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Faculty

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Alex Perkins 🤓👪👨‍💻👨‍🏫​
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Concurrent Associate Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics

​RAPIDD Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH Fogarty International Center and UC Davis

PhD in Population Biology, University of California, Davis
BA in Computational Ecology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
curriculum vitae

Alex is interested in all aspects of research in the lab.
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Sean Moore
Research Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Postdoc, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Postdoc, National Center for Atmospheric Research
PhD in Zoology, Oregon State University
BS in Biology, Virginia Tech
BBA in Information Technology, College of William and Mary
curriculum vitae

Sean's research is focused on combining surveillance and modeling approaches to understand how socioeconomic, climatic, and ecological drivers influence the emergence and spread of water-borne and vector-borne pathogens of humans. His research specialties include integrating ecological and climatic variables into mechanistic and statistical models to explain infectious disease dynamics and predict future transmission dynamics. He is currently involved in research on the epidemiology of cholera, chikungunya, and Zika.
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​Guido España 🚲🏃‍♂️🎸🐶🦟💉🧙‍♂️💻🇨🇴​🥗​
Research Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
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Indiana CTSI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Notre Dame
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
BS in Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Guido is working on detailed simulation models of dengue virus transmission and applying them in the context of dengue vaccine trials.

Postdocs

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Anita Lerch
Postdoctoral Researcher

PhD, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

Anita is interested in genomic epidemiology of malaria.
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Alex Meyer 📈🎸🚴‍♂️🐎​
Postdoctoral Researcher

PhD in Applied Mathematics, University of California, Davis
MS in Applied Mathematics, University of California, Davis
BA in Mathematics and Biology, Williams Colllege


Alex is working on a project to support planning of chikungunya vaccine trials.
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Saikanth Ratnavale
Postdoctoral Researcher

Postdoc at Northern Arizona University
PhD in Applied Mathematics, Texas Tech University
MS in Applied Mathematics, Texas Tech University
BA in Mathematics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka


Saikanth is working on research related to assessing the impact of COVID-19 interventions on human mobility and SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics. Saikanth graduated with a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Texas Tech University in 2019 and studied the behavior of boundary optimal control problems with inequality constraints. His research interests lie in applied mathematics, more specifically numerical analysis, partial differential equations, scientific computing, and disease modeling.
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Neda Jalali 📚👩‍🍳🌍🇮🇷​
Postdoctoral Researcher

PhD in Biostatistics, University of Florida
MSci  in Biostatistics, University of Florida

Neda is interested in the epidemiology of infectious disease, and modeling disease transmission and dynamics. Her current research focuses on estimating the global burden of cholera. During her PhD, she developed statistical models of hand, foot, and mouth disease, Middle East respiratory syndrome disease, and COVID-19.
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Jenni Peterson 👪🐈‍☀️👩‍🔬✍️👩‍💻🦠🌴
Postdoctoral Researcher

Postdoc, University of Pennsylvania
Postdoc, Princeton University
PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
MA in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University

Jenni is an ecologist interested in all things infectious disease, especially vectors and spillover. After completing her PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology, she did postdocs in disease modeling and epidemiology with a focus on Latin America and Chagas disease. She is currently working on the REDI-NET project. 

​Graduate Students

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Annaliese Wieler
Graduate Student

PhD Candidate in Biological Sciences
MS in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame
BS in Biology and Mathematics, Tabor College
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​Annaliese is a fifth-year PhD candidate. She is interested in modeling vector intervention trials.
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​Marya Poterek 👩🏻‍💻🤠🧛🏻​🦟
Graduate Student
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PhD Candidate in Biological Sciences
BS in Science-Computing, University of Notre Dame

Marya is in the fourth-year of her PhD and is interested in interactions between human behavior and vector-borne disease dynamics.
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Quan Tran Minh 👨‍⚕️🐵🦟🌳🌳🌳🐻🦆😺🇻🇳​
Graduate Student

PhD Candidate in Biological Sciences
MD, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Vietnam

After graduating as a medical doctor, Quan decided to become a full-time researcher and develop his interest in analyzing medical and biological data. He recently spent two and a half years at the Department of Mathematical Modeling in the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit investigating the transmission of chikungunya and Japanese encephalitis viruses by applying quantitative methods to serological and case notification data.
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​Carly Barbera 🍎🐑⛰️🦟🏳️‍🌈​
Graduate Student (co-advised by Jason Rohr)

PhD Candidate in Biological Sciences
BS in Biology, Vassar College
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Carly is a fourth-year PhD student interested in the ecological drivers of disease. She is part of a team funded by a USDA-NIFA EEID grant on bluetongue virus.​
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Alan Costello ☘️🗺️🛰️🏳️‍🌈​
Graduate Student (advised by Sean Moore)

