Alexandra Chávez-Ross   CURRICULUM VITAE (PDF ~194K) RESEARCH INTERESTS (PDF ~117K)

Address

E-mail: URL: http://chavezross.sdsu.edu

Academic details

First degree: (1988-1993)	Mathematics, obtained at the Faculty of Sciences at the Mexican National University (UNAM).
Ph.D.: (1994-1999)	Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics and its Applications (CNDA), University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Postdoc: (1999-2001)	Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Mathematics , University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Partly funded by Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)
Teaching: (2005-)	Lecturer at Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

 

Current Teaching

·  MATH 122- Calculus for the Life Sciences I

Previous Teaching

·  MATH 100- One Variable Differential Calculus

Research Interests

My primary interests are mathematical models in biology with differential equations. I have particularly focused on different physiological systems such as the ovulation cycle in mammals, plaque formation in Alzheimer's disease and models of thalamic auditory neurons. I was involved in the Biomedical Models of Cellular and Physiological Systems and Disease project sponsored by MITACS. I was also part of the Alzheimer's In Silico team, where I gathered relevant information about the disease components and some of the parameter tables. For more information about what fascinates me click here: research interests .

Collaborators

 

Name	Institution	Topic
Joe Mahaffy	Maths & Stats, SDSU, San Diego, CA, USA	Calculus for Life Sciences
Leah Keshet Magdalena Luca Ricardo Carretero Bob Russell	Mathematics, UBC, Vancouver, BC Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Mathematics, SDSU, San Diego, CA Maths & Stats, SFU, Vancouver	Plaque formation in Alzheimer's disease and Chemotaxis
Robert Miura Israeli Ran	Mathematics,UBC, Vancouver Pharmacology and Theurapeutics, UBC, Vancouver	Hyperexcitability of thalamic neurons
Jaroslav Stark	Mathematics, Imperial Collge London, UK	Control of Ovulation and PCOS

Publications

Calculus: A Modeling Approach for the Life Sciences.         J.M. Mahaffy and A. Chávez-Ross Pearson Custom Publishing, (2004).

• Chemotactic Signaling, Microglia, and Alzheimer's Disease Senile Plaques: Is There a Connection?
  M. Luca, A. Chávez-Ross, L. Keshet and A. Mogilner.
  Bulleting of Mathematical Biology, (2003) 65:693-730.

• Analysis of Lacker's model with an ageing factor for the control of ovulation and polycystic ovary syndrome.
  A. Chávez-Ross.
  Journal of Theoretical Medicine, (2001) 3:247-270.

• Modelling the Control of Ovulation and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
  A. Chávez-Ross, S. Franks, H.D. Mason, K. Hardy and J. Stark.
  Journal of Mathematical Biology, (1997) 36:95-118.