News and Announcements
We are excited to add Prof. Greg Kuperberg of the Department of Mathematics as the newest member of GGAM! Prof. Kuperberg's research interests include quantum computing, computational complexity, and numerical integration.
We are excited to add Prof. Yubei Chen of the Department of Computer Science as the newest member of GGAM! Prof. Chen’s research sits at the intersection of computational neuroscience and deep unsupervised learning.
We are excited to add Prof. Anuj Kumar of the Department of Mathematics as the newest member of GGAM! Prof. Kumar's research lies at the intersection of fluid dynamics and partial differential equations, combining mathematical analysis, computational and theoretical approaches to make progress on questions related to transport and mixing in turbulent flows.
Graduate students Kelli Gutierrez and Jon Forstater were honored with Best Poster Awards at the 2025 SIAM Northern California Chapter (SIAM NCC) meeting. Their work showcases the depth, creativity, and interdisciplinary reach of research happening in our graduate program.
We are excited to add Prof. Ricardo Masini of the Department of Statistics as the newest member of GGAM! Prof. Masini's research focuses on theoretical statistics, where mathematics, particularly probability theory, plays a crucial role.
We are excited to add Prof. Leonor Saiz of the Department of Biomedical Engineering as the newest member of GGAM! Some of Prof. Saiz's current research topics include: computational biophysics, systems biology, gene regulation modeling, signal transduction networks, multiscale modeling, non-equilibrium dynamics, statistical mechanics, stochastic processes, machine learning, high-dimensional dynamical systems.
Joshua Petrack, Ph.D. student in Applied Mathematics, has won the Best Student/Postdoc Poster Award at DNA31 in Lyon, France! His work, co-authored with Professor David Doty, introduces the first exact algorithm for simulating chemical reaction networks in sublinear time per reaction—a major leap in molecular programming.
Lauren Mossman, Ph.D. student in Applied Mathematics, has been awarded the prestigious Simons Dissertation Fellowship for her groundbreaking research on ecosystem dynamics and species interactions. Her innovative modeling work offers new insights into habitat change, resilience, and ecological management.
Upcoming Seminars
Mon, Jan 12, 11:00AM - MSB 2112
Disc. Math : Robert Angarone, UMN
Hadamard Products of Dual Jacobi-Trudi Matrices
Mon, Jan 12, 4:10PM - MSB 2112
Math Bio. : Saverio Spagnolie, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Swimming in complex fluids
Tue, Jan 13, 1:10PM - MSB 2112
Probability : Vilas Winstein, UC Berkeley
Metastable wells in exponential random graph models
Tue, Jan 13, 3:10PM - Physical and Data Science Building 1025
Data & Dec. : Dr. Elliot Glazer, Principia Labs.
Benchmarking to Infinity
Wed, Jan 14, 12:10PM - MSB 2112
Alg. Geometry : Shubham Sinha, ICTP
A Borel-Weil-Bott theorem for Quot schemes on the projective line
Wed, Jan 14, 4:10PM - PDSB 3024
Math Physics : Alex Wein, UC Davis
Statistical Physics of Inference