Biological sciences have undergone a great expansion, beginning in about the middle of the last century, and introduced a wealth of new areas studying systems ranging in size from the molecular to that of ecosystems. The tools of investigation in many areas of modern biology have grown to be increasingly quantitative and reliant on other sciences, particularly mathematics. The biosciences have thus become a rich source of mathematical problems, inspiring advances in modeling, analysis, and computational methods. Biomathematicians create these advances, as well as aid biological and medical scientists with the quantitative and predictive aspects of their discovery process.

The Rensselaer faculty work in a wide variety of areas in biomathematics, including neuroscience, DNA and RNA modeling, cellular systems and transport, sensory systems, disease modeling and diagnoses, organ imaging, and tissue mechanics. They have been using and advancing all three types of the above mathematical problem areas associated with biological or medical problems. Many of the research projects in this area involve close collaboration with researchers in the relevant biological or medical area.

Faculty Researchers:

• Peter Kramer
• Mark Holmes