{"id":2762,"date":"2016-06-06T18:00:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T22:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2016-06-07T10:52:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T14:52:59","slug":"nimbios-welcomes-new-postdocs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/2016\/06\/06\/nimbios-welcomes-new-postdocs\/","title":{"rendered":"NIMBioS Welcomes New Postdocs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(From left) Sarah Flanagan, Sergei Tarasov, Nourridine Siewe<\/p><\/div>\n

Several new postdoctoral fellows will begin their research soon at NIMBioS.<\/p>\n

Joining in the summer are Sarah Flanagan, Nourridine Siewe, and Sergei Tarasov. Flanagan<\/a> (Biology, Texas A&M Univ.) will develop new predictive approaches for next-generation sequencing population genomics studies. Siewe<\/a> (Mathematics, Howard Univ.) will develop mathematical models of\u00a0visceral leishmaniasis and malaria co-infection to improve the diagnosis and treatment process.\u00a0Tarasov<\/a> (Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Univ. of Oslo) will model and explore the evolution of anatomy ontologies using innovative stochastic processes and two focal groups of insects: dung beetles and wasps.<\/p>\n

Lauren Smith<\/a>, currently a Gaylord Donnelley Postdoctoral Environmental Fellow at\u00a0Yale Univ.,\u00a0joins NIMBioS as a postdoc in October. Smith proposes research that examines invasive plants in food-webs\u00a0and the indirect effects on native communities and ecosystems.<\/p>\n

Joining in early 2017 are Andrew Rominger and Oyita Udiani. Rominger<\/a> (Environmental Science, Policy & Management, Univ. of California, Berkeley) will use bio-collections data and hierarchical models to examine large-scale questions in ecology and evolution. Udiani<\/a> (Applied Mathematics, Arizona State Univ.) will develop a novel game-theoretical approach to learning in models of animal behavior.<\/p>\n

NIMBioS postdoc Robin Taylor<\/a>\u00a0(Educational Psychology, Educational Research Methods and Analysis, Auburn University, 2012) began\u00a0her fellowship last month. As a NIMBioS Postdoctoral Fellow in\u00a0Science Education Research and Evaluation for NIMBioS Evaluation Services<\/a>, she is helping to development and validate a Quantitative Biology Concept Inventory, which is designed\u00a0to assess the efficacy of\u00a0using real-world biology examples to enhance student understanding of quantitative concepts in college-level calculus courses.<\/p>\n

For more information about the NIMBioS Postdoctoral Fellowship, visit\u00a0https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/postdocs\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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