L. G. de Pillis: Selected Professional Information

Education:

• Ph.D. Mathematics, UCLA.
• M.A. Mathematics, UCLA.
• B.A. Computer Science/Mathematics (Magna Cum Laude), Minor in Economics, UCSD.

Research:

• Mathematical biology, cancer modeling, cancer immunotherapy modeling, optimal control, parallel computing, numerical analysis, computational fluid dynamics, numerical linear algebra.

Professional History:

• Norman F. Sprague, Jr., Professor of Life Sciences, Harvey Mudd College
• Director, Keck Center for Quantitative Life Sciences. Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California.
• Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California.
• Year 2000 Maria Goeppert-Mayer Distinguished Scholar, Argonne National Laboratory
• Associate Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California.
• Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California.
• Staff Research Assistant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
• Teaching Assistant in Mathematics, UCLA, California.
• Technical Consultant, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.
• Researcher, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway.
• Engineering Assistant, General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona, California.
• Teaching Assistant in Mathematics, UCSD, California.

Recent Funding:

• NSF UBM-Institutional Award. "Research Experiences at the Biological Mathematical Interface (REBMI).  With Dr. John Milton, Dr. Arthur H. Lee, Dr. Mario Martelli, Dr. T.G. Dewey. Through 2011. $429,878.
• NSF Research Award. "Mathematical Modeling of the Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy and Vaccine Therapy of Cancer.  With Dr. K.R. Fister and Dr. W. Gu.  $328,283.  Through 2008.
• Mellon Foundation Award. "Developing Italian Connections" 2006-2007. $30,000.
  
• NSF and American Institute of Mathematics Award. "The Modeling of Cancer Progression and Immunotherapy," Interdisciplinary workshop organizer.  With Dr. A.E. Radunskaya and Dr. C.L. Wiseman. 2005.

• L.G. de Pillis, PhD ; K.Renee Fister, PhD; W. Gu, PhD; C. Collins (MSU Student); M. Daub (Williams College Student); D. Gross (HMC STudent); J. Moore (HMC Student); B. Preskill (HMC Student). "Seeking Bang-Bang Solutions of Mixed Immuno-Chemotherapy of Tumors", Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 2007, No.171, pp.1-24. See http://ejde.math.txstate.edu
  
