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Welcome to the website for the RUMBA Program at OSU!





About the Program:

The RUMBA (Research for Undergraduates: adventures in Mathematical Biology and its Applications) program at OSU is an NSF-funded initiative to facilitate undergraduate research at the interface of mathematics and biology. OSU undergraduates have the opportunity to participate in the program in various ways, ranging from enrolling in newly-developed coursework to working as an Undergraduate Research Fellow (URF) in an intensive, funded research experience. This website provides a great deal of information concerning the program -- please visit the links above. For futher information, please feel free to contact any of the affiliated faculty.


Winter Quarter 2012 Events:

Winter Quarter 2012 Seminar Course Information

Math 693/EEOB 293: Seminar in Undergraduate Mathematical Biology

When: Tuesdays, 1:30-2:18pm
Where:
What: This seminar course consists of presentations of research in mathematical biology at OSU, with an emphasis on evolutionary biology, ecology, neuroscience and cell biology. Seminars will be geared toward biology and mathematics undergraduates, including freshmen. Seminars will be presented by OSU faculty in the departments of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Statistics and Mathematics, as well as postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and undergraduate research fellows. This seminar series will also serve as an introduction to the undergraduate research program in Mathematical Biology at OSU.

The course schedule will be posted soon.

Students may register for ONE hour of credit.



Fall Quarter 2011 Events:


2011 RUMBA Pizza Party Kick-off

When: Tuesday, September 27, 12:30-1:30 pm
Where: MBI Lounge -- 3rd floor of Jennings Hall
Who: Undergraduates who are interested in the RUMBA program, including those taking the Seminar course - come hungry and find out about participating in the RUMBA program!!


Fall Quarter 2011 Seminar Course Information

Math 693/EEOB 293: Seminar in Undergraduate Mathematical Biology

When: Tuesdays, 1:30-12:18pm
Where: 206 Pomerene Hall
What: This seminar course consists of presentations of research in mathematical biology at OSU, with an emphasis on evolutionary biology, ecology, neuroscience and cell biology. Seminars will be geared toward biology and mathematics undergraduates, including freshmen. Seminars will be presented by OSU faculty in the departments of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Statistics and Mathematics, as well as postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and undergraduate research fellows. This seminar series will also serve as an introduction to the undergraduate research program in Mathematical Biology at OSU.

The course schedule can be found here.

Students may register for ONE hour of credit. The call numbers are:
EEOB 293-0030, Call no. 18990
Math 693-1000, Call no. 12234

Important registration note: Students who wish to register under the Math 693 course number will need to submit a course enrollment permission form, which can be downloaded here: http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/ourweb/more/Content/course_enroll_form.pdf. Please contact Dr. Libby Marschall (marschall.2) if you need help with this.




Recent News:

RUMBA URF wins OSU award

  • RUMBA URF Hang Guo has been awarded a College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Scholarship. Hang's mentors in the RUMBA program are Drs. Julia Chifman and Laura Kubatko.

RUMBA URF publishes research

  • David Gerard, one of the first group of URFs in our RUMBA program, has published the research he carried out while he was a RUMBA URF. Click here to see David's paper.

RUMBA URFs win awards at 2011 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum

  • Tim NeCamp and Susan Fassnacht, 3rd place, Math and Physical Sciences Division (Faculty mentors: Laura Kubatko and Andi Wolfe)

RUMBA URFs present their research nationally!
During summer 2010, several of our RUMBA URFs are presenting their research at national meetings:

  • David Gerard, Evolution 2010 (June)
  • Elizabeth Hoskins, Animal Behavior Society (July)
  • Kyle Lyman, Organization for Human Brain Mapping (June); Society for Neuroscience (November)
  • Kyle Lyman and Brian Myers, Organization for Computational Neuroscience (July)

RUMBA URFs win awards at 2010 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum

  • Kyle Lyman, 1st place, Psychology (Faculty mentor: Dave Terman)
  • Grant Oakley and Rich Gallenstein, 2nd place, Biological Sciences (Faculty mentors:Janet Best, Math/MBI; David Somers, PCMB)
  • Erinne Kennedy, 3rd place, Environmental Sciences (Faculty mentors: Kate Calder, Statistics; Tim Buckley, CPH)

RUMBA URF wins award at 2010 BMAPS Undergraduate Research Forum
Undergraduate Research Fellow David Gerard won the Biological Sciences category at the recent BMAPS Undergraduate Research Forum.

RUMBA URFs win OSU awards

  • Undergraduate Research Fellows Soojin Park and Joshua Leirer have been awarded the Mathematical and Physical Sciences SHARP Memorial Scholarship. Soojin's mentors in the RUMBA program are Drs. Libby Marschall and Yuan Lou. Joshua's mentors are Drs. Joe Tien and Song Liang.
  • Undergraduate Research Fellow David Gerard has been selected to be honored by President Gee at the annual President's Salute to Undergraduate Achievement. David's mentors in the RUMBA program are Drs. Kubatko and Gibbs.

Congratulations to all the RUMBA URFs on their outstanding achievements!!