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The Virginia Tech Mathematics Fall Colloquium Series begins this Friday with Dr. Angela Peace!
From Grazing to Growing Up: Matching Mathematical Tools to Ecological Complexity
Dr. Peace will discuss how mechanistic mathematical models can be tailored to capture the biological complexity of ecological systems. Her talk will highlight the use of co-limitation functions, stage-structured models, and delay differential equations to study nutrient-driven feeding behavior, developmental bottlenecks, stability, and population oscillations. The talk will also illustrate how collaboration between applied mathematicians and biologists can reveal dynamical behaviors that simpler population models may miss.
Friday, September 4
4:00 p.m.
113 McBryde Hall
Refreshments at 3:30 p.m.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Peace to Virginia Tech Mathematics and learning more about her exciting research at the intersection of mathematics and ecology!
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Virginia Tech Mathematics faculty member Hiram López is a plenary speaker at the 2026 International Meeting on Numerical Semigroups (IMNS2026), held this week in Antalya, Turkey.
Hiram’s talk, “Some Applications of Algebraic Coding Theory,” will explore connections among commutative algebra, algebraic geometry, combinatorics, and coding theory, with applications including quantum computation, distributed storage, matrix multiplication, and cryptography.
We’re excited to see his research shared with leading mathematicians and researchers from around the world!
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Are you interested in learning more about a niche math topic that isn't offered as a course at VT? Have you been itching to try an independent study but haven't had the chance? Are you interested in research but not quite ready for the full commitment? Now is the time to explore!
The Directed Reading Program is a mathematics mentorship program pairing graduate student mentors with undergraduate mentees in a semester long reading project on interesting, unique topics that you may not encounter in a regular classroom.
More info through the link in our bio!
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VT Broadening Participation in Science
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Congratulations to Assistant Professor Andreas Deuchert on receiving a new award from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)!
This grant will support Dr. Deuchert’s research on mathematical aspects of Bose gases at positive temperature. These gases display the phenomenon of Bose–Einstein condensation: below a certain critical temperature, a macroscopic fraction of all particles begins to occupy the same quantum state. This is a purely quantum-mechanical effect with no classical counterpart. The goal of Dr. Deuchert’s research is to develop new mathematical tools that allow him to prove conjectures about these systems arising from physics, as well as to make predictions that go beyond them.
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