Category Archives: Leadership

NIMBioS Team Receives Best Publication Award

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

A paper on epidemic disease dynamics by a group of NIMBioS-associated researchers has won the prestigious Lord Robert May Best Paper Prize from the Journal of Biological Dynamics. “The impact of spatial arrangements on epidemic disease dynamics and intervention strategies” … Continue reading →

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Gross Named Fellow of Society for Mathematical Biology

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

Congrats to NIMBioS Director Louis J. Gross on being named a Fellow in the inaugural class of Fellows of the Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB). A distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and mathematics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Welcomes Dr. Gross

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

KNOXVILLE—Louis J. Gross has been named the new NIMBioS director, effective July 1, 2017. Gross is a distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and mathematics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the founding director of NIMBioS and director of … Continue reading →

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Gavrilets Elected Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations are in order for NIMBioS’ own Sergey Gavrilets who has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He is one of 228 national and international scholars, artists, philanthropists, and business leaders in the class … Continue reading →

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Congrats to Professor Lenhart!

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to Suzanne Lenhart, NIMBioS Associate Director for Education and Outreach and UT professor of mathematics, who has been nominated for the Southeastern Conference Professor of the Year award. The prestigious, university-level award recognizes those with outstanding records in both … Continue reading →

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Gross Joins National Committee to Take On Data Science

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS Director Emeritus Louis Gross has been invited to join a select group of scientists and engineers from around the country to serve on a National Academies of Sciences committee to set a vision for the emerging discipline of data science … Continue reading →

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Lenhart Receives Cox Professorship

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to NIMBioS Associate Director for Education and Outreach Suzanne Lenhart who has been named a James R. Cox Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. A professor of mathematics, Lenhart has been affiliated with NIMBioS since its founding in … Continue reading →

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2015 NIMBioS Undergraduate Conference Attendance Tops 100

Posted on December 1, 2015 by admin

With topics ranging from modeling an Ebola outbreak to studies of pathogenic genetic mutations, the seventh annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Mathematics and Biology was a success with more than 130 undergraduates and faculty participating. More than 50 presentations — … Continue reading →

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Lenhart Receives Lorayne Lester Award

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to NIMBioS Associate Director for Education and Outreach Suzanne Lenhart who has received the Lorayne W. Lester Award for 2015 from UTK’s College of Arts and Sciences. The purpose of the annual award is to recognize a faculty member who has … Continue reading →

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Awards Grant to NIMBioS for 2016 Blackwell-Tapia Conference

Posted on October 15, 2015 by admin

NIMBioS’ plan to host the 2016 Blackwell-Tapia Conference and Awards Ceremony, an event focused on fostering the careers of minority groups underrepresented in the mathematical sciences, received a big boost this month from a $26,364 award from the Alfred P. Sloan … Continue reading →

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