CURRICULUM VITAE

Zeynep Teymuroglu

Rollins College Office: (407) 646-2659Mathematics and Computer Science Department E-mail: zteymuroglu@rollins.edu1000 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789

Education:

University of Cincinnati, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Cincinnati, OH

• PhD, Mathematics, (August 2008)

• Dissertation Topic: “Continuum Models for the Spread of Alcohol Abuse”

Oregon State University, Department of Mathematics, Corvallis, OR

• MS, Mathematics, (June 2002)

• Project Topic: “Applications of Markov Chains in Health Insurance”

Middle East Technical University, Department of Mathematics, Ankara, Turkey

• BS, Mathematics, (June 2000, Graduated with Honors)

Teaching and Industry Experience:

Assistant Professor, Rollins College, FL (August 2010-Present)

• Teaching Responsibilities: Calculus I,II, Probability and Statistics, Actuarial Mathematics,Ordinary Differential Equations, Quantitative Reasoning, Mathematical Biology, RCC: Statis-tics for Biology and the Health Sciences, Biostatistics (Biology Department and Global HealthMinor), RCC: Inequalities by the Numbers

• Research Interests: Mathematical Biology, Numerical Analysis, and Network Analysis Methods

Senior Research Analyst, Associate Manager: Nielsen BASES Research and DevelopmentDept. and Convergys Customer Management, Cincinnati, OH (July 2008-August 2010)

Graduate Teaching Assistant: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (Fall 2002-Spring 2008)and Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (Fall 2000-Spring 2002)

Publications:

• Z. Teymuroglu and J. C, Chambliss, “Statistical Analysis and Racial Dynamics” (Under Re-view, MAA Volume on Mathematics for Social Justice, Jan 2015)

• J. Miller, H. Ryu, Z. Teymuroglu, X. Wang, V. Booth, and S. A. Campbell “Clustering inInhibitory Neural Networks with Nearest Neighbor Coupling” (Applications of DynamicalSystems in Biology and Medicine, page 99-121, Springer New York)

• E. Tatari and Z. Teymuroglu “Network Analysis of Voting Patterns in Tower Hamlets Council”(European Journal of Economic and Political Studies, 6 ,2014, Vol 27)

• Z. Kudlak, Z. Teymuroglu, and C. Yerger, “Alternative Resources for Funding and SupportingUndergraduate Research” (Involve, 2014, Vol 7, No:3, page 377-382)

• Z. Teymuroglu, “First-Year Seminar Course: A Social Network Analysis” (PRIMUS, Septem-ber 2013, Vol 23, Issue 10, page 893-905)

• D. French, Z. Teymuroglu, T. Lewis, and R. Braun, “An integro-differential equation for theSpread of Alcohol Abuse” (Journal of Integral Equations and Applications, Fall 2010, Vol 22,Number 3, page 443-464)

Awards, Grants and Exams:

• Ashforth Grant and FYRST Grant, Rollins Colege, (2016-2017)

• Individual Development Grant, Rollins College, (June 2013)

• Individual Development Grant, Rollins College, (June 2012)

• AMS Project NExT Fellowship (2011-2012)

– Professional Development program supported by the Mathematical Association of Amer-ica

• ACS Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Renewal Program Award, (February 2011-September 2011)

– Z. Teymuroglu and E. Tatari, “Social Network Models in Political Sciences”

• Research Center Graduate Summer Fellowship, University of Cincinnati (Summer 2006)

• Henry Laws Fellowship, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (2005-2006)

• Taft Enhancement Fellowship, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (2003-2004, 2004-2005)

• Passed Actuarial Exam 1, (May 2002)

Professional Development Workshops:

• “WhAM: Research Collaboration Workshop for Women in Applied Mathematics: DynamicalSystems for Applications to Biology and Medicine”, Institute of Mathematics and Its Appli-cations, University of Minnesota, (September 9-13, 2013)

• “CASOS: Center for Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems”, CarnegieMellon University, (Summer 2013)

• “Coursera: Social Network Analysis”, Statement of Accomplishment, University of Michigan,(Fall 2012)

• “2012 Trends in Undergraduate Research in Mathematical Sciences Conference”, Chicago, IL,(October 26-28 2012)

• “ACS Summer Teaching and Learning Workshop”, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, (June3-8 2012)

• “Course Redesign Initiative”, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (May 13-16, 2012)

• “National Science Foundation Day Workshop at UCF”, University of Central Florida, Orlando,FL (January 12, 2012)

