Members
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PI: Marcella Gomez Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics mgomez26@ucsc.edu |
Researchers
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Ksenia Zlobina, PhD Research Scientist kzlobina@ucsc.edu |
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Papri Dey, PhD Visiting Assistant Professor |
PhD Students
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Nicholas Rondoni PhD Candidate, Applied Mathematics |
Alexandra Nava PhD Candidate, Applied Mathematics |
M.S. Students
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Sebastian Osorio SciCAM M.S. Program |
Zoe Moreland SciCAM M.S. Program |
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Phillip Jepkes Applied Mathematics M.S. Program |
Undergraduates
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SciAI Pathways Program Scholars: Aydin Khan, Max Ratcliff, Saul Gomez, Tamanna Iyyani, Daniel Mendoza, Faye Leung, Fatema Zohra, Salma Qadiri, Valeria Palacios-Aragon |
Alumni
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Manasa Kesapragada PhD, Applied Mathematics Position after UCSC: Postdoctoral researcher at UCSF |
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Giovanny Marquez PhD, Applied Mathematics
Position after UCSC: Research position in The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) |
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Sam Teymoori
PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering Position after UCSC: Senior Global Supply Manager at Lucid Motors |
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Eliana Phillips, Scientific Computing & Applied Mathematics Master's Student esphilli@ucsc.edu
Position after UCSC: Programmer Analyst I at NCIRE (Northern California Institute for Research and Education) My research interests involve designing and using computational and mathematical tools to analyze biological data. |
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Bethany Johnson, PhD, Applied Mathematics Position after UCSC: Assistant Professor, Cal Poly Humboldt 2019 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellow bejajohn@ucsc.edu, *co-advised with Steve Munch at NOAA Bethany Johnson is a Ph.D. graduate of UC Santa Cruz in the department of Applied Mathematics. She received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and a B.A. in Pure Mathematics from Sonoma State University in 2017. Her research interests lie in the realm of systems ecology. Specifically, she studies spatiotemporal dynamics of interacting species in complex ecological systems. |
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Brett Sargent, SciCAM Master's Program and Next Gen. SAM Scholar, Applied Mathematics Position after UCSC: Data analyst at OB Media My primary research interests include data-driven modeling and optimization, particularly focusing on machine learning. My previous research experience includes projects in the fields of computer vision and financial machine learning. My current research activities involve modeling cellular dynamics using time series prediction methods. |
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Mohammad Jafari
Postdoctoral Researcher Position after UCSC: Assistant Professor of Robotics Engineering in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences Mohammad Jafari is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Applied Mathematics at UC Santa Cruz, working with Prof. Marcella Gomez group. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2018 and his second M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering in 2015; both from the University of Nevada, Reno. He received his first M.S. in Mechatronics Engineering in 2012, and his B.S. in Computer Hardware Engineering in 2007; both from Iran. His research interests are Multi-Agent Systems, Cyber-Physical Systems, Intelligent Control, Robotics, and Machine Learning. |
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Bashir Hosseini Jafari Postdoctoral Researcher bhossei2@ucsc.edu Position after UCSC: Robotics Controls Engineer in Research & Development, at Vicarious Surgical Inc. |
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Jiahao Xue, MS Computer Science and Engineering jxue16@ucsc.edu Position after UCSC: PhD program in Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida I am a master student in computer science and engineering and my research area is robotics and control. I would like to investigate control theorem, optimization and machine learning. If you have any idea feel free to contact me! |
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Krishanakant Dasika, MS Applied Mathematics Position after UCSC: Biology Systems Modeller at Rosa and Co., a Quantitative Systems Pharmacology modeling company
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Jianhong Chen, MS Applied Mathematics UCSC
Position after UCSC: Research Statistician at NCIRE- The Veterans Health Research Institute, UCSF
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Lauren Benezra, MS Applied Mathematics UCSC Lauren is interested in the mathematical applications / processes of the cell-based and plant-based meat industry and works on the engineering team for Memphis Meats. Position after UCSC: Engineer at Memphis Meats |
Former Undergraduate Researchers
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Hayley Coyle, Applied Mathematics
2022 UCSC Earth Futures Fellow Position after UCSC: PhD candidate at Dartmouth |
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Han Chen hchen124@ucsc.edu Han Chen was an undergraduate student at UC Santa Cruz studying bioinformatics and computer science. His research interests are in bioinformatics and biological networks. Position after UCSC: PhD program in Bioengineering at UC San Diego |
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Nicholas Lenz, B.S. Applied Mathematics UCLA
Position after UCSC: Research Intern at NeuroLutions.
Interests: real-time DSP, machine learning, and control.
Admitted to M.Eng. in ECE with a concentration in Data Analytics & Machine Learning
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BD2K Summer Scholars
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2019 |
Luis F Mieses Gomez luis.mieses@upr.edu |
Briknie Baez Rodriguez briknie.baez@upr.edu |
| 2020 |
Hector Carrion Rivera hector.carrion@upr.edu |