MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL ECOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE

FACULTY AND STAFF AS OF FALL 2003

FACULTY

MICHAEL W. BERRY, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Scientific computation; parallel computation; computational ecology
SERGEY GAVRILETS, Ph.D. Moscow State University, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Mathematics
Mathematical evolutionary theory; math ecology; dynamical systems
LOUIS J. GROSS, Ph.D. Cornell, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Mathematics
Mathematical models in plant biology; photosynthetic physiology; behavioral, computational and landscape ecology; individual-based modeling; applied stochastic processes.
THOMAS G. HALLAM, Ph.D. Missouri, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Mathematics
Environmental toxicology; population and community dynamics; aquatic ecology
AARON A. KING, Ph.D. Arizona, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Mathematical ecology; theoretical population biology; stochastic dynamical systems.
SUZANNE LENHART, Ph.D. Kentucky, Professor of Mathematics
Differential equations; PDEs; optimal control; natural resource modeling; epidemiology.
JASON B. WOLF, Ph.D. Indiana, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary genetics

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS

BRIAN BECKAGE, Ph.D. DUKE, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Modeling pine forest dynamics in the Everglades
TAKEHIKO HAYASHI, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Evolutionary modeling.
MICHAEL KOPP, Ph.D. Max-Planck-Institute of Limnology, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Evolution of phenotypic plasticity in predator-prey systems; Predator-prey coevolution.
SEEMA NANDA, Ph.D. COURANT INSTITUTE, NYU, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Stochastic control models for spatially-distributed populations.
RENE' SALINAS, Ph.D. TENNESSEE, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Individual-based modeling; black bear population dynamics; spatial control.
DALI WANG, Ph.D. RPI, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Environmental modeling and parallel computation.

TECHNICAL STAFF

ERIC CARR, M.S. TENNESSEE, Systems Analyst/Programmer
Parallel computation; individual-based modeling
JANE COMISKEY, M.S. TENNESSEE, Senior Systems Analyst/Programmer
Parallel computation; individual-based modeling
MARK PALMER, M.S. TENNESSEE, Computer Systems Specialist
User Interface, Application Software and Database design
MICHAEL PEEK, B.S. TENNESSEE, Computer Systems Specialist
UNIX systems management; database management
SCOTT DUKE-SYLVESTER, M.S. TENNESSEE, Senior Systems Analyst/Programmer
Parallel computation; individual-based modeling; optimization and ecological modeling