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Math Meets Bio in UNCG Collaboration
NSF Math Ecology team (UNCG, LSU, & Auburn) Undergrad David Sykes Applies Game Theory to Public Health
2016 NSF Math Bio-REU Participants
Mathematical Biology in the
Department of Mathematics & Statistics http://www.uncg.edu/mat/mathbio
Math Biology Programs and Activities at UNCG
PhD in Computational Mathematics
(Graduate Teaching Assistantships available at
$18,000 + tuition waivers)
M.A. in Mathematics
B.A. or B.S. in Mathematics
NSF-Sponsored REU programs
NSF-Funded Math Ecology Project
Annual UNCG RMSC conference
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Meet the Math Biology Faculty
Dr. Igor Erovenko
Associate Professor in Mathematics
Email: [email protected]
Webpage: www.uncg.edu/~i_eroven
Office: Petty 106
Dr. Erovenko earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from
the University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA. He is
an algebraist by training and his early career
research focused on combinatorial properties of discrete groups, most
notably the bounded generation property of arithmetic groups. His current
research interests lie in the general field of mathematical biology. He
worked on projects in different areas of mathematical biology including the
evolution of cooperation, game-theoretic models of infectious diseases, and
theoretical ecology. In the summer 2016 he participated in the UNCG
summer math-bio REU program. He co-mentored (with Dr. Rychtar) a
group of undergraduate students which worked on developing and solving
game-theoretic models of personal protection strategies for cholera. He is
also a local organizer of the 12th Annual UNCG Regional Mathematics and
Statistics Conference.
Dr. Jonathan Rowell
Assistant Professor in Mathematics
Email: [email protected]
Webpage:www.uncg.edu/mat/faculty/jtrowell
Office: Petty 147
Dr. Rowell earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics
from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and would
later gain postdoctoral experience at the University of
Tennessee and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. With 18
publications, his research has addressed problems from diverse biological
fields including theoretical ecology, the evolution of honest and dishonest
signal systems, mate selection evolution, paternal and oblique learning
effects on passerine song imprinting, cancer, and plant cell physiology. His
current work focuses on the application of game-theoretic concepts to
reaction-advection equations toward understanding the spatial and
ecological implications of ideal free movement within communities. Dr.
Rowell has successfully mentored over a dozen student researchers,
resulting in two biology honors theses and seven publications. Former
students have pursued math or biological Ph.D.s at Cornell, Michigan State
University, Colorado School of Mines, Florida State University, and the
University of South Carolina, while 3 others have sought Masters degrees.
Dr. Jan Rychtář
Professor in Mathematics
Email: [email protected]
Webpage: www.uncg.edu/~j_rychta
Office: Petty 131
Dr. Rychtář has Ph.D. from University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Canada. He has over 75 publications, is a
coauthor of a book Game-theoretical models in biology.
He directly supervised research of over 66 undergraduate students. His
students gave over 100 talks, many at international forums, coauthored
over 33 publications in top disciplinary journals, and received prestigious
awards such as NSF graduate fellowship. He has been PI on two NSF
funded math biology programs for undergraduate students (2006-2009 and
2009-2013), two NSF REU programs (2009-2013 and 2014-2017). He has also
received other NSF and MAA grants. Current focus of his research lies in
the area of game-theoretical models and in the evolutionary dynamics on
structured populations. He has provided consulting services to numerous
clients, both on-campus and off-campus. He organizes the annual UNCG
student conference since 2005. For more information, please see
http://www.uncg.edu/mat/faculty/rychtar/
Dr. Ratnasingham Shivaji
Helen Barton Excellence Professor and Head
Email: [email protected]
Webpage: www.uncg.edu/~r_shivaj
Office: Petty 118
Ratnasingham Shivaji earned a Ph.D. in 1981 from
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, and
joined UNCG as H. Barton Excellence Professor and
Head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics in 2011. Prior to
joining UNCG he served for twenty-six years at Mississippi State
University, where he was honored as a W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor.
