TEACHING AND MENTORING

AWARDS

G. Thomas Sallee Award for Undergraduate Teaching in Mathematics 2011
Nominee for the AUCD Excellence in Education Award 2009 (UC Davis Undergraduate Teaching Award)
Galois Group Service Award 2007 (Awarded by the UC Davis Mathematics Graduate Student Association )

COURSES TAUGHT (at UC Davis)

Calculus for Biology and Medicine MAT17 A,B,C
Calculus MAT21C
Differential Equations MAT119A,B (Graduate/Undergraduate)
Mathematical Biology MAT124 (Graduate/Undergraduate)
Mathematical Biology MAT227 (Graduate)

COURSE DESIGN/RESTRUCTURING (at UC Davis)

Calculus for Biology and Medicine MAT17 A,B,C: restructured syllabus; designing computer labs
Mathematical Biology MAT124 (Graduate/Undergraduate)
Mathematical Biology MAT227 (Graduate)

OTHER TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Instructor, University of Ottawa International Summer School in Computational Neuroscience, June 8-20, 2008; June 7-20, 2009; June 13-25, 2010; June 5-17, 2011.
UC Davis Honors Challenge Instructor 2005-2006, 2006-2007.
CLIMB (Collaborative Learning at the Interface of Mathematics and Biology): An undergraduate research program in Mathemtical Biology at UC Davis. Lecturer, Group research project leader, Organizer.
Math Modeling Experience guest lecturer/project advisor, 2006, 2009.
Math Circle guest lecturer, 2007, 2009.

MENTORING

GRADUATE STUDENTS

  • Michael Schwemmer
    Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, UC Davis 2010
    Thesis: The Influence of Dendritic Properties on the Dynamics of Oscillatory Neurons. PDF.
    Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Applied Mathematics, Princeton University
  • Tamara Joy Schlichter,
    Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, UC Davis 2011
    Thesis: Dynamics in Central Pattern Generators for Locomotor Rhythms: Part I. ; Part II. . PDF.
    Current position: Events Coordinator Intern, Lexington, Kentucky.
  • Jie (Vivian) Zhang
    M.S. Applied Mathematics, UC Davis 2008
    Thesis: Wave Propagation in Spike Response Models of Neuronal Networks Connected by Electrical and Inhibitory Coupling. PDF.
    Current position: Stay-at-home Mother (previously: Statistical Analysis Consultant, Los Angeles, CA)
    • Current students:
  • Jiawei Zhang
    Ph.D. Candidate, Applied Mathematics, UC Davis
    Thesis Project: The Neural Mechanisms of Phase Constancy in the Crayfish Swimmeret System. poster PDF.
  • Colin Middleton
    M.S. Candidate, Applied Mathematics, UC Davis (to graduate Summer 2011)
    Thesis: The Effects of Potassium Conductances on the Synchronization of Electrically Coupled Neural Oscillators. PDF.

    • UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS/RESEARCH PROJECTS

    Undergraduate Research Projects

  • Group Project: modeling a common household excitable system - the flush toilet.
    Students: Imran Chaugule, Nick Heiser, Ashish Hingrajia, Damian Rooney, Onyi Lam, FeiYang Wu.
    Presentations: UC Davis Undergraduate Research Conference 2006; UCD Department of Mathematics REU mini-conference 2006.
  • The effects of dendrites on synchronization in networks of electrically coupled neurons
    Student: FeiYang Wu
    Presentations: UC Davis Undergraduate Research Conference 2007; UCD Department of Mathematics REU mini-conference 2007.
  • The effects of temperature on synchronization in networks of electrically coupled neurons
    Students: Damian Rooney, Charles Rogers
    Presentation: UCD SURP Conference 2007
  • The effect of network structure on synchronization in networks of electrically coupled neurons
    Student: James Pfeiffer
  • Reflections in a pair of electrically coupled neurons
    Student: Andy Huang
    Presentation: McNair Fellows Student Research Conference (UC Berkeley) 2009
  • Modeling single-channel dynamics in periodically oscillating neurons
    Student: Daniela Palmer
    Presentations: UC Davis Undergraduate Research Conference 2010; UCD SIAM Student Chapter mini-conference 2010.
  • Constructing an anatomically-realistic model of the crayfish ComInt1 neuron
    Student: Daniela Palmer
  • Mathematical modeling of the effects of volatile anesthetics on bi-synaptic sensory-motor circuit in spinal chord of a rat
    Student: Yaroslav Gelfand
  • Mathematical modeling of the spread of epileptiform acticity in the zebrafish CNS
    Students: Mitchal Ditcher, Noah Doss (in collaboration with Prof. Andrew Sornberger, Univ. of Georgia)

