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Undergraduate students (in William and Mary unless otherwise specified)

2013-2020

	Kaidi Wang (class of 2020, Mathematics/Economics) support: Charles Center Honors Fellowship Affiliation after graduation: MS student (Finance) at MIT	Honors Thesis: Non-linear Modifications of Black-Scholes Pricing Model with Diminishing Marginal Transaction Cost Committee:Junping Shi, Ross Iaci, Matthew Klepacz
	Yuxin Shang (class of 2020, Mathematics/Economics) support: Charles Center Honors Fellowship Affiliation after graduation: MS student (Data Science) at Columbia University	Honors Thesis: A Mathematical Model for the Trend and Prediction of Movie Revenue Committee: Junping Shi, GuanNan Wang, Ayse Durukan Sonmez
	Fangming Xu (class of 2020, Mathematics/Economics) support: NSF (2019, 2020) Affiliation after graduation: MS student (Statistics) at Yale University	Honors Thesis: Stage-structured Blue Crab Population Model with Fishing, Predation and Cannibalism Committee: Leah Shaw, Junping Shi, Rom Lipcius Presentation:  oral presentation in SUMS 2019, poster presentation in 2020 Joint Mathematics Meeting (Jan/2020)
	Chengli Huang (class of 2019, Mathematics) support: Charles Center Honors Fellowship Affiliation after graduation: Microstrategy	Honors Thesis: A Mathematical Study of Competition and Adoption of Two Consumer Products Committee: Junping Shi, Anh Ninh, Dan Runfola
	Christopher Hambric (class of 2018, Mathematics) (jointly with Chi-Kwong Li) support: NSF-EXTREEMS-QED (2017) Affiliation after graduation: PhD student (Mathematics) at Lehigh University	Honors Thesis: Potential Stability of Matrix Sign Patterns Committee: Junping Shi, Ryan Vinroot, Don Campbell, Presentation: poster presentation in 2017 Joint Mathematics Meeting (Jan/2017),  oral presentation in SUMS 2017, 2018 Joint Mathematics Meeting (Jan/2018)
	Gabrielle Tauscheck (class of 2019, Mathematics) (jointly with Chi-Kwong Li) support: NSF-EXTREEMS-QED (2017) Affiliation after graduation: PhD student (Mathematics) at University of South Carolina	Topic: 2*2 matrix stability Presentation: poster presentation in SUMS 2017, 2018 Joint Mathematics Meeting (Jan/2018)
	Yiyang Liu (class of 2018, Mathematics/Physics) (jointly with Chi-Kwong Li) Support: Charles Center summer research fellowship Affiliation after graduation: PhD student (Applied mathematics) at University of Michigan	Topic: 3*3 matrix stability Presentation: poster presentation in 2018 Joint Mathematics Meeting (Jan/2018),
	Xiang Liu (class of 2017, CAMS) Support: Charles Center Honors Fellowship Affiliation after graduation: DCL Capital	Honors Thesis: Mathematical Studies of Optimal Economic Growth Model with Monetary Policy Committee: Junping Shi, Rex Kincaid, Carl Moody
	Xin Zou (class of 2018, Mathematics/Computer Science) Support: Charles Center Honors Fellowship Affiliation after graduation: MS student (computer science) at Carnegie Mellon University	Honors Thesis: A Mathematical Model of Economic Growth of  Two Geographical Regions Committee: Junping Shi, Vladimir Boloknilov, Evgenia Smirni, Gexin Yu Presentation: poster presentation in 2018 Joint Mathematics Meeting (Jan/2018),
	Mikela Dockery (class of 2018, Virginia State University) (jointly with Jing Zhang, Leah Shaw) support: NSF-EXTREEMS-QED (2017) Affiliation after graduation: IBM	Topic:
	Jasper Short (class of 2019, Virginia State University) (jointly with Zhifu Xie, Leah Shaw) support: NSF-EXTREEMS-QED (2016)	Topic:
	Yi Zhang (class of 2017, Mathematics/Environmental Studies) (jointly with Leah Shaw, Rom Lipcius) Support: NSF (2016, 2017) Affiliation after graduation: PhD student (Environmental Engineering) at California Institute of Technology	Topic: A Differential Equation Model on Stage-Structured Oyster Population and Its Implications in Oyster Restoration Presentation: presentation in Washington area undergraduate workshop (2017) Publication:
	Mayee Chen (high school) Affiliation after graduation: BS student at Princeton University, PhD student (Computer Science) at Stanford University	Topic: Effect of rotational grazing on plant and animal production Presentation: poster presentation in 2014 Joint Mathematics Meeting (Jan/2014) Publication: Chen, Mayee, Shi, Junping, Effect of rotational grazing on plant and animal production. Math. Bios. Engi. (MBE) 15 (2018), no. 2, 393--406.
	Maggie Swift (class of 2017, Mathematics) (jointly with Leah Shaw) Support: NSF (2015) Affiliation after graduation: IBM consulting, PhD student (Biology) at Duke University	Topic: Presentation: poster presentation in 2016 Joint Mathematics Meeting (Jan/2016),  presentation in Washington area undergraduate workshop (2017) Publication:
	Jingyi Zhou (class of 2016, Mathematics) (jointly with Leah Shaw, Rom Lipcius) Support: NSF (2014) Affiliation after graduation: DC Energy, MS student (data science) at Columbia University	Topic: A Differential Equation Model on Stage-Structured Oyster Population and Its Implications in Oyster Restoration Presentation: presentation in Washington area undergraduate workshop (2016) Publication:
	Kristina Kelly (class of 2017, Mathematics) (jointly with Larry Leemis) Support: NSF-EXTREEMS-QED (2015), Monroe Fellowship (2016) Affiliation after graduation: Sageworks	Topic:
	Haomiao Li (class of 2016, Mathematics) Support: NSF (2014) Affiliation after graduation: MS student in Statistics, Yale University;	Topic: Effect of harvesting quota and protection zone in a reaction-diffusion model arising from fishery management Publication: Cui, Renhao; Li, Haomiao; Mei, Linfeng; Shi, Junping, Effect of harvesting quota and protection zone in a reaction-diffusion model arising from fishery management. Disc. Cont. Dyna. Syst. B. 22 (2017), no. 3, 791--807.
	Wade Hobson (class of 2016, Mathematics/Physics) (jointly with Leah Shaw, Rom Lipcius) Support: NSF (2014) Affiliation after graduation: PhD student in Physics, University of Maryland	Topic:

