Dear undergraduate math majors, math minors, and all students with
interest in math.

Have you even thought of applying your math skills to real life
problems? Do you find questions pertaining infectious diseases biology
interesting? Are you interested in working with actual experimental
data? Do you want to get some research experience? If answer to these
questions is yes then you may want to consider to do a research
project in the group of Vitaly V. Ganusov
(http://web.bio.utk.edu/Ganusov/), an assistant professor with joint
appointment in departments of Microbiology and Mathematics. In our lab
we use statistics, dynamical system theory, and theory of random
processes to understand complex interactions between infectious
diseases and host immunity. We work on multiple pathogens with a
special emphasis on as HIV (causative agent of AIDS), Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (causative agent of Tuberculosis), and Plasmodium
falciparum (causative agent of malaria). Nearly all of our projects
involve actual experimental data, and in our group you will learn not
only how to apply mathematics to biological problems, but you will
also learn how primary biological data are obtained and
analyzed. There are at least two benefits for you to do a research
project in our group. First, if you are very successful, you may end
up publishing your results in a good scientific journal - a milestone
which will help you in your future careers. Second, if you do well,
you will be able to secure a strong and positive recommendation
letter, and you will need such letters as you move to your
professional careers after graduation. Several undergraduates students
working in our group published papers and secured positions in medical
and graduate schools. Please take a look at the group webpage and if
you are interested in doing a research project, email me
([log in to unmask]) and make an appointment for a meeting.

Vitaly Ganusov
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Vitaly V. Ganusov
Assistant Professor
M409 Walters Life Sciences
Department of Microbiology
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-0845
USA
Phone: +1 865 974-4547
FAX:   +1 865 974-4007
http://web.bio.utk.edu/ganusov/index.html

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