Mathematical Physiology Research Group

Faculty


	James P. Keener Ph.D., California Institute of Technology (1972) Mathematical modeling of Physiological Processes
	Sean Lawley Ph.D., Duke University (2014)

Post Docs


	Aaron Barrett Ph.D., UNC Chapel Hill (2019)

Graduate Students


	Anil Cengiz
	Montana Ferita
	Parikshita Gya
	Abby Hardin-Kohli-
	Samantha Linn
	Katie Lynch
	Keshav Patel
	Sradha Ramesh Bhatt
	Victorya (Tory) Richardson
	Connor Shrader

Alumni


	Kees McGahan Thesis: Mathematical models of ion channel kinetics and sensory neuron dynamics (2023) Boston University
	Cody FitzGerald Thesis: Analysis of Environmentally-cued Gene Regulatory Networks in Plants and Bacteria (2021) Northwestern University
	Kyle Gaffney Thesis:Continuous models of the mechanics of flagellar and ciliary beating, (2021) Applied Research Associates
	Kiersten Utsey Thesis: Bistability in Epigenetic and Genetic Regulation, (2020) Metrum Research Group
	Christopher Miles Thesis: A Hop, Switch and Jump: Stochasticity in Models of Motor-mediated Intracellular Transport, (2018) UC Davis
	Jie Ma Thesis: Singular Perturbation Methods in Pharmacokinetics and Stochastic Modeling of Random Drug Taking Processes (2017)
	Parker Childs Thesis: Mathematical Models of Chemical Reactions: Discrepancies between Markov Chains and Mass Action Kinetics (2016) BioFire Diagnostics
	Megan Dixon Thesis:Roles for ubiquitin and dimensional dependence in protein regulation (2015) BYU
	Ross Magi Thesis: Dynamic Behavior of Biological Membranes (2014) Walla Walla University
	Geoffrey Hunter Thesis: The Role of Small RNA in Quorum Sensing (2013) TribalScale
	Blerta Shtylla Thesis: "Mathematical Models of Chromosome Motility during Mitosis." (2011) Pomona College
	Frank Lynch Thesis: "Mathematical Modeling of the Gastric Mucus Gel" (2010) Eastern Washington University
	Liz Doman Copene Thesis: "Ephaptic Coupling of Cardiac Cells" (2008) BioFire Diagnostics
	Young-Seon Lee Thesis: "Mechanisms of calcium alternans in cardiac cells" (2005) Florida State University
	Brynja Kohler Thesis: "T lymphocyte population dynamics in health and autoimmunity" (2004) Utah State University
	Nick Cogan Thesis: "A Model of Biofilm Growth and Structural Development" (2002) Florida State University
	Brad Peercy Thesis: "Models of border zone arrhythmias in acute cardiac ischemia" (2003) University of Maryland, Baltimore County
	Eric Cytrynbaum Thesis: "Using Low Dimensional Models to Understand Cardiac Arrhythmias" (2001) University of British Columbia
	Miguel Dumett Thesis: "A Numerical method for the solution of elliptic boundary value problems on irregular domains " (2001) University of Southern California, and JPL
	Eric Marland Thesis: "The Dynamics of a Sarcomere " (1998) Appalachian State University

Experimental Collaborators

A growing list of life science faculty members who interact with the Mathematical Physiology Group.


	Steve Poelzing Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech Cardiac Electrophysiology

	Markus Babst Biology Department, University of Utah Protein Cycling

	Kelly Hughes Biology Department, University of Utah Flagellar Construction

And here are some pictures from our last cabin party. You know what they say about all work and no play.

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