Lindsay Crowl Erickson
Contact:
crowl@math.utah.edu
T: (801) 585-1635
F: (801) 581-4148
http://www.math.utah.edu/˜crowl
Education
Research
Experience
Address:
JWB Room 233
Department of Mathematics
University of Utah
155 South 1400 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090
Ph.D. Candidate, Mathematics: University of Utah
Thesis: Computational model of whole blood exhibiting
lateral platelet motion
Advisor: Dr. Aaron Fogelson
Expected 2010
M.S., Mathematics: University of Utah, GPA 4.0
May 2006
B.S., Mathematics: Harvey Mudd College, GPA 3.6
May 2004
Thesis Project
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Advisor: Aaron Fogelson
Developed a lattice Boltzmann-Immersed Boundary method
to simulate arterial blood flow in order to elucidate a
transport phenomenon known as lateral platelet motion
2006-2010
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Mentor
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Liason: C.G. Farmer
Led a group of four undergraduates through a Mathematical
Biology research project on the evolution of the vertebrate lung
2008-9
Utah Mathematical Biology IGERT Student Workshop
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Workshop Host: Charlie Peskin
Workshop Theme: Modeling and Simulation in the Life Sciences
Workshop Organizer and Lecturer
2007
RTG Lab Rotation: Hall Lab
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Advisor: Connie Hall
Conducted experiments investigating the role of shear stress
on platelet adhesion in vitro
2007
Independent Study Research Project
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Advisor: James P. Keener
Examined the critical size of the sinoatrial node using a
computational model
IGERT Lab Rotation: Sanguinetti Lab
Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, Salt Lake City, UT
Advisor: David Piper
Performed laboratory reseach on hERG potassium ion channels
L. Crowl Erickson
2006-7
2005
1
Research
Experience
(Continued)
Teaching
Experience
Internship: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM
Advisor: Matthew Hecht
Modeled ocean eddies using POP (Parallel Ocean Program)
2004
Institute for Advanced Study Program for Women
in Mathematics
Princeton, NJ
Program Participant
2004
Harvey Mudd College Clinic Project
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
Advisor: Alfonso Castro (Harvey Mudd)
Liason: Darryl Holm (Los Alamos National Lab)
Analyzed the behavior of soliton solutions to the Camassa-Holm
equation
2004
Cancer Research Project
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
Advisor: Lisette de Pillis and Weiqing Gu
Modeled the effects of chemotherapy and immunotherapy
on tumor growth
2003
Computational Biology Research
Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, CA
Advisor: Herbert Sauro
Explored stochastic resonance in bistable switches
2003
VIGRE Teaching Assistant
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Math 4800: Cloaking Theory and Metamaterials
Instructor: Daniel Onofrei
Taught recitation section involving Matlab
Reseach Experience for Undergradutes (REU) Mentor
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
NSF Research Training Group (RTG)
Led a team of undergraduates through a Mathematical
Biology research project on the evolution of the
vertebrate lung
NSF Research Training Group (RTG) Teaching Assistant
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Math 5110: Mathematical Biology
Math 5120: Mathematical Biology
Instructor: James Keener
Graded student homeworks and held office
hours for homework help sessions
Teaching Fellow: Instructorship
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Math 1030: Quantitative Reasoning
Math 1030: Quantitative Reasoning
Full course responsibility
L. Crowl Erickson
Fall 2009
2008-9
Fall 2007
Spring 2008
Fall 2006
Spring 2007
2
Teaching
Experience
(Continued)
Math Circle
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Helped advanced 9th-12th graders explore new mathematical
topics and challenging problems
Tutoring Center
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Tutored undergraduate students each week in mathematics
Teaching Workshop
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Participated in a two-week workshop for learning and
practicing teaching techniques
Course Grader
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
Dynamical Systems, Instructor: Jon Jacobsen
Abstract Algebra, Instructor: Michael Orrison
Differential Equations (Head Grader), Instructor: Michael Raugh
Publications
Fall 2007
2006-7
August 2006
Spring 2004
Fall 2003
Spring 2003
L.M. Crowl and A.L. Fogelson, Computational Model of Whole Blood Exhibiting
Lateral Platelet Motion Induced by Red Blood Cells, in Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, Published Online: June 22, 2009.
L. Crowl Erickson and A.L. Fogelson, Analysis of Platelet Near-Wall Excess in
Whole Blood, in preparation.
C.G. Farmer, D. Blatter, B. Lui, D. Stone, B. Wyatt, L. Erickson, and C. Davis.
Was the Blood Gas Barrier a Constraint on Activity Metabolism and Thereby Body
Size of Mesozoic Mammals?, [abstract] 2nd International Congress of Respiratory
Science, 2009 Aug 9-13, Bad Honnef, Germany: 78-80.
Presentations
Contributed Talk
November 22, 2009
62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics
Minneapolis, MN
Investigating the fluid mechanics behind red blood cell-induced
lateral platelet motion
Poster Presentation
October 2009
Computational Challenges in Integrative Biological Modeling
Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Columbus, OH
Understanding the effect of red blood cells on lateral platelet motion
Poster Presentation
July 27, 2009
Society of Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA
Understanding the effect of red blood cells on lateral platelet motion
Invited Talk, Minisymposium Speaker
SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences
Montreal, Quebec, CA
Investigating platelet motion toward vessel walls in the presence
of red blood cells
L. Crowl Erickson
August 5, 2008
3
Presentations
(Continued)
Poster Presentation
Gordon Research Conference: Theoretical and Biomathematics
Il Ciocco, Barga, IT
Investigating platelet motion toward vessel walls in the presence
of red blood cells
Seminar Speaker
Mathematical Biology Seminar
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Adhesion and aggregation of platelets
Poster Presentation
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems
Snowbird, UT
Lattice Boltzmann-based immersed boundary calculations
June 23, 2008
September 5, 2007
May 30, 2007
Poster Presentation
May 14, 2007
Conference on Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
Lattice Boltzmann-based immersed boundary calculations
Colloquium Speaker
Graduate Student Colloquium
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
How to stream and collide gracefully
November 7, 2006
Additional
Utah Mathematical Biology IGERT Student Workshop
Conferences and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Workshops
Host: James Sneyd
Mathematical Perspective on Cancer Immunology Workshop
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2009
May 2008
Utah Mathematical Biology IGERT Student Workshop
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Host: Bard Ermentrout
2008
Joint SIAM/SMB Conference on the Life Sciences
Raleigh, NC
2006
Utah Mathematical Biology IGERT Student Workshop
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Host: Leah Keshet
2006
Utah-Arizona IGERT Biomathematics Summit
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
May 2005
Undergraduate Conference for Women in Mathematics
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
May 2005
L. Crowl Erickson
4
Honors and
Scholarships
APS Travel Grant
Landahl Travel Award to SMB Annual Meeting
VIGRE Fellowship
NSF Research Training Group Fellowship
SIAM Student Travel Award for SIAM-LS08
NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research
Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowhip
Dean’s List of Distinguished Students
Professional
Memberships
Academic
Services
Mathematical Biology Webmaster
(www.math.utah.edu/reseach/mathbio.html)
IGERT Student Workshop Co-organizer
Fluids Group Meeting Co-organizer
November 2009
July 2009
Fall 2009
2007-9
August 2008
2004-6
2001-2004
American Mathematical Society
American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics
Association for Women in Mathematics
Society of Mathematical Biology
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
L. Crowl Erickson
5