Research Summary
I am a mathematical biologist who works on modeling complex systems ranging from urban, behavioral, evolutionary and community ecology to cell biology, immunology, epidemiology of viruses and antibiotic resistant bacteria, asthma, and cancer biology.
Education
- B.A. , Mathematics, Harvard-Radcliffe College
- Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Cornell University. Project: Models of Structured Populations
Biography
I started my academic career as a pure math major at Harvard University,
moved toward biology as a graduate student in Appled Mathematics at
Cornell and as a post-doc at the Center for Population Biology at the
University of California Davis, and joined the faculty at the University
of Utah in a position split evenly between Mathematics and Biology. My
original interests in ecology and epidemiology have broadened to include
immunology and many fields of molecular and biomedical biology. I am
the author of two textbooks, "Modeling the Dynamics of Life" and the
more recent "Urban Ecosystems: Ecological Principles for the Built
Environment," and have furthered my commitment to the links between
research and education in my role as President of the Society for
Mathematical Biology and Director of the Center for Quantitative
Biology.