The People of the Belykh Lab

Igor V. 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.

Kevin Slote

Kelley Smith

Research Interests: Engineering and biological networks

Lanjing Bao

Kendall Golden

Marrium Shamshad

Andalib Malit Samandari

Kevin Daley

Received a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics in Summer 2023. Ph.D. Thesis: "Emergent collective dynamics with applications in bridge engineering and social networks."
First position: National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Fellow, the Naval Research Laboratory, DC, Washington.

Barrett Brister

Received a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics in Summer 2020. Ph.D. Thesis: "Phase clusters and chimeras in networks of Kuramoto oscillators with inertia."
First position: Data Scientist at the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.

Russell Jeter

Received a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics in Spring 2018. Ph.D. Thesis: "The stability and control of stochastically switching dynamical systems."
First position: First position: Postdoctoral Fellow in Machine Learning in Medicine, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University, Atlanta.

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.