2011-2013

	Nicholas Ducharme-Barth (class of 2013, Mathematics) (jointly with Leah Shaw, Rom Lipcius) Support: NSF-CSUMS (2012), NSF (2013) Affiliation after graduation: PhD student in marine science, University of Florida (2013-2018), Fisheries Scientist at Pacific Community-SPC	Topic: Harvesting Dynamics in Oyster Reef Sedimentation Model Presentation: presentation in Washington area undergraduate workshop (2013)
	Wei Xia (class of 2013, Mathematics and Computer Science) (jointly with Gexin Yu) Support: NSF (2012) Affiliation after graduation: PhD student in industrial engineering, Lehigh University	Topic: Further studies in eigenvalues of quantum graphs
	Matt Becker (class of 2012, Mathematics) (jointly with Leah Shaw) Support: NSF-CSUMS (2010), NSF (2011) Affiliation after graduation: PhD student in applied mathematics, Rice University (2012-2018), Senior Staff at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics	Honors Thesis: Synchronous Oscillatory Solutions in a Two Patch Predator-Prey Model Committee: Junping Shi, Leah Shaw, Daniel Vasiliu, Gexin Yu Presentation: poster presentation in 2011 Joint Mathematics Meeting (Jan/2011) poster presentation in 2012 Joint Mathematics Meeting (Jan/2012) presentation in Washington area undergraduate workshop (2012)
	Tim Becker (class of 2012, Mathematics) (jointly with Leah Shaw, Rom Lipcius) Support: NSF-CSUMS (2010), Charles Center Honors Fellowship (2011) Affiliation after graduation: PhD student in applied mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park (2012-2017),	Honors Thesis: A Model for Blue Crab Population in the Chesapeake Bay Committee: Leah Shaw, Rom Lipcius, Junping Shi, Ryan Vinroot Presentation: poster presentation in 2011 Joint Mathematics Meeting (Jan/2011) poster presentation in 2012 Joint Mathematics Meeting (Jan/2012) presentation in Washington area undergraduate workshop (2012)
	Patrick King (class of 2013, Mathematics and Physics) Support: NSF-CSUMS (2011) Affiliation after graduation: PhD student in Astronomy, University of Virginia	Honors Thesis: The Laplacian on Isotropic Quantum Graphs: Solutions and Applications Committee: Junping Shi, Joshua Erlich, Daniel Vasiliu, Gexin Yu Presentation: poster presentation in 2012 Joint Mathematics Meeting (Jan/2012) presentation in Washington area undergraduate workshop (2012)
	Tim McDade (class of 2012, Mathematics and Chinese) (jointly with Leah Shaw, Rom Lipcius) Support: NSF-CSUMS (2011) Affiliation after graduation: Microsoft (2012-2018), PhD student (political sci) at Duke University	Honors Thesis: Analysis and Simulation of an Optimal Control Model of an Oyster Population Displaying an Allee Effect Committee: Junping Shi, Robert Lewis, Rom Lipcius, Leah Shaw

