I am involved in a co-taught course at Smith College called Frontiers in Mathematical Biology. The goal of the course is to introduce and engage students in research that faculty in the valley are conducting in mathematical biology. It is funded by our NSF-UBM grant and is equivalent to half a course.
During Spring 2013 & Spring 2014, I co-taught a three week module with Noah Charney on Sex Selection in Salamanders. In addition to guiding the students through developing a discrete dynamical systems model, the students learned about stochasticity, and how to program the model in R. It is an enjoyable course that connects students with faculty research and serves as an excellent intro for student to be involved in research.
I expect to teach a module again in the Fall 2014 semester on modeling Pollen Tubes with Larry Winship.
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