Math-Biology REU

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Main organizers

Jan Rychtář, Professor

Research:
Game Theory, Mathematical Biology

Olav Rueppell, Professor

Research:
Behavioral Genetics, Aging and Demography, Social Insects

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Mentors

Igor Erovenko, Associate Professor
Research: Game Theory, Mathematical Biology
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David Remington, Associate Professor
Research: Molecular genetics of plant morphological evolution, plant genomics
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Jonathan Rowell, Assistant Professor
Research: Game Theory, Mathematical Biology
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Louis-Marie Bobay, Assistant Professor
Research: Microbial genomics and evolution
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Hyunju Oh, Associate Professor, Bennett College
Research: Game Theory, Mathematical Biology
Xiaoli Gao, Associate Professor
Research: Statistical Genetics, High Dimension Data
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Filip Saidak, Associate Professor
Research: Number Theory, Mathematical Biology
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2019

Undergraduate Students Participants

Cory Schantz, University of New Mexico
Research: Optimization of Approximate Bayesian Computation to Infer Homologous Recombination Rates in Prokaryotes
LeRayah Neely-Brown, University of Illinois at Chicago
Research: Optimization of Approximate Bayesian Computation to Infer Homologous Recombination Rates in Prokaryotes
Shaw Kagawa,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research: Optimization of Approximate Bayesian Computation to Infer Homologous Recombination Rates in Prokaryotes
Matthew Hill, Elizabeth City State University
Research: Modeling of Infectious Networks and Quantification of Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus Transmission via Food-Sharing in Apis mellifera.
Maya Brody, Mount Holyoke College
Research: Modeling of Infectious Networks and Quantification of Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus Transmission via Food-Sharing in Apis mellifera.
Spencer Moore, University of Puget Sound
Research: Modeling of Infectious Networks and Quantification of Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus Transmission via Food-Sharing in Apis mellifera.

Graduate Student Assistants

Ivanti Galloway,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Joshua Safley,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Prashant Waiker,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

2018

Undergraduate Students Participants

Mohamad Omar Ani, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Research: Division of labor within honey bees
Katherine Barrs, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
Research: Division of labor within honey bees
Kimberlyn Eversman, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
Research: Division of labor within honey bees
Sylvia Klein, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St Marys City, MD
Research: Vaccination games
Alex Foster, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC
Research: Vaccination games
David Feagins, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX
Research: Vaccination games
Zane Billings, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
Research: Bacterial recombination rates
Kara Schatz , Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Research: Bacterial recombination rates
Jerry Yang, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Research: Bacterial recombination rates

Graduate Student Assistants

Joshua Safley,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Prashant Waiker,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

2017

Undergraduate Students Participants

Andrew Brettin, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
Research: Vaccination games
Rosa Rossi-Goldthorpe, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Research: Vaccination games
Kyle Weishaar, Regis University, Denver, CO
Research: Vaccination games
Aaleah Lancaster, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC
Research: Vaccination games
Carmen Acosta-Alonzo, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC
Research: Vaccination games
Erin Estes, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
Research: Honey bee health
Sara Rubio Correa, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
Research: Honey bee health
Alfredo Martinez, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
Research: Honey bee health
Eric Sanchez, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
Research: Vaccination games
Jonathan Machado Bilbraut, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
Research: Vaccination games

Graduate Student Assistants

Michael Leshowitz,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Prashant Waiker,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

2016

Undergraduate Students Participants

Neil Pritchard, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
Research: Vaccination games
Ziaqueria Short, Winston Salem State University, Winston Salem, NC
Research: Vaccination Games
Julia Kobe, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
Research: Vaccination Games
Ethan Ortega, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
Research: Game Theoretical Models of Cancer
Elena Hurlbut, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC
Research: Game Theoretical Models of Cancer
Karen Funderburk, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Research: Linkage Mapping Across Apis mellifera Populations
Tim DeLory, Western State Colorado University, Gunnison, CO
Research: Linkage Mapping Across Apis mellifera Populations
Julia Thompson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Research: Copy Number Variation Detection
Alicia Feryn, University of Portland, Portland, OR
Research: Copy Number Variation Detection

Graduate Student Assistants

Elliott Hollifield,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Michael Leshowitz,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

2015

Undergraduate Students Participants

Nina Galanter, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Research: Territorial Raider Games
Dennis Silva, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worchester, MA
Research: Territorial Raider Games
Stephanie Rhoten, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
Research: Vaccination Game Theory
Casey Carter, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
Research: Vaccination Game Theory
Tyler Allee, Mercer University, Macon, GA
Research: Evolution of Cooperation
Ivanti Galloway, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Research: Evolution of Cooperation
MaLyn Lawhorn, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
Research: Comparative Analysis of Transcriptomic Data
Rachel Schomaker, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
Research: Comparative Analysis of Transcriptomic Data
Jay Saini, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Research: Evolutionary Graph Theory
Anh Nguyen, Texas Christian University, Forth Worth, TX
Research: Evolutionary Graph Theory

Graduate Student Assistants

Quinn Morris,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Catherine Payne,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

2014

Undergraduate Students Participants

Jasmine Everett, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC
Research: Cooperation in Age Structured Populations
Eli Thompson, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Research: Cooperation in Age Structured Populations
Ilona Redding, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC
Research: Cooperation and Kleptoparasitism
Michael Kelley, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Research: Cooperation and Kleptoparasitism
Taylor Joseph, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Research: Social Dynamics
Marwah Jasim, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC
Research: Social Dynamics
Praveen Suthaharan, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Research: Evolution of Cooperation in Mobile population
David Suarez, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Research: Evolution of Cooperation in Mobile population

Graduate Student Assistants

Quinn Morris,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Elizabeth Bergen,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY