I'm a Mathematical Biologist originally from Newfoundland, Canada. Besides Mathematics, I have many interests and hobbies, some of which include swimming, soccer, biking, painting, and reading (mostly historical fiction, science fiction, and fantasy). I love the winter! Skiing, snowshoeing, and skating are some of my favorite things to do during the cold months. For those of you wondering, yes, I do love watching hockey. I can play a little too, but I'm fairly terrible at it. I'm also a strong advocate for women in science, and have volunteered many hours working with WISEST: Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science & Technology; a program at the University of Alberta dedicated to empowering women in all fields of science, engineering and technology. I hope to do similar work here at Clarkson.

As a Mathematical Biologist, I am interested in research problems that are at the interface between Mathematics and Biology. The main objective of my research is to use analytical and numerical techniques to help understand biological problems of clinical importance. By using Mathematics to study such problems, new insight can be gained that might not be easily attained using biological techniques alone. I have a broad range of projects I am currently working on, including the development and simulation of differential equation models that describe human body weight change, liver metabolism, and intracellular dynamics. In addition to understanding normal intracellular behavior, much of my work involves applications to cancer treatment - so I am also interested in how cellular dynamics are altered by the addition of various cancer drugs.