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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

Presentations, Performances & Exhibitions


Mathematical modeling of transport and organization in cells - Duke Society of Women in Science · November 17, 2023 Invited Talk Duke University, Durham, NC
Intracellular transport and filament organization in neurons - Biomathematics & Ecology Education & Research · November 4, 2023 Invited Talk Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Stochastic and continuum modeling of protein polymer dynamics in neurons - UNC Mathematics Colloquium · October 26, 2023 Invited Talk UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Modeling microtubule turnover dynamics - Carolina Seminar on Math Biology · October 23, 2023 Invited Talk UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Mathematical modeling of proteins transport in cells - New Connections in Math 2023 · October 13, 2023 Keynote/Named Lecture Duke University, Durham, NC
Agent-based modeling and data analysis for actomyosin dynamics and organization - BIRS Workshop on Mechanics of Cells and Polymer Networks: Bridging Theory, Simulation and Experiment · September 12, 2023 Invited Talk Banff, Canada
Modeling and data analysis for actin-myosin dynamics and organization - 2023 Annual Meeting · July 19, 2023 Invited Talk Society of Mathematical Biology, Columbus, OH
Modeling and topological data analysis for biological ring channel dynamics - Biomath Seminar · April 28, 2023 Invited Talk Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Modeling and Topological Data Analysis For Biological Ring Channel Dynamics - Mathematical and Computational Sciences Special Interest Group · April 26, 2023 Invited Talk International Society of Pharmacometrics, Webinar
Modeling and topological data analysis for biological ring channel dynamics - Complex Matter and Biophysics Seminar · April 20, 2023 Invited Talk NC State University, Raleigh, NC
Protein journey inside cells: how can mathematical modeling and data analysis help? - Triangle Area Graduate Mathematics Conference 2023 · February 25, 2023 Keynote/Named Lecture Duke University, Durham, NC
Modeling and topological data analysis for biological ring channel dynamics - Math Biology Seminar · February 20, 2023 Invited Talk University of Iowa, Online
Parameter identifiability for PDE models of fluorescence microscopy experiments · January 11, 2023 Invited Talk Dynamics Days 2023, Online
Modeling microtubule dynamics and organization in neuronal dendrites - AMS Special Session on Modeling Collective Behavior in Biology · January 7, 2023 Invited Talk Joint Mathematics Meetings, Boston, MA
Parameter identifiability for PDE models of fluorescence microscopy experiments - 40th Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations (SEARCDE) · November 2022 Invited Talk NC State University
Mathematical modeling of protein transport in cells - Computational Biophysics course · October 2022 Lecture Duke University
Modeling microtubule dynamics and polarity in neurons - Minisymposium on Mathematical Modeling of Intracellular Environment · July 2022 Invited Talk SIAM Life Sciences Meeting
Quantifying Federal Sentence Disparities Through Inferred Sentencing Records - Minisymposium on Quantitative Justice: Intersections between Quantitative Sciences and Social Justice · July 2022 Invited Talk SIAM Annual Meeting
Modeling and topological data analysis for biological ring channel dynamics - Systems Medicine Seminar · June 2022 Invited Talk University of Florida
A mathematical journey in cell biology - Girls Exploring Math summer program · June 2022 Lecture Duke University
Applications of persistent homology to spatial dynamics in cell biology - Special Session on Women in Computational Topology · June 2022 Invited Talk AWM Research Symposium, University of Minnesota
PDEs modeling for protein transport in cells · May 2022 Lecture Middlebury College
Modeling and topological data analysis for biological ring channel dynamics - Centre for Mathematical Medicine and Biology Seminar Series · May 2022 Invited Talk University of Nottingham
Topological data analysis and significance: Applications to cell biology - AMS Special Session on Computational Topology and Applications · May 2022 Invited Talk AMS Spring Western Sectional Meeting
Modeling microtubule polarity and organization in fruit fly neurons - AMS Special Session on Mathematical Models for Biomolecular and Cellular Interactions · April 2022 Invited Talk Joint Mathematics Meetings
Topological data analysis for biological ring channel dynamics - Topology, Geometry, and Data Analysis Seminar · April 2022 Invited Talk The Ohio State University
Modeling complex systems in intracellular transport - AMS Special Session on Mathematics of Complex Systems in Biology · March 2022 Invited Talk AMS Spring Central Sectional Meeting
Modeling and topological data analysis for biological ring channel dynamics - Mathematical Biology Seminar · March 2022 Invited Talk University of Pennsylvania
Establishing interdisciplinary collaborations in teaching and research - Session on Establishing Interdisciplinary Collaborations in Teaching and Research · March 2022 Invited Talk MAA
A mathematical journey in cell biology - Applied Math Student Seminar Series · February 2022 Invited Talk UNC Chapel Hill
Tracking Symmetry in Simulated Biological Development and Connection to Polarity - AAAS Annual Meeting · February 2022 Invited Talk AAAS
Modeling and topological data analysis for biological ring channel dynamics - Applied Mathematics Seminar · December 2021 Invited Talk West Virginia University
