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Clarkson appoints assistant professor of mathematics

Posted 10/7/16

Diana White was recently appointed assistant professor of mathematics at Clarkson University. She received her bachelor of science degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland, where she earned a …

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Clarkson appoints assistant professor of mathematics

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Diana White was recently appointed assistant professor of mathematics at Clarkson University.

She received her bachelor of science degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland, where she earned a joint honors in mathematics and physics.

Both her master of science and her Ph.D. in applied mathematics are from the University of Alberta.

She was previously a postdoctoral fellow at Institut de Mathematiques de Marseille, Universite d'Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France.

Her research involved mathematical modeling of the effects of chemotherapy drugs on microtubule dynamic instability, according to a press release from Clarkson.

Prior to that, she was a researcher at the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology at the University of Alberta in Canada, and an apprentice at the University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Lab.

She has teaching experience as a calculus instructor at the University of Alberta.

From 2007-2011, she was group leader for the SNAP Math Fair (Student-centered, Non-competitive, All-inclusive, and Problem-based) at the University of Alberta.

In 2015, she was the poster prize winner at the International Micro and Macro Systems in Life Sciences Conference in Bedlewo, Poland, the release said.

In addition to other poster prizes and a travel award, her recognition includes the best talk at the eighth annual Canadian Young Researchers Conference at the University of Calgary and receiving the Faculty of Graduate Sciences and Research Graduate Student Teaching Award from the University of Alberta.

White has been lead author and co-author for numerous professional publications focusing on topics in health and biology, the release said.

She also has made many oral presentations in France, Canada, and the United States. She speaks on issues in mathematical biology, such as the challenges of mathematics in oncology and the biology of cancer.

She has been an active mentor and volunteer. Her activities include serving as the organizer for the Mathematical Biology Weekly Journal Club, and an activity leader/role model at various Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science and Technology (WISEST) conferences, at the University of Alberta.

Among other pursuits, she was president of Graduate at Alberta Mathematics Etc., the mathematics graduate student group at the University of Alberta.