• “UCF Grants Day Opportunities in Health-Related Research”, University of Central Florida,Orlando, FL (November 7, 2011)

• Project NExT 2012 Workshops

– “Teaching the Sophomore Differential Equations Course in the Twenty-First Century”,Lexington, KY (August 4-5, 2011)

– “Applying for Grants from the National Science Foundation”, Lexington, KY (August4-5, 2011)

– “Using Good Questions in Calculus”, Lexington, KY (August 3, 2011)

– “Me, a Mathematician, Teaching a Stat Course?”, Lexington, KY (August 2, 2011)

• Pajek Social Network Software Workshop, Naples, IT (June 22, 2011)

• Preparing for Future Faculty Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinbati, OH (Fall, 2008)

• Summer Program in Systems Physiology, Mathematical Bioscience Institute, Ohio State Uni-versity, Columbus, OH (July 23-August 10 2007)

– Systems Physiology Courses by Dr. Keener, Project by Dr. Ed Green

Technology/Software Used for Teaching:

• Blackboard, Graphing Calculator, Mathematica, and Matlab

Talks/Presentation:

• “Project-Based Learning in First-Year General Education Mathematica Courses”, MAA Math-fest, Washington DC (August 5, 2015)

• “Adolescent Friendships and Obesity: An Exponential Random Graph Analysis”, Social Net-work Analysis Research Meeting, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (November 5, 2013)

• “Service-Learning Project Outcomes: Social Network Analysis”, Mathematical Association ofAmerica FL Section, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL (February 22, 2013)

• “An integro-differential Model for the Spread of Alcohol Abuse”, Mathematical Biology Sem-inar, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (November 13, 2012)

• “Social Network Analysis of Strategic Intersectionality”, Social Network Analysis ResearchMeeting, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (April 25, 2012)

• “Social Network Analysis of Drinking Behavior”, Social Network Analysis Research Meeting,University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (February 22, 2012)

• “First-Year Freshmen Seminar: A Social Network Analysis”, MAA Session on MotivatingStatistical and Quantitative Learning through Social Engagement, 2012 Joint MathematicalMeetings, Boston, MA (January 5-7, 2012)

• “Career Days for Undergraduate Mathematics Majors”, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH(March 14, 2009)

• “Continuum Models for the Spread of Alcohol Abuse” AMS Special Session on Biomathemat-ical Modeling, 2008 Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, CA (January 6-9, 2008)

• “A Mathematical Model for the Spread of Alcohol Abuse” SIAM Conference on Mathematicsfor Industry: Challenges and Frontiers, Poster Presentation, Philadelphia, PA (October 9-11,2007)

• “Modeling Gel Contraction” Summer Program at Mathematical Bioscience Institute, OhioState University, Columbus, OH (August 10, 2007)

Undergraduate Research Projects:

• Advisor, Erik Ander, Project Title:Alcoholism-A Mathematical Model with Peer Influence(June-July 2014)

Referee Work/Reviews:

• Referee, PRIMUS and Journal of Biological Systems

• Reviewer, Intuitive Biostatistics, Oxford University Press, February 2012

• Judge, Poster Presentations, 2012 Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 2012

• Reviewer, Young Mathematicians Conference, The Ohio State University, June 2012, June2013

Memberships/Academic Services:

• Member of MAA, INSNA, and AMS

Service:

• Member, Search Committee, Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Rollins College,(Fall 2013)

• Interviewer, Alfond and Cornell Scholarships, (Spring 2012, Spring 2013)

• Member, Appellate Board, (2013-2014)

• Member, Student Life Committee, Rollins College, (2012, 2013)

• Member, Search Committee for two positions, Mathematics and Computer Science Depart-ment, Rollins College, (Spring 2012)

• Member, Bush Renovation Committee, Classroom Committee, Rollins College, (Spring 2011)

Carl R. Yerger November 2015Davidson College cayerger@davidson.eduDavidson, North Carolina, USA www.carlyerger.com

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GAPh.D. Algorithms, Combinatorics and Optimization August 2006 - December 2010

– Advisor: Robin Thomas, Thesis: Color-Critical Graphs on Surfaces

• University of Cambridge Cambridge, UKMaster of Advanced Study in Mathematics 2005 - 2006

• Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CAB. S. Mathematics 2001 - 2005

Academic Employment

• Davidson College Davidson, NCAssistant Professor of Mathematics August 2010 - Present

• Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PAEugene P. Shelly Visiting Assistant Professor (Sabbatical Leave) August 2014 - May 2015

Publications (available at www.carlyerger.com), * denotes undergraduate author

1. T. Wakayama*, C. Yerger, Intermingled ascending wave M -Sets with three colors, submitted, Integers: TheElectronic Journal of Combinatorial Number Theory.