Applications of topological data analysis to intracellular organization dynamics - AMS Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting · November 2021 Invited Talk American Mathematical Society
Modeling and topological data analysis for biological ring channels - Wolfson Centre for Mathematical Biology Seminar · October 2021 Invited Talk Oxford University
Analyzing Federal sentence disparities through Inferred Sentencing Records - Datathon4Justice · October 2021 Keynote/Named Lecture QSIDE Institute
Mechanisms and modeling of neuronal microtubule dynamics and polarity - Workshop on Mathematics of the Cell: Integrating Signaling, Transport and Mechanics · October 2021 Invited Talk BIRS
Mathematical modeling of intracellular transport and organization - DCMB Seminar · October 2021 Invited Talk Duke Biology
Modeling and topological data analysis for biological ring channels - Mathematical Biology Seminar · October 2021 Invited Talk Washington State University
Topological data analysis for the dynamics of biological ring channels - Topology and Data Science Seminar · October 2021 Invited Talk University of Ocklahoma
Analyzing sentencing equity of Federal Judges using Inferred Sentencing Records - Data Dialogue Seminar · September 2021 Invited Talk Duke University
Modeling and topological data analysis for biological ring channels - Mathematical Biology Seminar · September 2021 Invited Talk University of Melbourne
Modeling and data analysis for filament organization in cells - SIAM Southeastern Atlantic Section Conference (SEAS) · September 2021 Invited Talk SIAM
Modeling protein transport in cells - PDE Course · July 2021 Lecture Brown University
Modeling and topological data analysis for biological ring channels - SCMB Seminar · June 2021 Invited Talk Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology
Modeling and topological data analysis for biological ring channels - TDA Seminar · June 2021 Invited Talk Michigan State University
Analyzing sentencing equity of Federal Judges using Inferred Sentencing Records - Mathematics of Social Justice Course · May 2021 Lecture Bates College
Evaluation of pharmacologic mechanisms to overcome rituximab resistance via quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) modeling of antibody dependent cell mediated cytotoxicity - AACR Annual Meeting · April 2021 National Scientific Meeting American Association of Cancer Research
Analyzing Federal sentence disparities through Inferred Sentencing Records - Annual Conference · April 2021 Invited Talk UPSTAT
Topological data analysis for intracellular transport - Mathematical Biology Seminar · April 2021 Invited Talk UC Davis
Modeling and topological data analysis for biological ring channels - Mathematical Biology Seminar · April 2021 Invited Talk Brandeis University
Analyzing Racial Equity and Bias of Federal Judges through Inferred Sentencing Records - Hot Topics Workshop on Mathematical and Computational Approaches to Social Justice · March 2021 Invited Talk ICERM
Topological data analysis for intracellular transport - Dynamical Systems Seminar · March 2021 Invited Talk University of Minnesota
Intracellular transport and topological data analysis - SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering · March 2021 Invited Talk SIAM
Modeling and topological data analysis for biological ring channels - Mathematical Biology Seminar · February 2021 Invited Talk University of British Columbia
Topological Data Analysis for Ring Channels in Intracellular Transport - Applied Mathematics Seminar · February 2021 Invited Talk UNC Greensboro
Modeling the dynamics and organization of intracellular proteins - Joint Mathematics Meeting, AMS Special Session on Agent-Based Dynamics and Self-Organization in Biology · January 2021 Invited Talk American Mathematical Society
Modeling and data analysis for intracellular protein organization - Mathematical and Computational Biology Seminar Series · November 2020 Invited Talk
Modeling and data analysis for intracellular protein organization - Math-Bio Seminar · October 2020 Invited Talk Virginia Tech
Stochastic and continuum dynamics in intracellular transport - Graduate-Faculty Seminar · October 2020 Invited Talk Duke Mathematics Department
The mathematical journey of protein cargoes along cellular roads - Mathematics Colloquium · September 2020 Invited Talk Cal State Fullerton
Ring channel analysis using topological data analysis - SMB 2020 Annual Meeting · August 2020 Invited Talk Society of Mathematical Biology
The mathematical journey of protein cargoes along cellular roads - Guest lecture · July 2020 Lecture Duke Mathematical Biology course
Topological Data Analysis for Ring Channels in Cell Biology - SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Data Science · June 2020 Invited Talk SIAM
Computational modeling and topological data analysis for biological ring channels - Conference on Mathematical and Computational Methods in Biology · May 2020 Invited Talk Mathematical Biosciences Institute
Topological Data Analysis for Describing Ring Channel Dynamics - Quantitative Biology Institute Seminar · April 2020 Invited Talk Ohio University
Topological Data Analysis for Ring Channels in Intracellular Trasport - AMS-AWM Special Session on Women in Mathematical Biology · January 2020 Invited Talk Joint Mathematics Meetings
Stochastic and continuum dynamics in cellular transport - SIAM Minisymposium on Mathematical modeling and simulation of complex biological systems · January 2020 Invited Talk Joint Mathematics Meetings

