Mangan Group members

We are not actively recruiting for any particular projects at this time.
We accept new graduate students through Northwestern's Ph.D program in Applied Mathematics. Please visit the ESAM department web page for details about how to apply to either program.
Interested postdoctoral scholars can always send a CV and statement of interest via email:niall(dot)mangan(at)northwestern(dot)edu

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Andre Archer
Graduate Student
Tech M449, email
Areas of Research: Networks, Model Reduction, Optimization, Metabolism

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Jithin George
Graduate Student
Tech M426, email, website
Areas of Research: Scientific Computing, Numerical Methods, Chemical Catalysis

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Joy Nyaanga
IBiS Graduate Student,  joint with Andersen group
email
Areas of Research: Developmental Biology, Quantitative Biology, Dynamical Systems, Statistics

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Julie Nguyen
Graduate Student
email
Areas of Research: Sparse model selection, Optimization, Regulatory Networks

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Maria Warns
Graduate Student,  joint with Packman group
email
Areas of Research: PDEs, Wastewater modeling, Uncertainty Qunatification

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Sasha Shirman, PhD
Departmental Postdoctoral  Fellow  in Quantitative Biological Modeling
Tech M446, email
Areas of Research: Parameter Estimation and Data Assimilation for Dynamical Systems, Bayesian Methods Developmental Biology, Biofuels

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Helena Ribera Ponsa, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Tech M442, email, website
Areas of Research: Sparse Model Selection, PDE simulation, Asymptotics, Semiconductor Characterization

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Katelyn Leisman, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor
email, website
Areas of Research: Nonlinear PDEs, Dynamical Systems, Biochemical Networks,

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Cody FitzGerald, PhD
NSF-Simons Postdoctoral Fellow, JSMF Postdoctoral Fellow
Areas of Research: Dormancy and decision making, Sparse model selection, Dynamical systems

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Isabel Zhong (NU)
Undergraduate Researcher, Summer 2021- present
Areas of Research: Image processing, information theory, C. elegans

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Former Members:

Keren Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, joint with Jiping Wang's group
2006 Sheridan Rd, email
Areas of Research: Sparse Regression, Gaussian Graphic Models, Metabolic Networks, Statistical Methods for Data Assimilation in Quantitative Biology

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Zachary Crispino (Cornell)
Undergraduate Researcher, Summer 2019
Areas of Research: Metabolic network analysis, thermodynamics, sparse regression.

Christina Goss (NU)
Undergraduate Researcher, Summer 2019 - Spring 2021
Areas of Research: C. elegans development, physical/material modeling, population dynamics
Nest step: Graduate program IMPRS for Physics of Biological and Complex Systems at Max Planck

Matthew Cummings (U. Dayton)
​Undergraduate Researcher, Summer 2021
​Areas of Research: metabolic pathways, reaction-diffusion equations, numerical and analytic analysis
Matthew Sak (U. Kentucky)
​Undergraduate Researcher, Summer 2021
​Areas of Research: metabolic pathways, reaction-diffusion equations, numerical and analytic analysis

Samuel Jung (NU)
Undergraduate Researcher, Winter 2021 - Fall 2021
​Areas of Research: Numerical methods