希瑟·津恩·布鲁克斯
希瑟·津恩·布鲁克斯, 博士学位, Assistant Professor of 数学, specializes in mathematical modeling of complexsystems. Brooks earned both her Bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. in 数学 from the University of Utah. Before joining the faculty at Harvey Mudd, she held a CAM postdoctoral position in the 数学 department at UCLA. She strives to create and communicate mathematics in a way that is exciting, relevant, and inclusive.
在她的工作中, Brooks uses a combination of analytical and computational techniques to study phenomena in social and biological applications. She pairs tools from dynamical systems, differential equations, 网络理论, and stochastic processes with numerical simulation and data-driven computational techniques. She is especially enthusiastic about problems that involve the interplay of dynamics and structure. A few examples of this from her work include voltage fluctuations in ion channels, pattern formation of intracellular proteins, parasite spreading in animal grooming networks, and media impact on ideology in online social networks.