PhD Candidate in Biological Sciences
MSc in Geocomputation, National Centre for Geocomputation
BA (Hons) Geography and Music, National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Alan’s background is in spatiotemporal epidemiology with a focus on climatology and biogeography. Before coming to Notre Dame, Alan worked for eSpatial, a leading cloud mapping software company. His previous research concentrated on modeling diabetes prevalence in Ireland and dengue surveillance and control methods in Malaysia. His current project centers on the epidemiology and forecasting of cholera in Africa.
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Stacy Mowry 🐕📖🏃‍♀️👩‍💻✌️​

PhD Student in Biological Sciences
MS in Biomathematics, Illinois State University
BA in Mathematics, Hispanic Studies, Vassar College
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Stacy is a second-year PhD student interested in modeling and mapping vector-borne disease risk. She is currently working on the REDI-NET project (​https://redi-net.nd.edu).
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Manar Alkuzweny 🧿​🌙🇮🇶🏖️​

PhD Student in Biological Sciences
BS in Public Health, University of California, San Diego
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Manar is a second-year PhD student interested in modeling interventions against Aedes-transmitted viruses.
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Carol de Souza Moreira 👩‍💻🇧🇷🐈👻🏳️‍🌈​

PhD Student in Biological Sciences
BS in Biomedical Sciences, Minas Gervais State University, Brazil
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Carol is a first-year PhD student interested in modeling the co-circulation of multiple Aedes-transmitted viruses.

Undergraduates

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Brooke Rodriguez
Undergraduate Researcher

Pursuing a BS in Mathematics

Brooke is ​working on the REDI-NET project (​https://redi-net.nd.edu).
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Abby Nguyen
Undergraduate Researcher

Pursuing a BS in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics

Abby is ​working with Alex Meyer on spatial models of COVID-19.
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Holly Bill
Undergraduate Researcher

Pursuing a BS in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics

Abby is ​working with Carly on modeling midge-borne disease dynamics.
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Erin Coyne
Undergraduate Researcher

Pursuing a BS in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics

Erin is ​working with Manar on dengue modeling.

​Alumni

Postdoctoral Researchers
Sean Cavany, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2018-2022, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford
Guido España, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2016-2020, Research Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
Morgan Smith, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2020, Epidemiological Analyst for the CDC Foundation and State of Pennsylvania
Amir Siraj, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2015-2020, Research and Data Analyst on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases at PATH
James Soda, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2017-2019, Assistant Professor at Quinnipiac University

PhD Students
John Huber, PhD in Biological Sciences, 2021, MD Student at Washington University in St. Louis
Rachel Oidtman​, PhD in Biological Sciences, 2020, Senior Data Scientist at Colorado Access
Quirine ten Bosch, PhD in Biological Sciences, 2017, Assistant Professor at Wageningen University Research
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Masters Students
Jonah Barreto, MS in Global Health, 2017, employed at Epic Systems Corporation in Madison, WI
Michael Prough, MS in Global Health, 2016, Clinical Research Coordinator at University of Miami
Karly Harrod, MS in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, 2016

Undergraduates
Maggie Elliott, BS in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, 2022, PhD Student in Biostatistics at UC San Diego
Maggie O'Connor, BS in Environmental Sciences, 2022, Clinical Research Assistant at Cohen Children's Hospital in New York
Amir Khouzam, Pursuing BS in Neuroscience and Behavior
Nadim Khouzam, Pursuing BS in Neuroscience and Behavior
Jonathan Daly, Pursuing BS in Neuroscience and Behavior
Kathryn Strimbu, BS in Biological Sciences, 2022​, MPP Student at University of Chicago
Georgia Mudd, BS in Applied and Computational Mathematics Statistics, 2021
Carson Hartlage, BS in Biological Sciences, 2020, MD/PhD Student at University of Cincinnati
Cassie Miller, BS in Applied and Computational Mathematics Statistics, 2019, MS Student in ACMS at University of Notre Dame
Yutong Yao, BS in Pre-Health and Economics, 2019, MPH Student at Emory University
Maggie Walters, BS in Biological Sciences, 2019, Post-Bachelor Fellow at Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
​Marya Poterek, BS in Science-Computing, 2019, PhD Student in Biological Sciences at University of Notre Dame
Katherine Koh, BS in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, 2019, Emergency Medical Technician
​Henri Chung, BS in Biological Sciences, 2019, PhD Student in Computational Biology at Iowa State University
Caleb Johnson, BS in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, 2017, Data Scientist at BoozAllenHamilton
John Huber, BS in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, 2017, MPhil student and Gates Scholar at Cambridge
Ethan Holland​, BS in Biological Sciences, 2017, MD Student at University of Florida
Adam Haydel, BS in Science-Business, 2016, MD Student at Louisiana State University
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