2. S. Davies*, C. Xue*, C. Yerger, Algorithms for finding knight’s tours on the Aztec diamond, submitted,Involve: A Journal of Mathematics.

3. D. Cranston, L. Postle, C. Xue*, C. Yerger, Modified linear programming weighting and Class 0 bounds forgraph pebbling, submitted, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization. Available on ArXiV at arXiv:1508.07299.

4. C. Yerger, An analogue to Steinberg’s conjecture for surfaces, in revision, European Journal of Combinatorics.

5. C. Xue*, C. Yerger, Pathwalker-breaker games on complete bipartite graphs, to appear, CongressusNumerantium.

6. C. Xue*, C. Yerger, Optimal pebbling on grids, to appear, Graphs and Combinatorics. Available on earlyview.

7. D. Bernstein*, D. Grynkiewicz, C. Yerger, On three sets with nondecreasing diameter, Discrete Mathematics,338 (2015) 1328–1344.

8. P. Britton*, C. Yerger, A boxing-like round by round analysis of American college basketball, InternationalJournal of Sports Science and Coaching, 10 (2015) 681–696.

9. Z. Kudlak, Z. Teymuroglu, C. Yerger, Alternative resources for funding and supporting undergraduateresearch, Involve: A Journal of Mathematics, 7 (2014) 377–382.

10. C. Yerger, Nontraditional undergraduate research problems from sports analytics and related fields, Involve:A Journal of Mathematics, 7 (2014) 423–430.

11. L. Postle, N. Streib, C. Yerger, Pebbling graphs of diameter three and four, J. Graph Theory, 72 (2013),398–417.

12. N. Chenette, L. Postle, N. Streib, R. Thomas, C. Yerger, Five coloring graphs on the Klein bottle, Journal ofCombinatorial Theory, Series B, 102 (2012), 1067–1098.

13. N. Watson and C. Yerger, Domination cover pebbling: Structural results, J. Combin. Math. Combin.Comput., 72 (2010), 181–196.

14. A. Benjamin, N. Cameron, J. Quinn, C. Yerger, Catalan determinants – A combinatorial approach,Applications of Fibonacci Numbers 11, (William Webb, ed.), Utilitas Mathematica Publishing Co., Winnipeg,2009.

15. A. Godbole, N. Watson and C. Yerger, Threshold and complexity results for the cover pebbling game,Discrete Mathematics, 309 (2009), 3609–3624.

16. A. Shiu and C. Yerger, Rabbits redux: The cube root of four and the Fibonacci sequence, MathematicalSpectrum, 41 (2009), 81–86.

17. J. Gardner, A. Godbole, A. Teguia, A. Vuong, N. Watson and C. Yerger, Domination cover pebbling: Graphfamilies, J. Combin. Math. Combin. Comput., 64 (2008), 255–271.

18. N. Watson and C. Yerger, Cover pebbling numbers and bounds for certain families of graphs, Bull. Inst.Combin. Appl., 48 (2006), 53–62.

19. A. Benjamin and C. Yerger, Combinatorial interpretations of spanning tree identities, Bull. Inst. Combin.Appl., 47 (2006), 37–42.

20. C. Yerger, Monochromatic and zero-sum sets of nondecreasing diameter, manuscript, available on ArXiV,arXiv:math/0512363, 2006.

Awards, Scholarships, Honors and Fellowships

• Davidson College Faculty Study and Research Grant, Clark Ross Academic Innovation Fund (recognition fortop proposal) ($3500), Summer 2015 to fund summer student research with Takuya Wakayama.

• Carnegie Mellon University Eugene P. Shelly Visiting Professorship (half-salary), 2014-2015 academic year.

• Davidson College Faculty Study and Research and Dean Rusk Travel Grant, Summer 2013 ($3600) for travelto the University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.

• AMS-Simons Early-Career Travel Grant (July 2012-June 2015)($4800).

• Davidson College Faculty Study and Research and Dean Rusk Travel Grant, Summer 2012 ($3600) for travelto the National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan.

• Mathematical Association of America Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) Fellow 2011-2012.

• Davidson College Faculty Study and Research and Dean Rusk Travel Grant, Summer 2011 ($3600) to CharlesUniversity, Prague, Czech Republic.