• L.G. de Pillis, PhD ; K.Renee Fister, PhD; W. Gu, PhD; Tiffany Head (HMC student); Kenny Maples (HMC student); Todd Neal (MSU student); Kenji Kozai (HMC student); Anand Murugan (Pomona College Student). "Optimal Control of Mixed Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy of Tumors", Journal of Biological Systems, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2008, pp.51-80.
• E.G. de Pillis and L.G. de Pillis , "Are Engineering Schools Masculine and Authoriarian? The Mission Statements Say Yes.", Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, in press.
• L.G. de Pillis, A.E. Radunskaya and C.L. Wiseman, "Comment on: A Validated Mathematical Model of Cell-Mediated Immune Response to Tumor Growth'' Cancer Research, Vol. 67, No. 17, September 2007, p.8420.
• L.G. dePillis, PhD ; K. Renee Fister, PhD; Weiqing Gu, PhD; Kenny Maples (HMC student); Tiffany Head (HMC student); Todd Neal (MSU student); Kenji Yoshida (HMC student); Anand Murugan (Pomona student). "Chemotherapy for Tumors: An Analysis of the Dynamics and a Study of Quadratric and Linear Optimal Controls" (preprint) Mathematical Biosciences, Vol. 209, 2007, pp. 292-315.
• L.G. de Pillis and Michael E. Orrison, "Is Homework Grading on Your Nerves?", Teaching Time Savers section of MAA FOCUS Magazine, January 2007, pp.14-15.
• L.G. de Pillis and A.E. Radunskaya, "Some Promising Approaches to Tumor-Immune Modeling", in Mathematical Studies on Human Disease Dynamics: Emerging Paradigms and Challenges, AMS Contemporary Mathematics Series, Vol. 410, 2006, pp.89-112.
• L.G. de Pillis D.G. Mallet and A.E. Radunskaya, "Spatial Tumor-Immune Modeling" (reprint), special issue devoted to Cancer and Medical Treatment Modelling in the Journal Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, Vol. 7, No. 2-3, June-September 2006, pp.159-176.
• D.G. Mallett and L.G. de Pillis, "A Cellular Automata Model of Tumor-immune System Interactions" (reprint) , Journal of Theoretical Biology, Volume 239, Issue 3, pp. 334-350, 7 April 2006, available online September 15, 2005
• L.G. de Pillis, W. Gu and A.E. Radunskaya, "Mixed Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy of Tumors: Modeling Applications and Biological Interpretations" (reprint) , Journal of Theoretical Biology, Vol.238, Issue 4, pp.841-862, 21 February 2006, available online Septeber 8, 2005
• E.G. de Pillis and L.G. de Pillis, "Masculinity themes in the mission statements of engineering institutions"(preprint), Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute, 2005. (Proceedings refereed)
• L.G. de Pillis , A.E. Radunskaya and C.L. Wiseman, "A Validated Mathematical Model of Cell-Mediated Immune Response to Tumor Growth" (reprint), Cancer Research, Vol.61, No.17, pp.7950-7958, September 1, 2005
• L.G. de Pillis , "Determinants and Polynomial Root Structure", International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, Vol.36, No.5, pp.469-481, July-August 2005
• L.G. de Pillis and A.E. Radunskaya, "Fourier Transforms, Fourier Series and the FFT",(Alternate Link), 2004, Education Module, component of KUCSEC grant to develop education materials for an undergraduate curriculum in computational science.
