Undergraduate Students

Advising Students


Adin Garbowit
Major: Mathematics
Advising Period: Spring 2023 - Present
Publications:
– Necibe Tuncer, Kia Ghods, Vivek Sreejithkumar, Adin Garbowit, Mark Zagha, Maia Martcheva, “Validation of a Multi-Strain HIV Within-HostModel with AIDS Clinical Studies,” Mathematics, Volume 12, Issue 16, 2583, p. 1-20, (2024).

Mark Zagha
Major: Biology
Advising Period: Spring 2023 - Present
Publications:
– Necibe Tuncer, Kia Ghods, Vivek Sreejithkumar, Adin Garbowit, Mark Zagha, Maia Martcheva, “Validation of a Multi-Strain HIV Within-HostModel with AIDS Clinical Studies,” Mathematics, Volume 12, Issue 16, 2583, p. 1-20, (2024).

Kia Ghods
Major: Biochemistry and Interdisciplinary Mathematics
Advising Period: Summer 2021 - Present
Graduation Date: Spring 2023
First job after graduation: At Princeton University majoring in Chemistry with a minor in Global Health and ACM (Applied and Computational Mathematics).
Publications:
– Necibe Tuncer, Kia Ghods, Vivek Sreejithkumar, Adin Garbowit, Mark Zagha, Maia Martcheva, “Validation of a Multi-Strain HIV Within-HostModel with AIDS Clinical Studies,” Mathematics, Volume 12, Issue 16, 2583, p. 1-20, (2024).

– Vivek Sreejithkumar, Kia Ghods, Tharusha Bandara, Maia Martcheva, Necibe Tuncer, “Modeling the interplay between albumin-globulin metabolism and HIV infection,” Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, Volume 20, Issue 11, p.19527-19552, (2023).


Vivek Sreejithkuma
Major: Biochemistry and Interdisciplinary Mathematics
Advising Period: Fall 2019 - Present
Graduation Date: Spring 2022
First job after graduation: Postbaccalaureate Research Fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Publications:
– Necibe Tuncer, Kia Ghods, Vivek Sreejithkumar, Adin Garbowit, Mark Zagha, Maia Martcheva, “Validation of a Multi-Strain HIV Within-HostModel with AIDS Clinical Studies,” Mathematics, Volume 12, Issue 16, 2583, p. 1-20, (2024).
– Vivek Sreejithkumar, Kia Ghods, Tharusha Bandara, Maia Martcheva, Necibe Tuncer, “Modeling the interplay between albumin-globulin metabolism and HIV infection,” Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, Volume 20, Issue 11, p.19527-19552, (2023).
– Vivek Sreejithkuma and Necibe Tuncer “Identifiability analysis of the human H1N1 Influenza virus,” FAU Undergraduate Journal (2021).
– Vivek Sreejithkumar and Necibe Tuncer (as faculty advisor) “The evolution of the identifiable analysis of the COVID-19 Virus,” SIAM Undergraduate Research Journal, Volume 14, (2021).

Naika Dorilas
Major: Mathematics
Advising Period: Summer 2017 - Spring 2019
Graduation Date: Spring 2019
First job after graduation: Data Scientist at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Publications:
– Berrouet, C., Dorilas, N., Rejniak, K.A., Tuncer N, “Comparison of Drug Inhibitory Effects (IC50) in Monolayer and Spheroid Cultures,” Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Volume 82, Issue 68 , (2020).

Catherine Berroute
Major: Mathematics
Advising Period: Summer 2017 - Spring 2019
Graduation Date: Spring 2018
First job after graduation: PhD student at Department of Mathematical Sciences, FAU.
Publications:
– Berrouet, C., Dorilas, N., Rejniak, K.A., Tuncer, N. Comparison of Drug Inhibitory Effects (IC50) in Monolayer and Spheroid Cultures, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Volume 82, Issue 68 , (2020).
– Berrouet, C., A mathematical model based on IC50 curves to predict tumor responses to drugs,” FAU Journal of Undergraduate Research, Volume 7, p 56-70, (2018)

Brian LaBarra
Major: Mathematics, with Statistics concentration
Advising Period: Fall 2015-Spring 2017
Graduation Date: Spring 2017
First job after graduation: University of Florida, Biostatistics, Graduate Program.
Publications:
– Necibe Tuncer, Maia Martcheva, Brian LaBarre, Sabrina Payoute, “Structural and practical identifiability analysis of Zika epidemiological models,” Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Volume 80, Issue 8, p. 2209-2241, (2018).

Sabrina Payoute
Major: Mathematics, with Pre-Medical concentration
Advising Period: Fall 2015 - Spring 2017
Graduation Date: Fall 2016
First job after graduation: University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Biostatistics, Graduate Program.
Publications:
– Necibe Tuncer, Maia Martcheva, Brian LaBarre, Sabrina Payoute, “Structural and practical identifiability analysis of Zika epidemiological models,” Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Volume 80, Issue 8, p. 2209-2241, (2018).

Trang Le
Major: Mathematics
Advising Period: 2012-2016
Graduation Date: 2014
First job after graduation: PhD at University of Tulsa
Publications:
– Necibe Tuncer, Trang Le “Structural and practical identifiability analysis of outbreak models,” Mathematical Biosciences, Volume 299, p. 1-18, (2018).
– Necibe Tuncer and Trang Le “The effect of air travel on the spread of avian influenza pandemic to the USA,” International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, Volume 7, Issue 1, p. 27-47, (2014).