Short-term Visitors at NIMBioS
Short-term visitors to NIMBioS are supported for periods from one week to a month to assist their efforts in carrying out research that conforms to the mission of NIMBIoS to foster research at the interface between mathematics and biology.
Recent short-term visitors include the collaborative team of Zhilan Feng, Maria Leite, and Jorge Velasco-Hernandez who arrived at NIMBioS from different institutions to model disease dynamics of Dengue and HIV. Feng is a professor of mathematics at Purdue University; Leite is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Oklahoma; and Velasco-Hernandez is Program Coordinator of Applied Mathematics and Computing at the Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo.
Brian Beckage
Brian Beckage’s research focuses on dynamics of forests, including disturbance and dynamics in savanna communities, climate change and ecological communities, tree invasions, and forest diversity. Beckage, an associate professor in the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Vermont, will also be a sabbatical fellow at NIMBioS in January 2010.
Céline Devaux
Céline Devaux is a Marie Curie fellow in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, Imperial College- London, collaborating with Sergey Gavrilets, professor of ecology & evolutionary biology and mathematics at the University of Tennessee. Her work at NIMBios aims at developing and testing ecological and neutral models of speciation that can describe the emergence of two sympatric species of palms trees endemic to Lord Howe Island.
Jason Miller
Jason Miller, an associate professor of mathematics at Truman State University, is receiving further training in mathematical and computational modeling for the purpose of advancing personal research and teaching in an undergraduate program in mathematical biology. The training objective is to acquire skills in multiscale modeling of biological phenomena with direction from professional modelers at NIMBioS.
René Salinas
René Salinas, an assistant professor of mathematics at Appalachian State University, is a short-term visitor collaborating with Suzanne Lenhart, associate director for education, outreach and diversity at NIMBioS and professor of mathematics at the University of Tennessee (UT) and Frank Van Manen, research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's Southern Appalachian Field Branch and adjunct associate professor in UT’s Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries. The research focuses on using dynamic model feedback for optimization of individual-based models as applied to existing models of black bears in the Southern Appalachians.
Eti Dwi Wiraningsih
Eti Dwi Wiraningsih is receiving further training in mathematical and computational modeling while visiting NIMBioS. Wiraningsih is a doctoral student in applied mathematics at Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia. Her dissertation research focuses on mathematical modeling of infectious disease.
Visitors work on-site at NIMBioS and may link the visit with a Working Group or other activity at NIMBioS. Visitors receive reimbursement for travel and housing expenses as well as a per diem.
Applications can include any type of interdisciplinary synthesis project, but NIMBioS particularly welcomes collaborative projects. Such collaborations might involve NIMBioS resident researchers or staff or local researchers; joint applications from two or more researchers to spend time together at NIMBioS; or applications from participants in other NIMBioS activities to work on their project with NIMBioS computational science staff.
Applications are considered four times a year, with deadlines on March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1. Applications are evaluated in terms of both the scientific value of the project and the qualifications of the applicant. Particular priority is given to students and junior researchers.
For more information about short-term visits and how to apply, click here.