Service to the Profession


Local committee co-organizer, Triangle Computational and Applied Mathematics Symposium (TriCAMS) · November 10, 2023 - November 12, 2023 Administration Duke Math, Durham, NC
Co-organizer, Minisymposium on Data-driven, modeling, and topological techniques in cell and developmental biology · July 2023 Administration SMB Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH
Co-organizer, DEI Panel Discussion on Building inclusive graduate programs in mathematical biology · September 2022 Administration SMB Annual Meeting
Nominating Committee Member, SIAG on Life Sciences Election · August 2022 - September 2022 Committee Service SIAM
Co-organizer, Minisymposium on Combining Topological, Data-Driven, and Modeling Perspectives for Complex Biological Systems · July 2022 Administration SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences
Presenter, Mathematics Seminar Series · December 2021 Community Outreach Mu Alpha Theta National Math Honor Society Chapter, Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, New York
Organizer, Triangle Competition in Mathematical Modeling (TriCoMM) · November 2021 - December 2023 Community Outreach TriCoMM is a competition where teams of undergraduate students work on a mathematical model for an open-ended real-world problem.
Co-organizer, Special Session on Topological Data Analysis and its Applications in Biological Systems · November 2021 Administration AMS, Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting
Co-organizer, Workshop on Mathematics of the Cell: Integrating Signaling, Transport and Mechanics · October 2021 Administration BIRS
Committee Member-at-large, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee · July 2021 - December 2023 Committee Service Society for Mathematical Biology
Co-organizer, Session on Combining modeling and inference in cell biology · June 2021 Administration Society for Mathematical Biology
Co-organizer, Math Biology Education & REU Workshop 2021 · April 2021 - April 2021 Administration Society for Mathematical Biology
Co-organizer, Hot Topics Workshop on Mathematical and Computational Approaches to Social Justice · March 2021 Administration ICERM
Committee Member, Alice T. Schafer Prize Selection Committee · February 2021 - January 2024 Committee Service Association of Women in Mathematics Prize For Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman
Participant, Faculty Success Program · 2021 Professional Development National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD)
Co-organizer, Special Session on Modeling and Data Analytic Techniques for Biological Systems · January 2021 Administration AMS, Joint Mathematics Meetings
Chair, SMB Subgroup on Cell and Developmental Biology · September 2020 - September 2022 Committee Service Society of Mathematical Biology
Co-organizer, Session on Topological and network analyses for data · August 2020 Administration SMB Annual Meeting
Volunteer, Beyond the Classroom Summer Camp · July 2020 Community Outreach Mathematics Department, The Ohio State University Ohio Ohio Virtual summer camp for middle school girls on "Polyforms and Polytopes in art and nature".
Co-organizer, Minisymposium on Probabilistic and Topological Methods for Biological Data · June 2020 Administration SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Data Science
Co-organizer, Minisymposium on Multiscale modeling of cytoskeleton-mediated cellular transport and aggregation · July 2019 Administration SMB Annual Meeting
Co-organizer, Minisymposium on Topological Data Analysis and Applications in Dynamical Systems · May 2019 Administration SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems
Organizer, Minisymposium on Modeling Cell Motility and Cytoskeleton Interactions · August 2018 Administration SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences

Service to Duke


Team Leader, Association of Women in Mathematics Mentorship Program · October 2023 - May 2024 Other Duke Math, AWM Student Chapter, Durham, NC
Fellow, Duke STEM Faculty Fellows Program for Mentoring · September 2023 Professional Development Duke University, Durham, NC
Faculty Advisor, AWM Student Chapter · September 2023 Administration Duke Math, Durham, NC
Organizer, Mathematical Biology Seminar · February 2023 Administration Duke Math, Durham, NC
Faculty Advisor, Organization of Robert Calderbank and Ingrid Daubechies Visiting Scholars · January 2023 Administration Duke Math, Durham, NC
Panelist, Panel on collaborations for grad students and postdocs · July 2022 Professional Development Duke Math
Instructor, Math Circles · January 2022 - April 2022 Community Outreach Duke University, Durham, NC United States United States
Bass Connections Team Leader, Effects of Climate Change on Microbial Food Webs · 2022 - 2023 Projects & Field Work
Committee member, Graduate Research Opportunities for Women · 2022 - 2023 Community Outreach Duke University
Member (Department) · November 2021 - February 2022 Committee Service Duke Math DST Search
Panelist, New Connections in Math Undergraduate Research Conference · October 2021 Event Participation Duke Math RTG
Member (Department) · May 2021 - May 2022 Committee Service Duke Math DEI Committee
Undergraduate prize committee (Department) · April 2021 - May 2022 Committee Service Duke Math
Team Advisor, MCM/ICM Math Modeling Contest · February 2021 - February 2023 Other
Elliot Assistant Research Professor hiring committee (Department) · January 2021 Committee Service Duke Math
Team leader, Association of Women in Mathematics Mentorship Program · October 2020 - December 2020 Other Duke Mathematics, AWM Student Chapter, Durham, NC
Organizer, Mathematical Biology Seminar · September 2020 - May 2022 Administration Duke Mathematics

Leadership & Clinical Positions


Summer 2023 - present: Co-Director of the Duke Math DEI Team (https://math.duke.edu/diversity-equity-and-inclusion)

Duke Initiatives