Shivaji's area of specialization is partial differential equations, in particular,
nonlinear elliptic boundary valve problems with applications in population
dynamics. In particular, some of his recent research focus on models
describing effects of Allee effect, constant yield harvesting, grazing, and
nonlinear boundary conditions due to negative density dependent
emigration. His research has been funded by the Simon’s Foundation, and
for several years by the National Science Foundation (NSF), including a
current NSF Math Ecology Grant for which he serves as the PI. He has
authored over one hundred and thirty research papers. He is a member of
the Editorial Board of several mathematics journals. To date, he has
directed one postdoctoral student, fifteen Ph.D. students (11 graduates, 4
current), fourteen M.S. graduates and nineteen undergraduate research
students (18 graduates, 1 current).
Mathematical Biology at UNCG
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is proud to be part of several research projects in Mathematical Biology. This includes understanding the evolution of cooperation,
modeling disease transmission and vaccination decisions, understanding the effects of structured populations, modeling plant pollination, and analyzing genomic data. The
primary faculty involved in this research group are Jonathan Rowell, Jan Rychtář, and Igor Erovenko with many other faculty, including Maya Chhetri, Xiaoli Gao, Sat Gupta,
Sebastian Pauli, Scott Richter, Filip Saidak, and Clifford Smyth contributing as well. We have also developed close collaboration with Drs. Rueppell, Kalcounis-Rueppell,
Remington, Schug, Wasserberg, and other members of the Department of Biology at UNCG. Further, Ratnasingham Shivaji is currently involved in collaborative research
funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) with Dr. James Cronin, an ecologist at Lousiana State University, and Dr. Jerome Goddard at Auburn University at
Montgomery. They study population models that explore the effects of habitat fragmentation, conditional dispersal, predation, and interspecific competition from the patch level
to the landscape level.
In the past, led by Jan Rychtář, Maya Chhetri, Sat Gupta, Olav Ruepell and David Remington, UNCG has hosted NSF-funded Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in
Biological and Mathematical Sciences (UBM) programs from 2006-13 (http://www.uncg.edu/mat/undergraduate/research/MathBioPoster.png), and led by Jan Rychtář and
Jonathan Rowell, the department also hosted NSF-Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Programs from 2014-16
(http://www.uncg.edu/mat/mathbio/REU2014-2016/). The Department also hosts the NSF-funded UNCG Regional Mathematics and Statistics Conference (RMSC) every year
since 2005, for which Jan Rychtar serves as the conference chair (http://www.uncg.edu/mat/rmsc/2016/index.html)
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
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Meet the Additional Math Biology Faculty
Dr. Maya Chhetri
Professor in Mathematics
Email: [email protected]
Webpage:www.uncg.edu/mat/faculty/
m_chhetr
Office: Petty 125
Dr. Xiaoli Gao
Associate Professor in Statistics
Email: [email protected]
Webpage: www.uncg.edu/~x_gao2
Office: Petty 130
Dr. Sat Gupta
Professor in Statistics and Associate Head
Email: [email protected]
Webpage: www.uncg.edu/~sngupta
Office: Petty 126
Dr. Matina Kalcounis-Rüppell
Professor in Biology and Head
Email: [email protected]
Webpage:http://biology.uncg.edu/peopl
e/matina_kalcounis
Office: Eberhart 435
Dr. Sebastian Pauli
Associate Professor in Mathematics
Email: [email protected]
Webpage: www.uncg.edu/~s_pauli
Office: Petty 145
Dr. David Remington
Associate Professor in Biology
Email: [email protected]
Webpage:http://biology.uncg.edu/peopl
e/David_Remington
Office: Eberhart 226
Dr. Scott Richter
Professor in Statistics
Email: [email protected]
Webpage: www.uncg.edu/~sjricht2
Office: Petty 107
Dr. Olav Rüeppell
Professor in Biology
Email: [email protected]
Webpage:http://biology.uncg.edu/peopl
e/olav_rueppell
Office: Eberhart 206
Dr. Filip Saidak
Associate Professor in Mathematics
Email: [email protected]
Webpage: www.uncg.edu/~f_saidak
Office: Petty 104
Dr. Malcolm Schug
Associate Professor in Biology and
Associate Head
Email: [email protected]
Webpage:http://biology.uncg.edu/peopl
e/Malcolm_Schug
Office: Eberhart 301
Dr. Clifford Smyth
Associate Professor in Mathematics
Email: [email protected]
Webpage: www.uncg.edu/~cdsmyth
Office: Petty 105
Dr. Gideon Wasserberg
Associate Professor in Biology
Email: [email protected]
Webpage:http://biology.uncg.edu/peopl
e/Gideon_Wasserberg
Office: Eberhart 235A
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