• Commencement Reflection Speaker, Georgia Institute of Technology Graduation, Fall 2010.

• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, offering $30,000 of financial support for graduatestudy annually for three years beginning Fall 2006.

• Winston Churchill Foundation Scholarship, fully supported my studies at Cambridge University during the2005-2006 academic year (approximately $45,000).

• Barry M. Goldwater scholarship, June 2003, providing $7500 of financial support for each of my junior andsenior years of college.

High School Mathematical Service

• Coordinating Committee, Charlotte Mathematics Club, Charlotte, NC, 2011-present.

• Committee Member, Mathematical Association of America Subcommittee on the American MathematicsCompetitions AMC10 and AMC12, 2014-2017. This committee reviews, compiles and finalizes AMC 10 andAMC 12 exams given to 200,000 students worldwide.

• Instructor, Art of Problem Solving, 2014-present.

• Instructor, Pioneer Research Program, 2013-present.

• Question writer, American Mathematical Society’s, Who wants to be a mathematician? Joint MathematicsMeetings, 2012-present.

• Judge and question writer, Carolina Panthers Numbers Crunch Competition, 2011-present.

• Organizer, March MATHness buzzer tournament, Davidson College, February 19, 2011.

• Organizer, Georgia Tech High School Math Competition (was responsible for writing the seven testsadministered during the competition, which involves over 400 high school students), 2009 and 2010competitions. Assisted in other capacities in 2007 and 2008.

• TA/Counselor, Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA,Summer 2005.

• Junior Staff, Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, Summer2002.

Mathematical Service

• Organizer, Special Session on Lessons Learned from the Virtual Classroom, Mathematical Association ofAmerica, Southeastern Section Meeting, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN, March 14-15, 2014.

• Co-organizer, Mini-symposium on Graph Pebbling, SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics, June 2012,Halifax, NS, Canada.

• Co-organizer, Project NExT Seminar, Writing, Refereeing, and Publishing: Contributing to the mathematicalconversation, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Boston, MA, January 2012.

• Referee for Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series B, Journal of Graph Theory, SIAM Journal on DiscreteMathematics, European Journal of Combinatorics, Discrete Mathematics, Ars Combinatoria, DiscreteApplied Mathematics, Acta Mathematica Sinica, English Series, Utilitas Mathematica, DiscussionesMathematicae Graph Theory, Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, International Journal ofComputer Mathematics, PRIMUS: Problems, Resources and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies,INVOLVE: A Journal of Mathematics, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, Bulletin of the Institute forCombinatorics and its Applications

• Member of SIAM and MAA since 2003, and member of the AMS since 2005.

• Member of the Institute for Combinatorics and its Applications since 2005.

College and University Service

• Davidson College Student Study and Research Committee, 2015-present.

• Davidson College Graduate Fellowships Committee, 2011-2014.

• Coordinator, Davidson College Math Coffee Lecture Series, Fall 2011-Spring 2014, Fall 2015-present.

• Senior Thesis advising: Kyle Yang, 2012-2013, Matt Mohorn, 2013-2014, Kai Jia, 2015-2016

• First year advising groups: 2011-2013, advised 7 students, 2013-2014, advised 7 students (until sabbaticalleave), 2015-2017, advised 10 students.

• Summer research advising: Chenxiao Xue, Summer 2014 and Summer 2015 (Davidson Research Initiative),Takuya Wakayama, Summer 2015 (Faculty Study & Research Grant), Ricky Sosa (RISE fellow).

• Designed new course, Math 325: Graph Theory for first adoption in Spring 2016.

• Coach, Davidson College team, ACM Computer Programming Competition, 2010-present.

Joanna R. Wares

EDUCATIONUniversity of Maryland, College Park, MDPhD, Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computation 2008

MS, Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computation 2005

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1998BS, Mathematics

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENTUniversity of Richmond, Richmond, VAAssistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science 2011-present

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TNAssistant Professor NTT/ Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics 2008-2011

Peer-Reviewed Publications

1. Wares, J. R., Hoke, K. W., Walker, W., Franke, L. M., Cifu, D. X., Carne, W., Ford-Smith (2015) C. Charac-terizing the effects of mTBI and PTSD on balance impairments in blast-exposed Service Members and Veteransusing computerized posturography. The Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 52(5):591-604.

2. Wares, J. R., Crivelli, J. J., Choi, I. K., Yun, C. O., Gevertz, J. L., Kim, P. S. (2015) Treatment strategies for com-bining immunostimulatory oncolytic virus therapeutics with dendritic cell injections. Mathematical Biosciencesand Engineering 12(6):1237-1256.

