Meet the NIMBioS Postdocs
NIMBioS provides an opportunity for postdoctoral scholarship at the interface between mathematics and biological science. Postdoctoral scholars propose synthetic projects that require an amalgam of mathematical and biological approaches, and are expected to include explicit opportunities to expand the scholar's previous education. Applications are reviewed twice a year and the selected researchers are offered positions at NIMBioS where they conduct research that is mostly self-directed. Request deadlines are September 1 and March 1 for activities beginning six months later.
For more information about postdoctoral fellowships at NIMBioS and the application process, click here.
Folashade Agusto
Start date: September 2009
Email
Phone: 865-974-4981
Folashade Agusto (Ph.D., University of Ilorin, Nigeria, 2008) conducts research involving mathematical analysis and optimal control of transmission dynamics of infectious diseases with focus on bovine tuberculosis, malaria and avian influenza.
Click here for more information about Dr. Agusto's work.
Click here to view a NIMBioS video interview with Dr. Agusto: Transmission Dynamics of Infectious Disease.
Erol Akçay
Start date: August 2009
Email
Phone: 865-974-9448
Erol Akçay (Ph.D., Stanford University, 2008) investigates the dynamics of cooperation and conflict in animal social behavior and ecological mutualisms.
Click here for more information about Dr. Akçay's work.
Click here to view a NIMBioS video interview with Dr. Ak¸ay: Cooperaton and Conflict.
Sharon Bewick
Start date: August 2009
Email
Phone: 865-974-4968
Sharon Bewick (Ph.D., Princeton University, 2006) is modeling local community responses to climatic change. In particular, she is interested in how different ant species interact and how their interactions affect forest plant composition.
Click here for more information about Dr. Bewick's work.
Click here to view a NIMBioS video interview with Dr. Bewick: Ants and Climate Change.
William Godsoe
Start date: September 2009
Email
Phone: 865-974-9458
William Godsoe (Ph.D., University of Idaho, 2009) uses probability theory to examine relationships between a species' niche and its geographic distribution.
Click here for more information about Dr. Godsoe's work.
Click here to view a NIMBioS video interview with Dr. Godsoe: Niche and Distribution.
Yi Mao
Start date: August 2009
Email
Phone: 865-974-4966
Yi Mao (Ph.D, Northwestern University, 2000) conducts multi-scale simulations of biomolecular systems with a focus on enzymatic protein's role in biological energy production and the physical principles that drive protein evolution.
Click here for more information about Dr. Mao's work with proteins. Click here to view a NIMBioS video interview with Dr. Mao: The Evolution of the Protein.
Xavier Thibert-Plante
Start date: April 2010
Email
Phone: 865-974-4974
Xavier Thibert-Plante (Ph.D., McGill University, 2010) examines the impact of climate change on biodiversity, specifically the evolution of biodiversity and the process of biodiversification in a changing environment.
Click here for more information about Dr. Thibert-Plante's work.
Click here to view a NIMBioS video interview with Dr. Thibert-Plante: Biodiversity in a Changing World.
NIMBioS Congratulates Its Newest Postdocs
