Group Members

Prospective group members:

I am recruiting -- please see this page for further information.

Current group members:

Daniel Tolosa
PhD Student, Mathematics, Purdue
[Dec. 2021 --]
PhD Advisor: Manuel Rivera (algebraic topology)
Our Side Project: TDA of biological patterns in time

Annapoorna Prabhu
Undergraduate Researcher, Computer Engineering and Mathematics, Purdue
[Aug. 2022 --]
MA 49, SURF & OUR Scholar Project: Post-processing software for biological pattern formation

Former group members:

Ryan Branstetter
Undergraduate Researcher, Mathematics, Purdue (Class of 2023)
[Jan. 2022 to Apr. 2023]
MA 49, SURF & OUR Scholar Project: Weighting polling data and forecasting the 2022 U.S. midterms

Samuel Chian
Undergraduate Researcher, Applied Math, Northwestern
[June to Dec. 2020]
Project: Forecasting the 2020 U.S. elections
Current: MS Student, Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford

Harita Duggirala
Undergraduate Researcher, Computer Science, Northwestern (Class of 2024)
[Jan. to May 2021]
Project: Machine learning to extract cells from fish images

Olivia Dunne
Undergraduate Researcher, Biological Molecular Engineering, U Chicago (Class of 2022)
[June to Aug. 2020]
Project: Analyzing cell size in fish patterns

Dr. Kyung Ha
Postdoctoral Fellow, Mathematics, Purdue
[Aug. 2022 to Apr. 2023]
Area: Modeling and quantitative methods, mathematical plant biology

William He
Undergraduate Researcher, Applied Math, Northwestern (Class of 2023)
[April 2020 to Jan. 2021]
Project: Forecasting the 2020 U.S. elections

Caroline Henson
Undergraduate Researcher, Computer Engineering, Purdue (Class of 2025)
[Jan. to July 2022]
MA 49 & SURF Project: Post-processing software to relate real and simulated fish

Brian Hsu
Undergraduate Researcher, Statistics, Northwestern
[Summer 2020, Summer 2021]
Project: Analyzing state-state relationships during elections
Current: MS Student, Statistics, Northwestern

Simran Kadadi
Undergraduate Researcher, Computer Science, Purdue
[Sept. to Dec. 2022]
MA 49 Project: Quantifying cell organization in fern meristems

Christopher Lee
Undergraduate Researcher, Chemical Engineering, Northwestern (Class of 2023)
[April 2020 to April 2021]
Project: Forecasting the 2020 U.S. elections

Mengqi Liu
Undergraduate Researcher, Computer Engineering, Purdue
[May to Dec. 2022]
SURF & MA 49 Project: Website development and forecasting the 2022 U.S. midterms
Next position: System Developer, Lenovo

Emily (Emma) Mansell
Undergraduate Researcher, Computer Science, Northwestern (Class of 2023)
[Jan. to May 2021]
Project: Investigating election forecast accuracy in time

Abhiram Nambiar
Undergradate Researcher, Engineering, Purdue (Class of 2025)
[Jan. to April 2022]
MA 49 project: Post-processing software to relate real and simulated fish

Manas Paranjape
Undergraduate Researcher, Computer Science, Purdue (Class of 2025)
[Feb. to July 2022]
Project: Visualizing uncertainty and forecasting the 2022 U.S. midterms

Blake Shirman
Postbac Researcher, Math & Public Science
[Jan. to Sept. 2020]
Project: Implementing a cellular automaton model of fish patterns for children
Current: MS Student, Math, DePaul University

Former undergraduate students through Brown:

I have also been fortunate to co-mentor several teams of undergraduate students through programs at Brown University and ICERM:

Brown UTRA: Topological techniques for on- and off-lattice models of zebrafish pattern formation (mentored with Björn Sandstede), Summer 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
- Electa Cleveland (Brown University, Class of 2023)
- Angela Zhu (Brown University, Class of 2024)
Brown SPRINT: Identifying bifurcations in a cellular automaton model using TDA techniques (mentored with Björn Sandstede), Summer 2020
- Nathan Elbaum (Brown University, Class of 2021)
- Samuel Maffa (Brown University, Class of 2022)
Brown REU: Modeling pattern formation across the body and fins of zebrafish (mentored remotely with Björn Sandstede), Summer 2019

Addie Harrison (Current: PhD Student, Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona)
Gisela Hoxha (Brown University, Class of 2021)
Gil Parnon (Current: Junior Modeling Engineer, Kforce Inc)
Madison Russell (Current: PhD Student, Mathematics, University of Buffalo)
Berke Türkay (Brown University, Class of 2021)

Summer@ICERM: Modeling pattern formation on zebrafish fins (mentored with Björn Sandstede), Summer 2016

Madeline Abbott (Next position: MS Student, Biostatistics, University of Michigan)
Neil Chandra (Current: Software Engineer, Facebook)
Bethany Dubois (Current: Scientific Associate, D.E. Shaw Research)
Francesca Lim (Current: Data Science Intern, Citizens Bank)
Dorothy Sexton (Current: Economic Analyst Intern, Emsi)

Summer@ICERM: Stability analysis of agent-based models with PDMPs (mentored with Veronica Ciocanel and Björn Sandstede), Summer 2016

Cassandra Cole (Brown University, Class of 2018)
Philip Doldo (Current: PhD Student, Applied Mathematics, Cornell University)
Claire Qing Fan (Current: PhD Student, Public Policy, University of Chicago)

Brown Indepdent Study: Modeling fin growth (mentored with Björn Sandstede), Fall 2015

Emily Briggs (Brown University)

Brown REU: Network construction from diary-based data (mentored with Veronica Ciocanel and Björn Sandstede), Summer 2015

Joshua Rubin Abrams (Current: Graduate Research Intern, Los Alamos National Lab)
Anne Schwartz (Current: Software Development Engineer, Amazon)