• L.G. de Pillis and A.E. Radunskaya, "The Dynamics of an Optimally Controlled Tumor Model: A Case Study", Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol.37, No.11, pp.1221-1244, June 2003
• L.G. de Pillis and A.E. Radunskaya, "A Mathematical Model of Immune Response to Tumor Invasion", Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics 2003, Proceedings of the Second M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Solid Mechanics, pp.1661-1668, June 2003 (Conference Proceedings).
• L.G. de Pillis and A.E. Radunskaya, "Modeling Tumor-Immune Interactions",(Alternate Link), 2003, Education Module, component of KUCSEC grant to develop education materials for an undergraduate curriculum in computational science.
• L.G. de Pillis , A.E. Radunskaya, and C.L. Wiseman, "A Validated Computer Model of the Cell-mediated Responses to Vaccine Therapy of Three Tumor Systems in the C57B/6 Mouse", Journal of Immunotherapy, Vol.25,No.6, Nov/Dec 2002. (Abstract).
• L.G. de Pillis , "Technology in Education: Minefield or Cornucopia?", in Changing Core Mathematics, MAA Notes #61 2002, pp.73-76. Eds. C. Arney and D. Small, The Mathematical Association of America 2002.
• L.G. de Pillis and A.E. Radunskaya, "A Mathematical Tumor Model with Immune Resistance and Drug Therapy: An Optimal Control Approach",(preprint) Journal of Theoretical Medicine, Vol. 3, pp.79-100, 2001. (Also Argonne National Laboratory Preprint ANL/MCS-P805-0400)
• L.G. de Pillis and E.G. de Pillis, "The Long-Term Impact of University Budget Cuts: A Mathematical Model", (preprint) Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol.33,No.8/9, pp.851-876, 2001. (Also Argonne National Laboratory Reprint ANL/MCS-P817-0500)
• P.D. Cha and L.G. de Pillis , "Model Updating by Adding Known Masses", (reprint) International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol.50, No.11, pp.2547-2571, April 2001
• P.D. Cha and L.G. de Pillis , "Model Updating by Adding Known Masses and Stiffnesses", 1999 Asia-Pacific Vibration Conference, Singapore, pp.1136-1141, December 1999, (Refereed conference proceedings).
• L.G. de Pillis and E.G. de Pillis, "A Mathematical Framework for Understanding Continuum Effects of Budget Fluctuations on a University", Argonne National Laboratory Preprint ANL/MCS-P806-0400, 2000.(Tech Report)
• L.G. de Pillis, "Technology in the Undergraduate Classroom", Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Workshop on Core Mathematics: Considering Change in the First Two Years of Undergraduate Mathematics, West Point, New York, November 1999, pp. 53-58. (Invited article)
• L.G. de Pillis, "Computational Mathematics: The Silent Partner", CASE Newsletter, lead article, March 1999. (Invited article)
• L.G. de Pillis, "Newton's Cubic Roots", Australian Math. Soc. Gazette, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp 1-6, 1998.
• L.G. de Pillis and A.E. Radunskaya, "The Multiple Scale Wave Equation", Math. Comput. Modelling, Vol.28, No.12, pp 33-80, 1998.
• T.F Chan, L.G. de Pillis , and H.A. van der Vorst, "Transpose-Free Formulations of Lanczos-Type Methods for Nonsymmetric Linear Systems", Numer. Algorithms, Vol. 17, pp 51-66, 1998.
• L.G. de Pillis , "A Comparison of Iterative Methods for Solving Nonsymmetric Linear Systems", Acta Appl. Math., Vol. 51, No. 2, pp 141 - 159, 1998.
