.S., Applied Mathematics (completed 2002)
    Raytheon Corporation, California
  2. Tom Asbury, Ph. D., Molecular Biophysics Program (completed 2006) (photo)
    Scientific Software Engineer
    Affymetrix
    Santa Clara, CA
  3. Natalia Toporikova, Ph. D., Biomedical Mathematics Program (completed 2007) (photo)
    Associate Professor
    Department of Biology
    Washington and Lee University
    Lexington, Virginia
  4. Bernard Fendler, Ph. D., Physics Program (completed 2009) (photo)
    Computational Biologist
    Foundation Medicine, Inc.
    Cambridge, MA
  5. Margaret Watts, Biomathematics Program (completed 2011) (photo)
    Assistant Professor
    Doane College
    Crete, NE
  6. Wondimu Teka, Biomathematics Program (completed 2012) (photo)
    Visiting Scientist
    U. S. Food and Drug Administration
    Washington, DC
  7. Arij Daou, Biomathematics Program (completed 2013) (photo)
    8. Assistant Professor
    American University of Beirut
    Beirut, Lebanon
  8. Sevgi Sengul, Biomathematics Program (completed 2014) (photo)
    9. Assistant Professor
    Department of Industrial Engineering
    Antalya International University
    Antalya, Turkey
  9. Patrick Fletcher, Biomathematics Program (completed 2015) (photo)
    10. Postdoctoral Fellow
    Laboratory of Biological Modeling
    National Institutes of Health
    Bethesda, MD
  10. Andrea Stathopoulos, Neuroscience Program (completed 2015) (photo)
    11. Communications Officer
    ARPA-H
  11. Vehpi Yildirim, Biomathematics Program (completed 2017) (photo)
    12. Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Erzurum Technical University
    Erzurum, Turkey
  12. Daniel Weingard, Biomathematics Program (completed 2017) (photo)
    13. Quantitative Analyst
    Wells Fargo
    New York City, NY
  13. Joseph McKenna, Biomathematics Program (completed 2017) (photo)
    14. Scientist
    Amazon Alexa project
    Pittsburgh, PA
  14. Diana Flores, Biomathematics Program (completed 2017) (photo)
    15. Postdoctoral Fellow
    Michigan State University
    East Lansing, MI
  15. Sergiusz Wesolowski, Biomathematics Program (completed 2017) (photo)
    16. Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Utah
    Salt Lake City, UT
  16. Danny Galvis, Biomathematics Program (completed 2018) (photo)
    17. Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Birmingham
    Birmingham, England
  17. Ryan Vinson, Biomathematics Program (completed 2019) (photo)
    18. Data Analyst
    Naval Information Warfare Center
    Charleston, South Carolina
  18. Isabella Marinelli, Mathematics Program (completed 2019) (photo)
    19. Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Spain
    With co-advisor Luca Gerardo-Giorda
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Birmingham
    Birmingham, England
  19. Canlin Zhang, Biomathematics Program (completed 2020) (photo)
    20. Machine Learning Engineer
    Circulo Health
    Fairfax, Virginia
  20. Yeuran Oh, Biomathematics Program (completed 2020) (photo)
    21. Postdoctoral Fellow
    National Institutes of Health
    Bethesda, Maryland
  21. Joshua Kimrey, Biomathematics Program (completed 2021) (photo)
    22. Staff Scientist
    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
    Laurel, Maryland
  22. Mehran Fazli, Biomathematics Program (completed 2022) (photo)
    23. Biomathematician
    ACESO, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Medicine
    Bethesda, MD
  23. Fan Bai, Biomathematics Program (completed 2023) (photo)
    24. Principal Product Development Engineer
    The Timken Company
    Canton, Ohio
  24. Nicole Bruce, Biomathematics Program (completed 2024) (photo)
    25. Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Tennessee Health Science Center
    Memphis, TN

    Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates

    Alumni
    1. Wilfredo Blanco, Visiting Scholar (assistant professor), State University of Rio Grande do Norte UERN, Brazil (photo)
    2. Joel Tabak, Associate Scholar/Scientist (completed 2015) (photo)
      3. Assistant Professor
      University of Exeter
      Exeter, UK.
    3. Arturo Gonzalez-Iglesias, Assistant Scholar/Scientist (completed 2015) (photo)
    4. Cleyde Helena, Postdoctoral Fellow (completed 2015) (photo)
      5. Account Representative
      ASC Group Ltd.
      Tallahassee, FL.
    5. Patricio Velez, Postdoctoral Fellow (completed 2013) (photo)
    6. Maurizio Tomaiuolo, Postdoctoral Fellow (completed 2011) (photo)
      7. Senior Research Investigator
      University of Pennsylvania
      Philadelphia, PA.
    7. Kelsey Gasior, Postdoctoral Fellow (completed 2021) (photo)
      8. Assistant Professor
      University of Notre Dame
      Notre Dame, IN.

    Pancreatic Islet Group

    Current Collaborators