3. Kim, P. S., Crivelli, J. J., Choi, I. K., Yun, C. O., Wares, J. R. (2015). Quantitative impact of immunomod-ulation versus oncolysis with cytokine-expressing virus therapeutics. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering12(4):841-858.

4. Cifu, D. X., Wares, J. R., Hoke, K. W., Wetzel, P., Gitchel, G. and Carne, W. (2015). Differential eye move-ments in mild traumatic brain injury vs. normal controls. The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 30(1):21-28.

5. Cifu, D. X., Hoke, K. W., Wetzel, P., Wares, J. R., Gitchel, G. and Carne, W. (2014). Effects of hyperbaricoxygen on eye tracking abnormalities in males after mild traumatic brain injury. The Journal of RehabilitationResearch and Development 51(7):1047-56.

6. Wares, J. R., Crivelli, J., and Kim, P. Differential equation techniques for modeling a cycle-specific oncolyticvirotherapeutic. (2014). Mathematical Modeling of Tumor-Immune System Dynamics. Springer.

7. Crivelli, J., Foldes, J., Kim, P., and Wares, J. R. (2012). A mathematical model for cell cycle specific cancervirotherapy. Journal of Biological Dynamics 6(sup1): 104-120.

8. D’Agata, E. M. C., Horn, M. A., Ruan, S., Webb, G. F, and Wares, J. (2012). Efficacy of infection controlinterventions in reducing the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms in the hospital setting. PLoS ONE 7(2):e30170. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030170

9. Wares (published under Pressley), J. and Troyer, T.W. (2011). The dynamics of integrate-and-fire: mean vs.variance modulations and dependence on baseline parameters. Neural Computation 23(5): 1234-1247.

10. Wares (published under Pressley), J., D’Agata, E., and Webb, G.F. (2010). The effect of co-colonization on com-petition of hospital-acquired and community-acquired MRSA. Journal of Theoretical Biology 265(3): 645-656.

11. D’Agata, E. M. C., Webb, G. F., and Wares (published under Pressley), J. (2010). Rapid emergence of co-colonization with community-acquired and hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in

the hospital setting. Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena 5(3): 76-93.

12. Wares (published under Pressley), J. and Troyer, T. W. (2009). Complementary responses to mean and variancemodulations in the perfect integrate-and-fire model. Biological Cybernetics 101(1): 63-70.

13. Wares (published under Pressley), J. and Troyer, T. W. (2006). Temporal processing in the exponential integrate-and-fire model is nonlinear. Neurocomputing, 69(10-12): 1076-1080.

Talks (since 2011)

1. (2015) A Model of Transmission of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in a Dialysis Unit: An Agent-Based Approach.International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research. Normal, IL.

2. (2015) A Model of Transmission of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in a Dialysis Unit. Mathematical Methods inSystems Biology. UCD, Dublin, Ireland.

3. (2015) Modeling dynamics of anti-cancer virotherapy and immunotherapy. SIAM Snowbird Dynamical SystemsConference. Snowbird, Utah.

4. (2014) Modeling disease transmission with Ebola as an example. Hampden-Sydney College. Hampden-Sydney,VA.

5. (2014) Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and hospitals: a bad combination. VCU Biomath Seminar. Richmond, VA.

6. (2013) Immunostimulatory effects of oncolytic adenovirus: a mathematical model. Biomathematics and Ecology:Education and Research-2013. Arlington, VA

7. (2013) Mathematical model of oncolytic virotherapy. Special session for Glenn Webb at the 33rd Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.

8. (2013) Cell cycle specific oncolytic virotherapy. US-Sydney Workshop on Mathematical Models of Tumor-ImmuneSystem Dynamics. University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

9. (2013) Transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the health care setting. University of Maryland, CSCAMMSeminar. College Park, MD.

10. (2012, 2011) Efficacy of infection control interventions in reducing the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms inthe hospital setting. Antibiotic Resistance Workshop, U Miami; JMM, Boston, MA.

11. (2011) A delay differential equation model for the cell-cycle specificity of vesicular stomatitis virus efficacy. AIMS,Dresden, Germany; SIAM, Pittsburgh, PA.