• L.G. de Pillis, "The Multiple Scale Transport Equation in One Space Dimension", (reprint)Ann. Mat. Pura Appl. (4), Vol. 174, pp 121-134, 1998.
• P.D. Cha and L.G. de Pillis, "Numerical Methods for Analyzing the Effects of Uncertainties on the Dynamics of Periodic Structures", Internat. J. Numer. Methods Engrg., Vol. 40, pp 3749 - 3765, 1997.
• L.G. de Pillis, Pacific Northwest Workshop in Mathematical Biology", Society of Mathematical Biology Newsletter, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1997. (Meeting review)
• L.G. de Pillis, "From Navier-Stokes to Waves", Proceedings on Finite Elements in Fluids, New Trends and Applications (FEMIF 95), pp 965-974, 1995.
• D.W. Schwendeman, C.P. Please, M.F. Hurwitz, L.G. de Pillis, "Filter Cleaning using Gas Injection", Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, pp 1-8, Troy, New York, 1995. (Tech report).
• D. Bernardete, J. Bryant, C. Coppin, L.G. de Pillis, D. French, J. Goldberg, D. Wagner, J. Zhao, "Crystal Size Distribution in a Sidearm Precipitator", IMA Preprint Series No. 1254, pp 1-32, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 1994. (Tech report)
• C. Chiu, L.G. de Pillis, D. French, P. Hagen, L. Kalachev, S. Loch, T. Soong, D. West, "Chemical Reactor Modeling", IMA Preprint Series No. 1254, pp 1-14, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 1994. (Tech report)
• L.G. de Pillis, "Far-Field Behavior of Slightly Compressible Flow", Computational and Applied Mathematics Report No. 93-15, pp 1-72, Department of Mathematics, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1993. (Tech report)
• T. Chan, L.G. de Pillis, H. Van der Vorst, "A Transpose-Free Squared Lanczos Algorithm and Application to Solving Nonsymmetric Linear Systems," Computational and Applied Mathematics Report no. 91-17, pp 1-13, Department of Mathematics, UCLA, Los Angeles, September 1991. (Tech report)
• L.G. de Pillis and D. Lausch, "The Lambert Projectiuon in CBS," Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CBS group, pp 1-19, December, 1990. (Tech report)
• L.G. de Pillis, "Infrared Sensor Computer Model," Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Hypercube Group, pp 1-36, August, 1990. (Tech report)
• L.G. de Pillis, J. Petersen, J. de Pillis, "A Wector-Parallel Solution to Special Linear Systems," CMI report No. 88/45053-1, pp 1-22, Bergen, Norway, June 1988; also Bergen Scientific Centre, Bergen, Norway, January 1988. (Tech report)
• L.G. de Pillis, J. de Pillis, J. Petersen, "An Iterative Solution to Special Linear Systems," Third Conference on Hypercube Concurrent Computers and Applications, Volume II, pp 1717-1725, 1988, ACM Press. (Conference proceedings)
• C. Addison, J. Cook, L.G. de Pillis, J. Lindheim, J. Petersen and R. Renaut, "Solving the Forward Wave Equation on the Intel Hypercube," CMI report No. 874561-3, pp 1-24, Bergen, Norway, December 1987. (Tech report)
• L.G. de Pillis, J. Lindheim, "A Parallel Sorting Routine for the hypercube based on a Combination of Mergesort and Quicksort," CMI report No. 874550-1, pp 1-10, Bergen, Norway, June 1987.
• L.G. de Pillis, "Vectorization of an LU Matrix Solver in 3 Dimensions on the Amdahl VP-1100 Vector Processor," CMI report No. 874503-1, pp 1-10, Bergen, Norway, March 1987.

