Back to Departmental Colloquium: Spring 2016
Departmental Colloquium
Date: Tuesday, Feb 2, 2016
Time: 4:00PM
Location: LCB 219
*Tuesday*
Sean Lawley
University of Utah
Title |
The mutually beneficial relationship between mathematics and biology |
Abstract |
Mathematics and biology enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship. On one side, mathematical tools yield deep insight into biological systems. On the other side, biological problems create fundamentally new questions in mathematics. In this talk, I will walk through a sampling of my own work to demonstrate both sides of this relationship, with an emphasis on how biology has led to new mathematical machinery and theorems. Biologically, I will discuss problems in neuroscience, biochemical reactions, and intracellular virus trafficking. Mathematically, I will describe my work in probability theory and stochastic processes, partial differential equations, asymptotic analysis, and homogenization. |
Probability
Mathematical Biology
Differential Equations