TEACHINGUniversity of Richmond, Richmond, VA, Department of Math & Comp. Sci. 2011-present

1. Math of Finance/ Math Econ Capstone MATH 309, MTEC 400 (Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013)

2. Numerical Analysis MATH 328 (Spring, 2014, Spring 2012)

3. Differential Equations MATH 312 (Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011)

4. Calculus II MATH 212 (Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012)

5. Calculus I MATH 211 (Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011)

6. Biomath Independent Study (Spring 2012, Fall 2011)

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Department of Mathematics 2008-2011

1. Mathematical Modeling in Biology

2. Differential Equations with Linear Algebra

3. Calculus I

4. Independent Study

RESEARCH STUDENTS

1. Hilary Briggs, Ruoping Shi, Weizhi Wu, Xiwen Zhou (2014) - Summer Project - Using Mathematical Models toStudy Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

2. Nianchen Han (2013) - Summer Project - Comparing Agent Based and Differential Equations Models

3. Rianna DiBartolo-Cordovano (2012) - Student Symposium Talk - Analysis of Mathematical Models of Cancer-Killing Viruses

4. Joseph Crivelli (2011) - Honors Thesis - Mathematical Models for Cancer Virotherapy

SERVICE (since 2011)

1. Pathways advisor, advisor for first generation college students 2015-present

2. Associate Editor, SIAM Undergraduate Research Online 2015-2017

3. Pi Mu Epsilon Advisor 2012-present

4. Reviewer for Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Spora, Health Security 2015

5. Reviewer for Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, PLoS Comp. Bio, Letters in Biomath. 2014

6. Member of the UR Departmental Hiring Committee 2013-2014, 2012-2013

7. Reviewer for BEER proceedings 2013

8. Reviewer for Journal of Theoretical Biology 2013, 2011

9. NSF panel member, reviewed grants 2013

10. Member of the American Mathematical Society 2011-2013

11. Mathematical Association of America, and Society of Mathematical Biology 2011-2012

12. Reviewer for PLoS Computational Biology 2011

13. High school outreach - UR short talk in department 2014, 2012

CONFERENCES/SPECIAL SESSIONS ORGANIZED AND TRAINING (since 2011)

1. Co-organized SIAM Snowbird Meeting Special Session -

Math. Models of Cancer Development and Treatment 2015

2. Tumor Immune System Dynamics Workshop, American Institute of Mathematics 2015

3. Cancer and the Immune System Workshop, Mathematical Biosciences Institute 2014

4. Co-organized SIAM Annual Meeting Session - Math. Models of Cancer Development and Treatment 2012

5. Project NExT Fellow 2011-2012 - Attended 3 conferences for special training for new faculty 2011-12

AWARDS (since 2011)

1. University of Richmond Faculty Research Grant 2015, 2014, 2012

2. University of Richmond Travel Grant 2015, 2013

3. Funding from AIM to attend Tumor Immune System Dynamics Workshop 2015

4. Funding from MBI to attend Cancer and the Immune System Workshop 2014

5. Funding from UR to work with summer students 2014, 2013

6. Dean Summer Funding 2013

7. Recognized by Omicron Delta Kappa for outstanding contribution to the success of students 2012

Catherine A. Buell

Department of MathematicsFitchburg State University E-mail: cbuell1@fitchburgstate.edu160 Pearl St. Website:Fitchburg, MA 01462 sites.google.com\a\falcons.fitchburgstate.edu

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ContactInformation

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC USAEducation

Ph.D., Mathematics, North Carolina State University, 2011

• Thesis Topic: On Maximal R-split Tori Invariant under an Involution• Advisor: Dr. Aloysius Helminck

M.S., Mathematics, 2008

Springfield College, Springfield, MA USA

B.S., Mathematics, 2006

• Minors in Computer Programming and Dance

Algebra: generalized symmetric spaces, algebraic groups, group theory, representationResearch Intereststheory, Lie algebras and Lie groups.

(* denotes undergraduate)Publications:• Buell, Catherine A. and Loek Helminck, On Maximal Quasi R-split Tori Invariantunder an Involution. (in preparation)

• Buell, C., A Helminck, V. Klima, J. Schaefer, C. Wright, E. Ziliak, On the Structureof Generalized Symmetric Spaces of SLn(Fq).(in preparation).

• Buell, C., Greenstein, S., Wilstein, Z, Constructing an Inquiry Orientation from aLearning Theory Perspective: Democratizing Access through Task Design (to ap-pear in PRIMUS).

• Buell, C., A Helminck, V. Klima, J. Schaefer, C. Wright, E. Ziliak, On the Struc-ture of Generalized Symmetric Spaces of SL2(Fq).(in review at Journal of NumberTheory, submitted Sept. 2014).