Research Projects Supervised

• REU (NSF sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates), 2007.  Research Student Team Katherine Belsky (Scripps College), Elizabeth Howe (Caltech), Ajay Shenoy (University of Connecticut), Hana Ueda (UC Berkeley), Robert Donnelly (Pomona College).  Title: Mathematical Models of Tumor-immune Interactions Incorporating Spatial Heterogeneity.  In cooperation with Ami Radunskaya (Pomona College).
  
• Research Student Team David Gross, Benjamin Preskill, James Moore.  NSF sponsored Summer Research Project, 2007.  Title: Geometry and Control of Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy of Tumors.   In cooperation with Weiqing Gu (HMC) and K. Renee Fister (Murray State University). Murray State University student: Craig Collins.
• Research Student Team Michael Daub (Williams College), David Gross, Benjamin Preskill, James Moore. NSF/QLS sponsored Summer Research Project, 2006. Title: Optimal Control of Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy of Tumors. In cooperation with Weiqing Gu (HMC) and K. Renee Fister (Murray State University). Murray State University student: Craig Collins.
• Mathematics Clinic, 2005-2006 Client: Los Alamos National Laboratory. Project title: Modeling Vascular Tumor Growth. Liaison: Yi Jiang. Student Team: Cris Cecka, Alan Davidson, Tiffany Head, Dana Mohamed, Liam Robinson.
• Research Student Team Tiffany Head, Kenneth Maples, Anand Murugan (Pomona), Kenji Yoshida. NSF/HHMI/QLS sponsored Summer Research Project, 2005 Title: Optimal Control Theory and Methods for Combination Cancer Treatment Models.
• Research Student Katherine Todd-Brown, Semester Senior Thesis Project, 2004. Title: Mathematical Modeling of Local Tumor Morphology with Chemotherapy and Immune Treatments.
• Research Student Katherine Todd-Brown, Summer Research Project, 2004. Title: Deterministic and Probabilistic Models of Cancer Treatment.
• Research Student Eric Harley, Academic Year Senior Thesis Project, 2003-2004. Title: Modeling Cancer Cell Response to Immunotherapy.
• Research Student Jessica Nelson, Academic Year Senior Thesis Project, 2003-2004. Title: On the Erd"os Problem of Empty Convex Hexagons.
• Research Student Katherine Todd-Brown, Academic Year Research Project, 2003-2004. Title: Deterministic and Probabilistic Models of Cancer Treatment.
• Research Student Team Katherine Todd-Brown, Lorraine Thomas, Lindsay Crowl, Michael Vrable, Summer Research Project, 2003. Title: Optimizing Chemo and Immuno Therapies for Cancer Treatment. Results presented at SIAM 2003 Annual Conference and at 2003 Second M.I.T. Conference on Fluid and Solid Mechanics.
• Research Student Team Dustin Barnard, Emily Kajita, Justin Okano, Becky Prechter (Pomona), Summer Research Project, 2001. Title: Developing Mathematical Models of Vaccine Therapies. Results presented at SIAM 2001 Annual Conference.
• Research Student Team Alex Bobbs, Ben Bryant, Guillaume Mauger, Tina Meftah, Summer Research Project, 2001. Title: Developing a Three Dimensional Model of Nutrient-based Tumor Growth. Results presented at SIAM 2001 Annual Conference.
• Research Student Jane Pratt, HMC, Senior Thesis, 2001. Title: Magnetohydrodynamics with the Eddy Damped Quasi-Normal Markovian Closure
• Research Student Minaya Villasana, CGU, Ph.D. Thesis, 2001. Title: Time Delays in Mathematical Tumor Modeling. (Dissertation committee member)
• Research Student Diana Verzi, CGU, Ph.D. Thesis, 2000. Title: Mathematical Modeling of Neuron Activity. (Dissertation committee member)
• Building a Beowulf class computing cluster. Supervising the design, purchase and assembly of $50,000 worth of computing hardware to build a state-of-the-art sixteen node Beowulf Parallel Computing machine. Overseeing two student employees, and coordinating software installation.
• Mathematics Clinic, 1997-1998. Client: Bank of America. Project title: A JavaBean for Architecture configuration. Supervising five students.
• Mathematics Clinic, 1996-1997. Client: Bank of America. Project title: Java Based Interactive Home Banking Solution. Supervised 5 students. Winner of Prize for Best Mathematics Clinic in 1997.
• Mathematics Clinic, 1995-1996. Client: Environmental Systems Research Institute. Project title: From Here to There, Finding a Short Path Quickly. Supervised 5 students.
• Mathematics Clinic, 1994-1995. Client: Allied Signal Automotive. Project title: Advances in the Turbocharger Blade Thickness Distribution Process. Supervised 4 students.
• Research Student. Michael Wood-Vasey. Senior Thesis, 1998. Title: Outflow Boundary Conditions for Numerical Simulations. Winner of the Chavin Prize for Best Mathematics Paper, 1998.
• Research Student. Kim Olszewski. Ph.D. Thesis, 1998. Title: Concatenated Reed-Solomon and Reed-Muller Codecs with Blind Adaptation for DS-CDMA Antenna Array Systems.
• Research Student. Stuart Kerr. Summer Project, 1996. Title: A Two Point Boundary Value Problem.
• Research Student. Andrew Ross. Senior Thesis, 1996. Title: The Finite Element Method for Asymptotic Approximations to Slightly Compressible Fluid Flows. Winner of the Chavin Prize for Best Mathematics Paper, 1996
• Research Student. Mirela Trifa. Senior Thesis, 1995. Title: The Lanczos Connection. Winner of the Chavin Prize for Best Mathematics Paper, 1995
• Research Student. Elecia Engelman. Summer Project, 1994. Title: Installing cmpgrd and cgap: First Steps in Exploring Non-Reflecting Boundary Conditions.

