I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Minnesota Duluth, where I also hold the title of Dr Howard Higholt Endowed Professor. My research focuses on the development and analysis of dynamical systems representing complex biological phenomena. I am especially interested in applications to human disease where inter- and intra-patient heterogeneity can have a profound impact on patient responses to targeted interventions. I am also working in the closely related fields of model parameterization and parameter identifiability. Such issues arise from imperfect data and permeate virtually all models that are data-driven. Specifically, I am interested in developing quantitative frameworks for connecting computationally complex mathematical models with noisy, sparse real-world data.

 

More recently, I have become interested in environmental and sustainability issues. I have been selected as an associate in the Institute on the Environment, an interdisciplinary hub for the statewide University of Minnesota system whose members are tasked with advancing solutions to environmental challenges.