    Undergraduate Students
    * indicates participant in a research program for minorities and underrepresented students.

    Current students:

  • Noah Doss*, Spring, Fall 2010; Spring, Summer 2011 (MURRPS, VIGRE-NSF)
    current position: Undergraduate Student, UC Davis
  • Mitchal Ditcher, Spring, Summer 2011 (VIGRE-NSF)
    current position: Undergraduate Student, UC Davis

    Past students:

  • Onyi Lam*, Summer 2005 (NSF VIGRE)
    transferred from UC Davis to UC Berkeley
    current position: unknown
  • Imran Chaugule, Summer 2005 (NSF VIGRE)
    B.S. Computer Science, UC Davis, 2005
    Graduate student at Cal Poly, Computer Science (M.S.)
    current position: Consultant at Deloitte Consulting, San Francisco, CA
  • Ashish Hingrajia, Summer 2005 (NSF VIGRE)
    B.S. Mathematics, UC Davis, 2006
    current position: Actuary for Farmer’s Insurance, Los Angeles, CA
  • Nick Heiser, Summer 2005 (NSF VIGRE)
    B.Eng. Civil Engineering, UC Davis, 2006
    current position: Structural Frame Engineer at Weyerhaeuser, Sacramento, CA
  • FeiYang Wu, Summer 2005, 2006 (NSF VIGRE, NSF-TL))
    B.S. Electrical Engineering/Materials Science, UC Davis, 2007
    current position: Software Engineer, OSIsoft Inc, SF
  • Damian Rooney, Summer 2005, 2007 (NSF VIGRE, NSF-TL)
    B.S. Mathematics, UC Davis, 2007
    Graduate Student, Sacramento State University 2009-10
    current position: Computer Science and Engineering, UC Davis
  • Charles Rogers*, Summer 2007 (UCD SURP)
    UC Davis Summer Student, 2007
    MS Applied Statistics, Kennesaw State University, 2010
    current position: PhD Candidate, Health Education, Texas A & M
  • James Pfeiffer, Summer 2008 (NSF VIGRE)
    B.S. Mathematics, UC Davis, 2007
    current position: PhD Candidate, Mathematics, University of Washington
  • Andy Huang*, Spring, Summer 2009 (McNair, NSF-TL)
    B.S. Mathematics, UC Davis, 2010
    current position: PhD Candidate, Mathematics, Rice University
  • Yaroslav Gelfand,
    B.Eng. Biomedical Engineering, UC Davis 2006
    current position: Medical Student, Cornell Medical School
  • Daniela Palmer*, Summer 2009, 2010 (NSF VIGRE, MURRPS)
    current position: Undergraduate Student, UC Davis
  • Joel Gutierrez*,
    B.S. Physics, UC Davis 2007
    current position: Laboratory Physicist at Impulse Devices, Sacramento, CA
  • Benny Bray*, Spring 2008 (MURRPS)
    current position: Undergraduate Student, UC Davis
  • Anabel Sotelo*, Spring 2008 (MURRPS)
    current position: Undergraduate Student, UC Davis
  • Hoang Nguyen*, Spring 2010 (MURRPS)
    current position: Undergraduate Student, UC Davis

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