Recent Invited Talks:

• A Mathematical Model of B Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, AMS-NZMS Joint Meetings, Wellington, New Zealand, December, 2007.
• Developing a Computational TeachingModule, Ohio State University, Keynote address, November 2007.
• Modeling Cancer-Immune Interactions, Loyola Marymount University, February 2007.
  
• Modeling Cancer, the Immune System, and Treatments in SIAM Minisymposium "Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems in Biology'', Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans, January 2007.
• Mathematical Biology at Harvey Mudd College, panel presentation for "Reshaping Undergraduate Mathematics for Biology-Related Disciplines: Ideas and Innovations", presentations from projects in Math & Bio 2010, sponsored by the CUPM Subcommittee CRAFTY, Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans, January 2007.
• Tumor-immune modeling, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, December 2006.
• Modeling of cancer growth and the immune response, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, December 2006.
• Mathematical modeling of cancer growth, the immune response and treatment Occidental College, October 2006. Co-presented with Prof. Ami Radunskaya, Pomona College.
• Mathematics and Medicine: Modeling Cancer and the Immune System, Claremont Colleges REU Program, June 2006.
• Mathematical Modeling of Tumor-Immune Interactions, City of Hope Cancer Research Center, May 2006.
• Teaching at an Undergraduate College, IGERT Career Development Workshop, UCSB, May 2006. Co-presented with Prof. Ami Radunskaya, Pomona Mathematics.
• Mathematical models of tumor-immune interactions: desigining effective immunotherapy protocols, Computational Science Colloquium, UCSB, May 2006. Co-presented with Prof. Ami Radunskaya, Pomona Mathematics.
• Mathematical Biology Undergraduate Program, Washington State University, April 2006. Co-presented with Prof. Steve Adolph, HMC Biology.
• Using Mathematics to Understand Cancer Keynote address, Women in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Conference, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA, April 2006.
• When Medicine and Mathematics Meet Evening public address, Women in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Conference, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA, April 2006.
• Modeling Tumor-Immune Interactions Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, March 2006.
• Adventures in Tumor-Immune Modeling USC Women in Mathematics, University of Southern California, January 2006.
• Mathematical Biology at Harvey Mudd College MAA Session on Mathematics and Biology 2010: Building Connections, Joint MAA-AMS-SIAM Annual meeting, San Antonio, Texas, January 2006.
• Cancer Growth and Treatment Modeling Evening public address, Annual Sampson Lecture Series, Bates College, Maine Fall 2005.
• How to Model Cancer Growth and New Treatment Strategies: A Perspective of Cooperation Mathematics Seminar, Bates College, Maine Fall 2005.
• Modeling Immunotherapy of Cancer Human Disease Dynamics, Snowbird, Utah, July 17-21, 2005.
• An Introduction to Cancer Modeling with Optimal Control Three week advanced course at the Princeton Institute for Andvanced Study, Park City Mathematics Institute. June 26-July 16, 2005.
• Principles of Population Dynamics Modeling Biomathematics in the Commonwealth workshop, Murray State University, KY, June 25-25, 2005.
• Modeling Cancer, the Immune System, and Metabolic Function U.C. Irvine Applied Mathematics Seminar, June 6, 2005.
• Modeling Cancer Treatment: Mixed Immuno-Chemo-Vaccine Therapy Strategies Dynamics of Cancer: Modeling and Experiment, Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, May 9-13, 2005.
• Mathematical Biology at Harvey Mudd College Southwest Consortium on Theoretical, Computational and Mathematical Biology, Tempe AZ, January 14-15, 2005.
• Mathematically Modeling Tumor Growth with Immune Response Society of Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, July 2004.
• A Deterministic-Probabilistic Model of Cancer Growth with Immuno-Chemotherapy Intervention SIAM Life Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, July 2004.
• Children and Tenure AWM Minisymposium of the SIAM Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, July 2004.
• Modeling Chemo-Immuno Treatment Strategies for Cancer Computational and Mathematical Population Dyamics, Trento, Italy, June 2004.
• Modeling Immune Response to Tumor Growth AIMS Fifth International Conference on Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations, Cal Poly Pomona, CA, June 2004.
• Modeling Tumor Growth and Treatment Capital University, Colubmus, OH, March 2004.
• Fun with Mathematics SWE WEST (Women Scientists and Engineers of Tomorrow) Conference, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA, March 2004.
• A Mathematical Model of Tumor Development and Immuno-Chemo Therapy University of Colorado at Boulder, Applied Mathematics Seminar, October 2003.
• Modeling Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy Cancer Treatments University of Maryland, Women of Applied Mathematics Research and Leadership Conference, October 2003.
• A Mathematical Model of Cell-Mediated Immune Response to Tumor Invasion and Vaccine Therapy in Mice and Humans University of Hawaii at Hilo, Special Biology Seminar, July 2003.
• A Mathematical Model of Immune Response to Tumor Invasion Second M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, June 2003.
• Optimal Control Determination of Chemotherapeutic Treatments for Cancer SIAM Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, June 2003.

Memberships:

• SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
• AMS (American Mathematical Society)
• RMA (Resource Modeling Association)
• SMB (Society for Mathematical Biology)
• SWE (Society for Women Engineers)
• AAUW (American Association of University Women)
• AAUP (American Association of University Professors)

Foreign Languages:

• Proficiency in: Norwegian.
• Knowledge of: Danish, Swedish, Italian, German.