PRIMES (PRogram for Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Ecology, and Statistics) is designed to address the challenges of studying complex ecological systems. Modern studies of ecological systems incorporate an extremely wide range of scientific and quantitative techniques, from the collection of data in the field, to the modeling of complex systems, to the application of advanced computational techniques. Consequently, quantitative ecology has become an inherently multi-disciplinary activity. Read More

BA in Mathematics from Humboldt State University in 2004

MS in Mathematics from Colorado State University in 2006

I am in my third year in the PRIMES program at CSU. There have been two major benefits relating to my participation in the program. The first is that the fellowship has released me from teaching so that I have more time to pursue my research goals. The second is that through our social gatherings I have made many contacts with people from other departments that have given me new perspectives on my research as well as exposed me to potential future research opportunities.

I am currently working with Colleen Webb on modeling ecosystem response to environmental change based on functional traits. I am also interested in the ecology of infectious diseases and, in particular, how contact structure effects the propagation of disease through a community.

Colleen Webb’s home page at http://rydberg.biology.colostate.edu/ctwebb/