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Maria-Veronica Ciocanel

Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Mathematics
120 Science Drive Physics 117, Box 90320, Durham, NC 27708-0320
120 Science Drive Physics 117, Box 90320, Durham, NC 27708

Advising & Mentoring


  • Academic advisor for 3 math majors and 1 inter-departmental major (Biology-Statistical Science).
  • Advisor for one Math PhD student.
  • Mentor for two Math postdoctoral fellows.
  • Mentoring one Duke University undergraduate student in a Muser project on "Modeling and simulation of protein linker kinetics in focal adhesions" (Fall 2023)
  • Mentoring one Duke University undergraduate student in a summer and Fall research independent study on "Analysis of mRNA transport mechanisms in radial glial cells using state-switching PDE models" (2023)
  • Co-Team Leader for Bass Connections in Energy and Environment Team on "Warming effects on microbial food webs from genes to ecosystems" (2022-2023)
  • Mentored 3 Duke University undergraduate students in a DOMath research project on "Characterizing emerging features in cell dynamics" (2021 - 2022)
  • Mentored 3 Brown University undergraduate students in a research project on "Parameter identifiability for fluorescence microscopy data" (2020 - 2022).
  • Mentored two Duke University undergraduate students in a Muser research project on "The impact of microtubule polarity on models of cargo transport in neurons" (Spring 2021).
  • Mentored one OSU undergraduate student in a research project on "Modeling and analysis of actin cytoskeleton organization" (Fall 2020).
  • Mentored one Duke undergraduate student in a research project on "Identifying disparities in federal sentencing data" remotely through the Phoenix Project (Summer 2020).
  • Mentored one undergraduate student in a research project on "Modeling actin-myosin interactions in the worm C. elegans" in the DOSU (Destination Ohio State University) Bridge Program for underrepresented minority students transferring from community college to OSU (Fall 2018 - Spring 2019).
  • Mentored one undergraduate student at Tulane University in a research project on developing topological data analysis methods for intracellular transport data (Summer 2018).