• Buell, Catherine A. and Eric Kimball*, Frobenius Pseudoprimes and a Cubic Pri-mality Test., Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, Vol. 20, Nov.2014, No.4, 11-20.

• Buell, Catherine A. On Maximal R-split Tori Invariant under an Involution, Pro-ceedings from XXX Workshop on Geometric Methods in Physics: Trends in Math-ematics. Birkhauser Publishing House, XII, September 2012.

Awards and Grants• Special Project Grant Travel Fund for Washington D.C., Fitchburg State University,2015.

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• Professional Development Grant, Fitchburg State University, 2015.• Bates Faculty Development Grant for international conference/workshop, 2013• Award to attend ICERM/AIM:Research Experience forUndergraduate Faculty, 2013• Publicly-Engaged Academic Project (PEAPGrant), Harward Center for CommunityPartnerships, Bates College, 2012

• AMW Travel Grant, 2012• AWM/NSF Sonia Kovalevsky High School Math Day Grant, 2012• Project NExT Fellow, 2012• North Carolina State University Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 2009• Armstrong Maltbie Award (Excellence in Teaching Departmental Award), 2009

Fitchburg State University,TeachingExperience Assistant Professor Fall 2014-Present

• Responsibilities: Daily lectures, all classroom activities, syllabus, book choice,quiz and test writing, grading, holding office hours, administering all grades,development of new courses, and advising students.

• Courses: Introduction to Functions, PreCalculus, Calculus I, Calculus II, Infor-mal Geometry.

Bates College,Visiting Assistant Professor Fall 2011-Spring 2014• Responsibilities: Daily lectures, all classroom activities, syllabus, book choice,quiz and test writing, grading, holding office hours, administering all grades,development of new courses, advising students (majors and minors)

• Courses: Working with Data, Great Ideas in Mathematics, Calculus I, LinearAlgebra, Introduction to Abstraction (proofs course), Matrix Theory and Appli-cations of Linear Algebra, Abstract Algebra, Senior Seminar (Capstone Course):Generalized Symmetric Spaces, Independent Study: Primality andNumber Fields.

• One-semester and two-semester senior thesis advising.• Summer 2012 and 2013: Team-taught the Bates Summer Scholars Program forincoming students from underrepresented groups in STEM disciplines.

North Carolina State University,Course Instructor Fall 2007 to Spring 2011• Responsibilities: Daily lectures, all classroom activities, quiz and test writing,grading tests and working with graders, holding office hours, and administeringall grades.

• Courses: Calculus I & II for Life Sciences, Calculus I & II for Engineering,Applications of Abstract Algebra with Matlab and Maple.

Massachusetts Mathematics Institute,Instructor - Presenter January 2004 to Summer 2006, August 2012The MMI course for elementary and middle school teachers was a math contentand pedagogy intensive course which travelled to underperforming districts in Mas-sachusetts. As part of the program I was responsible for assisting in group work,preparing lessons, and teaching.

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Other ResearchExperiences Themed Contributed Paper Session: Democratizing Access to Authentic Mathe-

matical ActivitiesOrganizer August 2015The special session will take place at the 100th anniversary celebration of Math-Fest in Washington D.C. The session will feature talks on math and social justice,techniques to use inquiry in all classrooms, and programs that democratize access toresearch and math to all students.

RECONNECT 2014 & 2015,Accepted Participant June 2014 and June 2015This week long experience was co-sponsored by DIMACS (Center for DiscreteMathematics and Theoretical Computer Science) and CCICADA (The Command,Control and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis). At the end of the2014 experience on Forensics, my module group created and submitted a moduleon MD5 (submitted January 2015). In June 2015, the topics was social networkanalytics.

Research SQuaRE,Co-organizer August 2014The purpose of AIM’s research program called SQuaREs (Structured Quartet Re-search Ensembles) is to allow a dedicated group of four to six mathematicians tospend a week at AIM in Palo Alto, California. I attended with my collaborators onGeneralized Symmetric Spaces.

Research Experiences for Undergraduate Faculty,Invited Participant July 2013This week long experience was co-sponsored by AIM and ICERM. I was part of agroup of five faculty at various undergraduate institutions and we worked togetheron a research project in group theory. We have continued our collaboration.

Student Research Presented at AMS Selectional Meeting Special Session,Advisor April 2013My thesis student was invited to present his research at the Special Session on Re-search byUndergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs held at BostonCollege.

