Updated: Sptember 24, 2015
Daniel Wells
CBC Scholar: Class of 2013
PhD Candidate, Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM), Northwestern University, Advisors: William L. Kath and Adilson E. Motter
KATH LAB WEBPAGE
MOTTER LAB WEBPAGE
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Mathematical systems biology, stochastic and deterministic modeling of biological systems, design and control of biological systems, large deviation theory, rare events, optimization, nonlinear dynamics, network theory, nonlinear time series analysis, and high performance computing.
PUBLICATIONS:
Wells DK, Kath WL, Motter AE. Control of Stochastic and Induced Switching in Biophysical Networks. Phys. Rev. 2015 Sep 16:X 5, 031036. (journals.aps.org)
Wells DK, Chuang Y, Knapp LM, Brockmann D, Kath WL, Leonard JN. Spatial and functional heterogeneities shape collective behavior of tumor-immune networks. PLoS Comput Biol. 2015 Apr 23;11(4):e1004181. eCollection 2015 Apr. (PubMed)
Wells DK, Ward MM. Nephritis and the risk of acute myocardial infarction in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2010 Mar-Apr;28(2):223-9. (PubMed)
AWARDS, HONORS AND ACTIVITIES:
- Judge, Chicago Public Schools Student Science Fair, March 2013
- Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC) Scholar, 2013-2014
- NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2011-2014)
- Cabell Fellow (2010)
- Galovich Prize in Math (2010)
- Founder, Northwestern Computational and Systems Biology Reading Group
- Adolescent mentor, project SOAR