Biomath PhD program welcomes nine new students

This fall, the Department of Computational Medicine at UCLA welcomes nine new students to its Biomathematics Ph.D. program. The incoming students have a diverse backgrounds in mathematics and biology, and they aspire to integrate different disciplines in their research. 

Vivek Agarwal

• Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland
  Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Kai Akamatsu

• Undergraduate Institution: UC San Diego
  Bachelor of Science, Biology with a Specialization in Bioinformatics

Mayuko Boffelli

• Undergraduate Institution: UCLA
  Bachelor of Science, Mathematics/Applied Science

Wenxuan (Karen) Li

• Undergraduate Institution: UC Santa Barbara
  Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics; Statistics
• Graduate Institution: Yale University
  Master of Science, Biostatistics

Connor Morris

• Undergraduate Institution: Brigham Young University
  Bachelor of Science, Applied Physics

Junqiong (Joanne) Qiu

• Undergraduate Institution: UCLA
  Bachelor of Science, Mathematics of Computation

Joseph John (JJ) Schirle

• Undergraduate Institution: UCLA
  Bachelor of Science, Computational and Systems Biology

Isha Tripathi

• Undergraduate Institution: UCLA
  Bachelor of Science, Computational and Systems Biology

Henong (Patrick) Yuan

• Undergraduate Institution: University of Melbourne
  Bachelor of Science, Cell and Developmental Biology
• Graduate Institution: University of Melbourne
  Master of Science, Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Biology

The goal of the Biomathematics Ph.D. program is to train creative, fully independent investigators in mathematical, theoretical, and computational biology who can initiate research in both applied mathematics and their chosen biomedical specialty. It opens doors to researchers specializing in complex diseases, patient’s treatment response, predictive genetic data analysis, biomedical models, and many other areas.