Manda Riehl

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D. from UC San Diego B.Sc. from MIT
  • Ph.D. in Mathematics: University of California, San Diego 2008
  • MA in Mathematics: University of California, San Diego 2004
  • B.Sc. in Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003

Awards & Honors

  • Fulbright Scholar 2022-2023
  • Council on Undergraduate Research Math/CS Division
  • Mid-Career Mentor Award 2019.

Publications & Presentations

Riehl, M., Phillips, R., Pudwell, L., Chenette, N., Occurrences of reciprocal sign epistasis in single- and multi-peaked theoretical fitness landscapes. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, vol. 55 no. 43, 2022. (Rose-Hulman student coauthor, paper was cited in Science)

Research Experiences

  • Discrete Mathematical Biology
  • Mathematical Modelling of Nucleic Acids
  • Evolutionary Fitness Landscapes

Teaching Interests

  • Executive Function
  • Student Motivation
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