The Belykh Lab People

Permanent and Visiting Faculty

Igor Belykh

Ph.D., Professor. Lab Director.

Kelvin Rozier

Ph.D., Lecturer.
Research interests: Biophysical models, Cardiac and calcium dynamics, Biomechanical models of human gait.

Longkun Tang

Ph.D., Visiting Associate Professor. Research interests: Dynamics of complex networks.

Graduate Students

Barrett Brister

Research interests: Dynamical networks, neuronal dynamics, phase oscillators, chimera states.

Kevin Daley

Research Interests: Data-driven models of human brain, reconstruction of functional connectivity from iEEEG data, neuronal models, machine learning.

Research Interests: Dynamics and control of on-off stochastic and evolving dynamical networks, mathematical analysis and modelling of ecological and bio-mechanical networks, dynamics of nonsmooth oscillators.

Kelley Smith

Research Interests: Engineering and biological networks

Undergraduate Students

Jonathan Lopez

Ratislav Krylov

Former Lab Members (We miss you!)

Sajiya Jalil

Received a Ph.D. in Mathematics (Bioinformatics Concentration) in 2012. Ph.D. Thesis: "Stability analysis of phase-locked bursting in inhibitory neuron networks."
First position: NIH-funded Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Kun Zhao

Received a Ph.D. in Mathematics (Bioinformatics Concentration) in 2012. Ph.D. Thesis: "Mathematical methods for network analysis, proteomics, and disease prevention."
First position: Senior Bioinformatist (permanent position) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.

Douglas Carter Jr.

Received a Ph.D. in Mathematics in 2016. Ph.D. Thesis: "Synchronization in Dynamical Networks with Mixed Coupling."
First position: Tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Morehouse College in Atlanta.

Reimbay Reimbayev

Received a Ph.D. in Mathematics (Bioinformatics Concentration) in 2017. Ph.D. Thesis: " Synchronization in Neuronal Networks with Electrical and Chemical Coupling."
First position: Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Auburn University.

Malcom Devoe

Received a M.S. degree in Mathematics (Scientific Computing Concentration) in 2012. M.S. Thesis: "Cellular neural networks with switching connections."
First position: Ph.D. student in Mathematical Education at GSU.

Victor Bailey

NSF REU student.
First position: Ph.D. student in Mathematics at Georgia Tech.

Megan Shellman

Undergraduate student funded under a grant from the US Army Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP). Received B.S in Computer Science in 2016.
First Position: Systems Analyst at Cox Automotive Inc. in Atlanta

Shaina Morgan

High school student funded under a grant from the US Army High School Apprenticeship Program (HSAP). Graduated from Westlake High School in 2017.
First Position: Undergraduate student at the University of Georgia.

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The People of the Belykh Lab