Math-Biology REU
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Main organizers
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Jan Rychtář, Professor
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Olav Rueppell, Professor
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Mentors
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Igor Erovenko, Associate Professor Research: Game Theory, Mathematical Biology Website |
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David Remington, Associate Professor Research: Molecular genetics of plant morphological evolution, plant genomics Website |
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Jonathan Rowell, Assistant Professor Research: Game Theory, Mathematical Biology Website |
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Louis-Marie Bobay, Assistant Professor Research: Microbial genomics and evolution Website |
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Hyunju Oh, Associate Professor, Bennett College Research: Game Theory, Mathematical Biology |
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Xiaoli Gao, Associate Professor Research: Statistical Genetics, High Dimension Data Website |
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Filip Saidak, Associate Professor Research: Number Theory, Mathematical Biology Website |
2019
Undergraduate Students Participants
| Cory Schantz, University of New Mexico Research: Optimization of Approximate Bayesian Computation to Infer Homologous Recombination Rates in Prokaryotes |
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| LeRayah Neely-Brown, University of Illinois at Chicago Research: Optimization of Approximate Bayesian Computation to Infer Homologous Recombination Rates in Prokaryotes |
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| Shaw Kagawa,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research: Optimization of Approximate Bayesian Computation to Infer Homologous Recombination Rates in Prokaryotes |
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| Matthew Hill, Elizabeth City State University Research: Modeling of Infectious Networks and Quantification of Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus Transmission via Food-Sharing in Apis mellifera. |
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| Maya Brody, Mount Holyoke College Research: Modeling of Infectious Networks and Quantification of Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus Transmission via Food-Sharing in Apis mellifera. |
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| Spencer Moore, University of Puget Sound Research: Modeling of Infectious Networks and Quantification of Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus Transmission via Food-Sharing in Apis mellifera. |
| Ivanti Galloway, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC |
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| Joshua Safley, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC |
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| Prashant Waiker, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC |
2018
Undergraduate Students Participants
| Mohamad Omar Ani, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Research: Division of labor within honey bees |
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| Katherine Barrs, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA Research: Division of labor within honey bees |
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| Kimberlyn Eversman, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO Research: Division of labor within honey bees |
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| Sylvia Klein, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St Marys City, MD Research: Vaccination games |
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| Alex Foster, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC Research: Vaccination games |
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| David Feagins, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX Research: Vaccination games |
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| Zane Billings, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC Research: Bacterial recombination rates |
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| Kara Schatz , Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH Research: Bacterial recombination rates |
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| Jerry Yang, University of California, Berkeley, CA Research: Bacterial recombination rates |
| Joshua Safley, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC |
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| Prashant Waiker, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC |
2017
Undergraduate Students Participants
| Andrew Brettin, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN Research: Vaccination games |
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| Rosa Rossi-Goldthorpe, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME Research: Vaccination games |
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| Kyle Weishaar, Regis University, Denver, CO Research: Vaccination games |
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| Aaleah Lancaster, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC Research: Vaccination games |
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| Carmen Acosta-Alonzo, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC Research: Vaccination games |
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| Erin Estes, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI Research: Honey bee health |
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| Sara Rubio Correa, UNCG, Greensboro, NC Research: Honey bee health |
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| Alfredo Martinez, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA Research: Honey bee health |
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| Eric Sanchez, UNCG, Greensboro, NC Research: Vaccination games |
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| Jonathan Machado Bilbraut, UNCG, Greensboro, NC Research: Vaccination games |
| Michael Leshowitz, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC |
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| Prashant Waiker, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC |
2016
Undergraduate Students Participants
| Neil Pritchard, UNCG, Greensboro, NC Research: Vaccination games |
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| Ziaqueria Short, Winston Salem State University, Winston Salem, NC Research: Vaccination Games |
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| Julia Kobe, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA Research: Vaccination Games |
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| Ethan Ortega, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC Research: Game Theoretical Models of Cancer |
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| Elena Hurlbut, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC Research: Game Theoretical Models of Cancer |
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| Karen Funderburk, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC Research: Linkage Mapping Across Apis mellifera Populations |
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| Tim DeLory, Western State Colorado University, Gunnison, CO Research: Linkage Mapping Across Apis mellifera Populations |
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| Julia Thompson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Research: Copy Number Variation Detection |
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| Alicia Feryn, University of Portland, Portland, OR Research: Copy Number Variation Detection |
| Elliott Hollifield, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC |
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| Michael Leshowitz, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC |
2015
Undergraduate Students Participants
| Nina Galanter, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA Research: Territorial Raider Games |
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| Dennis Silva, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worchester, MA Research: Territorial Raider Games |
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| Stephanie Rhoten, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA Research: Vaccination Game Theory |
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| Casey Carter, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY Research: Vaccination Game Theory |
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| Tyler Allee, Mercer University, Macon, GA Research: Evolution of Cooperation |
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| Ivanti Galloway, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC Research: Evolution of Cooperation |
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| MaLyn Lawhorn, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC Research: Comparative Analysis of Transcriptomic Data |
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| Rachel Schomaker, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL Research: Comparative Analysis of Transcriptomic Data |
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| Jay Saini, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC Research: Evolutionary Graph Theory |
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| Anh Nguyen, Texas Christian University, Forth Worth, TX Research: Evolutionary Graph Theory |
| Quinn Morris, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC |
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| Catherine Payne, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC |
2014
Undergraduate Students Participants
| Jasmine Everett, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC Research: Cooperation in Age Structured Populations |
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| Eli Thompson, Miami University, Oxford, OH Research: Cooperation in Age Structured Populations |
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| Ilona Redding, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC Research: Cooperation and Kleptoparasitism |
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| Michael Kelley, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC Research: Cooperation and Kleptoparasitism |
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| Taylor Joseph, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Research: Social Dynamics |
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| Marwah Jasim, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC Research: Social Dynamics |
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| Praveen Suthaharan, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Research: Evolution of Cooperation in Mobile population |
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| David Suarez, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC Research: Evolution of Cooperation in Mobile population |
| Quinn Morris, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC |
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| Elizabeth Bergen, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
