Noah Rosenberg, principal investigator. [brief bio]

PhD students and postdocs:

Lily Agranat-Tamir, postdoc. Lily completed her B.Sc. in Mathematics, her M.S. in Genetics, and separate Ph.D. degrees in Molecular Biology and Statistics, all at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In her most recent work, Lily has pursued statistical population genetics, with an emphasis on population-genomic data analysis. Her work includes a large study of the ancient genomics of the Levant region, and she is the author of LINADMIX, a program for analyzing admixture in modern populations in terms of contributions of ancient populations. In the lab, Lily's research interests focus on population-genetic models and statistics, particularly on admixture, genealogical models, and identity by descent. (Dec 2021 - present)

Kennedy Agwamba, postdoc. Kennedy completed his B.S. in Mathematical & Computational Biology at Harvey Mudd College in 2016 and his Ph.D. in Computational Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. His PhD work covered computational and empirical population genetics of the human-commensal rodent, Mus musculus domesticus, analyzing its demographic history through transatlantic migrations from Europe to the Americas. Kennedy's research in the lab focuses on population genetics of genetic admixture, with a focus on computational methods and human populations. (June 2024 - present)

Daniel Bauman, PhD rotation student (Computational and Mathematical Engineering Ph.D. program). Daniel received a B.A. in Mathematics from Princeton University in 2023. His undergraduate research focused on mathematical modeling in biology, considering topics such as evolutionary game theory, spatial modeling of soil nutrients and nitrogen fixation, and ecological competition. In the lab, Daniel's research interests are in mathematical evolutionary models, mathematical ecology, and evolutionary trees. Daniel is supported by a Stanford Graduate Fellowship. (Sep 2023 - present)

Egor Lappo, Ph.D. student (Ecology and Evolution Ph.D. program). Egor completed his B.S. in Mathematics at Stanford in 2022. His undergraduate studies covered many topics in mathematics and mathematical evolutionary biology; he has completed research in the areas of coalescent theory, cultural evolution, knot theory, and phylogenetic combinatorics, including several projects in the lab. Egor's current studies focus on combinatorics of evolutionary trees, coalescent theory, cultural evolution, and mathematical population genetics. (Oct 2018 - present)

Chloe Shiff, PhD student (Computational and Mathematical Engineering Ph.D. program). Chloe completed her B.S. degree in Applied Mathematics and Biology at Brandeis University, graduating in 2022. Her undergraduate research examined a variety of questions in mathematical biology, investigating topics with applications in cell biology, epidemiology, and immunology. Chloe's research interests are in mathematical population dynamics and mathematical phylogenetics. Chloe is supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. (Sep 2022 - present)

Undergraduates and co-terminal master's students:

Shoshana Elgart, undergraduate. Shoshana is an undergraduate in the class of 2028, majoring in Mathematics. Shoshana has previously conducted research in applied mathematics and mathematical biology, with a particular interest in mathematical models of infectious disease. In the lab, Shoshana is interested in adaptive landscapes, combinatorics of evolutionary trees, and mathematical properties of population-genetic statistics (Sep 2024 - present)

Bradley Moon, co-term. Bradley is a co-term student majoring in Mathematics with co-terminal master's in Computer Science expected in 2026. Bradley has previously conducted research in Brownian motion and partial differential equations. His work in the lab is in the area of mathematical properties of population-genetic statistics. (Sep 2022 - present)

Karthik Seetharaman, undergraduate. Karthik is majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science as an undergraduate in the class of 2026. Karthik has previously conducted research in discrete mathematics and game theory, as well as on projects involving artificial intelligence and natural language processing. Karthik's research in the lab focuses on analysis-of-algorithms and the study of evolutionary trees. (Apr 2025 - present)

Sammy Shankar, undergraduate. Sammy is an undergraduate in the class of 2028, majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science. Sammy has previously conducted research in mathematics, studying problems involving mathematical statistics, algebra, and number theory. In the lab, Sammy is working on combinatorial problems concerning evolutionary trees. (Apr 2025 - present)

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