AMS Special Session on ''Generalized Symmetric Spaces",Organizer January 2013The special session took place with support from the AMS at the San Diego JointMeetings. The session attracted some national and international leaders in the fieldand early career mathematicians. It was well attended and well received.

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MentoringExperiences Hudson River Undergraduate Math Conference,

April 2015Traveled to Union College with twelve students to participate in the HRUMC.

Consulting on Inquiry-Based Calculus Labs,Consultant Summer 2014-presentI am part of a team creating inquiry-based, group worthy labs for Montclair StateUniversity's students.

Supervision of Rawlings Grant Recipient,Advisor Summer 2013My student was awarded the Rawlings Grant (a mathematical summer research grantthrough Bates College) to study Tropical Linear Algebra and Analysis of Synchro-nized Systems.

Virginia Summer Mathematics Institute,Facilitator May 2013, January 2014 (planned), May 2014 (planned)I was one of six facilitators for the Virginia Summer Mathematics Institute (SMI).SMI is a week-long summer development and training program for Henry CountyandMartinsville City Public School teachers on the use and practice of Inquiry BasedLearning and Problem Based Learning (IBL & PBL) in mathematics. We workedwith the middle school and high school teachers. Co-funded by: The Harvest Foun-dation (in Virginia) and the Henry County Public Schools. I was a Co-PI on thegrant.

Sonia Kovalevsky High School Women in Math Day,Organizer and Mentor Spring 2012I held Bates College's first SK Day for 25 local high school women. The eventbrought a diverse group of young women to Bates College for a day of mathematics.The event was funded by the AWM/NSF and the Harward Center for CommunityPartnerships (Bates College).

Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE),Graduate Mentor Summer 2010I worked as a graduate mentor for 15 women entering graduate schools all over thecountry in the fall. Responsibilities included holding office hours, working problemsessions, organizing social events, and being a friend, mentor, and support system.

Selected Talks• On maximal quasi R-split tori invariant under an involution, AMS Special Session,AMS Sectional Meeting, March 2015.

• Methods to Democratizing Inquiry for K-12 Students and Teachers, Themed Con-tributed Paper Session, Joint Mathematics Meeting, Jan. 2015.

• StabilizingDiscrete Event Systems with Tropical Eigenvalues, AMSSpecial Session,Joint Mathematics Meeting, Jan. 2015.

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• On maximal quasi R-split tori invariant under an involution, Joint MathematicsMeeting, Jan. 2014.

• Critters, Cards, and Encryption: An Adventure in Applied Algebra, Colby CollegeColloquium Series, Nov. 2012.

• On maximal tori invariant under an involution, 40 Years and Counting: AWM'sCelebration of Women in Mathematics Poster Session, Sept. 2011, Providence, RI.

• OnmaximalR-split tori invariant under an involution, XXXWorkshop for Geomet-ric Methods in Physics, June 2011, Bialowieza, Poland.

• Structure of symmetric k-varieties, AWM Poster Session, Joint Mathematics Meet-ings, Jan. 2011, New Orleans, LA.

• Involutions, diagrams, and Weyl groups: An introduction to σ-stable tori, GraduateStudent Recruitment Weekend, Feb. 2009 and 2011, North Carolina State Univer-sity, Raleigh, NC.

SelectedConferences • AMS Sectional Meeting, Lansing, Michigan (March 2015).

• Generalizations of Symmetric Spaces, The Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands(Nov. 2013).

• Joint Mathematics Meetings 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, and 2011.• MathFest 2015, 2012 and 2011• Symmetric Spaces and their Generalisations II, Trento, Italy, June 2012.• XXX Workshop for Geometric Methods in Physics, Bialowieza, June 2011.• Summer School onRepresentation Theory andRelated TopicswithWorkshop, Shang-hai, China, July 2010.

• International Conference on Bifurcation Theory, Integrable Systems, and the Bis-pectral Problem, Sofia University Sofia, Bulgaria, May 2010.

• International Workshop on Quantized Algebra and Physics, Chern Institute of Math-ematics, Tianjin, China, July 2009.

• InternationalWorkshop onAlgebraic Groups, QuantumGroups, and Related Topics,Peking University, Beijing, China, July 2009.

Computer Skills• Programming skills in C++, JAVA, BASIC, PERL, HTML and Maple.• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Powerpoint, Access, Word, and Excel).• Knowledge of LaTex, Maple, Mathematica, Matlab, and StatCrunch.

Memberships• Mathematical Association of America• American Mathematical Society• Association for Women in Mathematics

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