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    Måns Andersson , bio

    Dr. Andersson is a Postdoctoral Associate whose research focuses on large-scale simulations, numerical algorithms, and high-performance computing. He is mentored by Daniel Appelo and Yingda Cheng.

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    Samantha Brooker , bio

    Dr. Brooker is a Postdoctoral Associate studying operator algebras and noncommutative geometry. She is mentored by Sarah Reznikoff.

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    Eduardo Camps Moreno , bio

    Dr. Camps Moreno is a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow with a research focus in algebraic coding theory. He is mentored by Gretchen Matthews.

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    Chi Hong Chow , bio

    Dr. Chow is a Patricia Caldwell Postdoctoral Associate, specializing in the enumerative geometry of flag varieties, most notably their quantum cohomology. His research also explores related areas, including mirror symmetry and Gamma conjectures. He is mentored by Leonardo Mihalcea.

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    Kyle Dahlin , bio

    Dr. Dahlin is an NSF MPS Ascending Postdoctoral Fellow who uses mathematical tools to answer questions in epidemiology and ecology, particularly those related to the transmission and control of mosquito-borne parasites in human and wildlife populations. He is mentored by Lauren Childs and Michael Robert.

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    Christina Giannitsi , bio

    Dr. Giannitsi is a Postdoctoral Associate with a research focus in discrete harmonic analysis, exploring its rich connections with diverse fields such as analytic number theory, ergodic theory, and beyond. She is mentored by Eyvindur Ari Palsson

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    Max Heldman , bio

    Dr. Heldman is a Postdoctoral Associate. His research focuses on numerical analysis and scientific computing, particularly in the area of reaction-drift-diffusion and mean-field limits of particle-based stochastic models. He is mentored by Johann Rudi.

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    Bari Hridoy , bio

    Dr. Hridoy is a Postdoctoral Associate specializing in the mathematical modeling and analysis of infectious diseases, with a focus on stochastic dynamics, seasonality, and data-driven methods to inform public health interventions. He is mentored by Lauren Childs.

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    Kun Huang , bio

    Dr. Huang is a Postdoctoral Associate specializing in numerical methods for kinetic equations, with a particular emphasis on applications in plasma physics.. He is currently interested in low-rank tensor methods for high-dimensional problems. He is mentored by Daniel Appelo and Yingda Cheng.

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    Jiuhua Hu , bio

    Dr. Hu is a Postdoctoral Associate whose research focuses on numerical analysis and scientific computing, particularly the development of fast and efficient numerical methods for differential equations. She is mentored by Daniel Appelo and Yingda Cheng.

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    Talia LaTona-Tequida , bio

    Dr. Talia LaTona-Tequida is a Postdoctoral Associate whose research centers on graduate mathematics education. Her work examines the social factors influencing graduate student success, aiming to enhance the inclusivity and effectiveness of graduate STEM education. She is mentored by Estrella Johnson.

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    Leah LeJeune , bio

    Dr. LeJeune is a Postdoctoral Associate whose research focuses on modeling the spread and control of infectious diseases using mathematical models, particularly deterministic dynamical systems. She is mentored by Lauren Childs.

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    Kirsten Morris , bio

    Dr. Morris is a Postdoctoral Associate specializing in coding theory, specifically quantum error correction. She is mentored by Gretchen Matthews.

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    Jorge Reyes , bio

    Dr. Reyes is a Postdoctoral Associate whose research focuses on the theoretical and computational study of fluid dynamics based on the Navier–Stokes equations. His work includes finite element analysis of numerical solutions for full-order models and the development of corresponding reduced-order models. He is mentored by Traian Iliescu.

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    Rodrigo San José Rubio , bio

    Dr. San José is a Presidential Postdoctoral Associate with research focusing on algebraic coding theory. In particular, he is interested in the applications of commutative algebra and algebraic geometry to classical and quantum codes, as well as cryptography. He is mentored by Hiram Lopez.

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    Priyanka Sinha , bio

    Dr. Sinha is a Postdoctoral Associate, working on large-scale inverse problems, multi-distribution learning, and adversarial methods, with recent projects on distributed tomographic reconstruction and fairness-driven federated learning. She is mentored by Eric de Sturler.

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    Nusrat Tabassum , bio

    Dr. Tabassum is a Postdoctoral Associate specializing in modeling ecological and epidemiological systems, with a focus on species interactions, vector-borne diseases, and infectious disease dynamics. She is mentored by Michael Robert.

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    Ping-Hsuan Tsai , bio

    Dr. Tsai is a Postdoctoral Associate focusing on the development of data-driven reduced-order models for turbulent heat transfer applications. His research emphasizes stabilization strategies and error indicators for turbulent flows, with the goal of supporting engineering design and analysis. He is mentored by Traian Iliescu.

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    Milo Bechtloff Weising , bio

    Dr. Weising is a Postdoctoral Associate working in algebraic combinatorics and representation theory with a primary focus on Macdonald polynomials and Hecke algebras. He is mentored by Daniel Orr.