Björn Sandstede

Research Group

Bjorn Sandstede

Victoria Antonetti
computational biology

Kiran Chandrasekher
computational biology

Ryan Creedon
nonlinear waves, water waves, geophysical fluids

Stanley Nicholson
mathematical and computational biology, developmental biology

Presley Kimball
computational biology, epidemiology

Erin Okey
dynamical systems, mathematical ecology

Yian Qian
optimal transport, computational biology

Ezra Seidel
mathematical biology, developmental biology

Malindi Whyte
opinion dynamics, adaptive networks, applications to climate

Former undergraduate research students

• 2010: Sorakrit Atcharanuwat, Wenhao Fang, Kesinee Ninsuwan
• 2011: Nadejda Drenska, Thunwa Theerakarn, Do Young Yoon
• 2012: Nadejda Drenska, Chukiat Phonsom, Zuhal Zeynep Yildirim
• 2014: Courtney Cochrane, Joseph DeGuire, Bridget Gaoyang Fan, Emma Holmes, Melissa McGuirl, Patrick Murphy, Jenna Pearson
• 2015: Joshua Rubin Abrams, Emma Byrne, Christian Cofoid, Rose Nguyen, Anne Schwartz, Mackenzie Simper, Nathaniel Ventura, Colin Wahl
• 2016: Madeline Abbott, Dylan Altschuler, Chloe Avery, Dorothy Catey, Carter Chain, Neil Chandra, Tracy Chin, Cassandra Cole, Surabhi Desai, Philip Doldo, Bethany Dubois, Qing (Claire) Fan, Francesca Lim, Micah Pedrick, Jacob Ruth, Tharathep (Nes) Sangsawang, Rebecca Santorella, Melissa Stadt, Ryan Utke, and Aric Wheeler (all were part of the Summer@ICERM 2016 program that also included RTG and I-Team UTRA teams)
• 2018: Emily Reed
• 2019: Addie Harrison, Gisela Hoxha, Gil Parnon, Madison Russell, Berke Turkay
• 2020: Nathan Elbaum, Sam Maffa, Shaun Kohli, Lee Ding, Lucas Mastromatteo, Sarah Reichfeld
• 2021: Electa Cleveland, Stacey Xiang, Angela Zhu
• 2022: Suany Barahona, Marchelle Beougher, Miles Mena, Shira Michel, Ashley Peake, Connor Shrader
• 2024: Mia Busuladzic-Begic, Oscar Avalos, Alexandra Carr, Alessandra D’Arcy, Hailey Evans, Katherine Fuentes, Hunter Golemon, Allie Mikalatos, Leila Thompsky

Former MSc students

Mita Das
Senior Lecturer, Bentley University
(MSc 2004 from Ohio State)

Adam Miller
Senior Research Fellow, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
(MSc 2002 from Ohio State)

Former PhD students

Daniele Avitabile
Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
(Thesis, Surrey 2008)

Erik Bergland
Postdoctoral Fellow, One Health Trust
(Thesis, Brown 2024)

Xuefei Cao
Research Scientist, Meta AI
(Thesis, Brown 2020)

Paul Carter
Associate Professor, UC Irvine
(Thesis, Brown 2016)

Veronica Ciocanel
Assistant Professor, Duke University
(Thesis, Brown 2017)

Stephanie Dodson
Assistant Professor, Colby College
(Thesis, Brown 2019)

Anna Ghazaryan
Professor, Miami University
(Thesis, Ohio State 2005)

Milen Ivanov
Data Science Lead, Transmetrics
(Thesis, Brown 2021)

Ang Li
Quantitative Trader, Five Rings
(Thesis, Brown 2020)

Elizabeth Makrides
President and CEO, Bascom-Turner Instruments
(Thesis, Brown 2016)

Kristina Mallory
Assistant Teaching Professor, Brown University
(Thesis, Brown 2021)

Vahagn Manukian
Professor, Miami University
(Thesis, Ohio State 2005)

Scott McCalla
Professor, Montana State University
(Thesis, Brown 2011)

Melissa McGuirl Yalla
Machine Learning Engineering Manager, Spotify
(Thesis, Brown 2020)

Kelly McQuighan
Software Engineer, Google
(Thesis, Brown 2014)

Andrew Nixon
(Thesis, Brown 2015)

Ross Parker
Research Scientist, IDA Center for Communications Research
(Thesis, Brown 2020)

Timothy Roberts
Kruskal Instructor, University of Chicago
(Thesis, Brown 2024)

Rebecca Santorella
Senior Data Scientist, OM1
(Thesis, Brown 2022)

Laura Slivinski
Research Mathematical Statistician, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory
(Thesis, Brown 2014)

Moyi Tian
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado
(Thesis, Brown 2024)

Sanford Tsoi
Vice President, Peak Reinsurance Company
(Thesis, Ohio State 2006)

Alexandria Volkening
Assistant Professor, Purdue University
(Thesis, Brown 2017)

Chao Xia
Deputy Director of Research, Man Numeric
(Thesis, Brown 2017)

Former Postdocs mentored

Blake Barker
Associate Professor, Brigham Young University
NSF Postdoc at Brown, 7/2014-6/2016

Margaret Beck
Professor, Boston University
NSF Postdoc at Surrey/Brown, 9/2006-8/2009

Jason Bramburger
Associate Professor, Concordia University
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at Brown, 9/2017-8/2019

Sarah Brown
Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island
Data Science Postdoctoral Fellow at Brown 8/2018-7/2020

Martina Chirilus-Bruckner
Assistant Professor, Leiden University
DFG Fellow at Brown/Boston University, 7/20011-6/2013

John Gemmer
Associate Professor, Wake Forest University
RTG Postdoc at Brown, 7/2013-6/2016

Peter van Heijster
Professor, Wageningen University & Research
Rubicon Fellow at Brown, 7/2009-6/2011

Jeffrey Humpherys
Kummer Endowed Professor of Data Science, Missouri University of Science and Technology
VIGRE Postdoc at Ohio State, 9/2002-12/2004

Hermen Jan Hupkes
Professor, Leiden University
Rubicon Fellow at Brown, 5/2008-8/2010

Varun Khurana
RTG Postdoc at Brown, 8/2024-7/2026

Katherine Kinnaird
Associate Professor, Smith College
Data Science Postdoc at Brown, 7/2016-6/2018

David Lloyd
Professor, University of Surrey
Postdoc at Surrey, 10/2005-9/2007

Toan Nguyen
Professor, Pennsylvania State University
Prager Postdoc at Brown, 7/2010-12/2012

Myunghyun Oh
Associate Professor, University of Kansas
Zassenhaus Postdoc at Ohio State, 9/2001-8/2005

Bart Oldeman
Scientific Computing Analyst, McGill HPC Centre
Postdoc at Ohio State, 9/2002-4/2003

Daniela Peterhof
Allianz Insurance
Postdoc at WIAS, 1996-1998

Sara Maad Sasane
Senior Lecturer, Lund University
Marie-Curie Intra-European Fellow, 10/2005-1/2007

Katherine Slyman
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Boston College
RTG Postdoc at Brown 7/2023-7/2024

Martin Wechselberger
Professor, University of Sydney
MBI Postdoc at Ohio State, 9/2002-8/2005

Tony Wong
Assistant Professor, California Polytechnic State University
Simons Bridge Postdoc at Brown, 9/2021-8/2023

Yancong Xu
Professor, China Jiliang University
Postdoc at Brown, 2011

Wenjun Zhao
Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University
LFZ Postdoc at Brown, 7/2021-7/2024