Before 2011

	Ruoyan Sun (class of 2013, Economics and History) (jointly with Leah Shaw) Support: Charles Center BioMath Fellowship (2010), HHMI (2010), NSF-CSUMS (2010), NSF-UBM (2010) Affiliation after graduation: MS student (public health) at John Hopkins University (2013-2014), PhD student (public health) at University of Michigan (2014-2019), Assistant Professor (Public health) at University of Alabama at Birmingham	Topic: Global stability in epidemic models Presentation: poster in 4th International Conference on  Recent Advances in Applied Dynamical Systems, Jinhua, China, (June 2010), presentation in GMU-WM 2011 spring Workshop (4/16/2011) Publication: 1. Sun, Ruoyan, Global stability of the endemic equilibrium of multigroup SIR models with nonlinear incidence. Comput. Math. Appl. 60 (2010), no. 8, 2286–2291. 2. Sun, Ruoyan; Shi, Junping Shi, Global stability of multigroup epidemic model with group mixing and nonlinear incidence rates. Appl. Math. Comput. 218, (2011), no. 2, 280–286.
	Yuanyuan Liu (class of 2010, Mathematics and Economics) Support: Charles Center BioMath Fellowship (2009) Affiliation after graduation: PhD student (Economics) at Georgetown University (2010-2017), Assistant Professor (Economics) at Smith College	Honor Thesis: "The Dynamical Behavior of a Two Patch Predator-Prey Model" Committee: Junping Shi(adviser), Olivier Coibion, Lawrence Leemis, Jianjun Paul Tian Presentation: presentation in GMU-WM 2010 spring Workshop (4/17/2010), Publication:
	Will Jordan-Cooley (class of 2010, Mathematics) (jointly with Rom Lipcius, Leah Shaw, Jian Shen) Support: NSF-CSUMS (2009), NSF-UBM (2009) Affiliation after graduation: MS student in education, Columbia University	Honor Thesis: "Bistability in Differential Equation Model of Oyster Population and Sediment Volume" Committee: Junping Shi(adviser), Rex Kincaid, Romulad Lipcius, Leah Shaw, Jian Shen Presentation: poster presentation in 2010 Joint Mathematics Meeting (Jan/2010), 2010 Harvey Mudd College Mathematics Conference on the Mathematics of Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology", presentation in GMU-WM 2010 spring Workshop (4/17/2010), Publication: Jordan-Cooley, William C.; Lipcius, Romuald N.; Shaw, Leah B. Shaw; Shen, Jian; Shi, Junping, Bistability in a differential equation model of oyster reef height and sediment accumulation. J. Theor. Biol. 289, (2011), no.1, 1–11.
	Michael Essman (class of 2010, Mathematics and Economics) Support: NSF-CSUMS (2009), NSF-UBM (2009) Affiliation after graduation: Energy Analyst, North American Power	Honor Thesis: "Mathematical and Numerical Analysis of Coupled Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations" Committee: Junping Shi(adviser), Chi-Kwon Li, Michael Lewis, Justin May Presentation: GMU-WM 2009 Spring Workshop (3/21/2009) poster presentation in 2010 Joint Mathematics Meeting (Jan/2010) poster presentation in 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Applied Dynamical Systems, Jinhua, China (June 2010) Publication: Essman, Michael; Shi, Junping, Bifurcation diagrams of coupled Schrödinger equations. Appl. Math. Comput. 219 (2012), no. 8, 3646--3654.
	Daniel Hariprasad (class of 2009, Mathematics) Support: NSF-UBM (2008), NSF-CSUMS (2009) Affiliation after graduation: PhD student in applied mathematics, University of Arizona	Honor Thesis: "Three Pool Model of Calcium Signaling" Committee: Junping Shi(adviser), Jianjun Paul Tian, Michael Lewis, Greg Smith Presentation:  GMU-WM 2009 Spring Workshop (3/21/2009)
	Jiayin Jin (class of 2009, Harbin Institute of Technology, Mathematics) Affiliation after graduation: PhD student in mathematics, Michigan State University	Presentation:  2008 Harbin Differential Equation Conference (Dec/2008) Publication: Jin, Jiayin; Shi, Junping; Wei, Junjie; Yi, Fengqi, Bifurcations of Patterned Solutions in Diffusive Lengyel-Epstein System of CIMA Chemical Reaction. Rocky Moun. J. Math. 43 (2013), No. 5, 1637--1674.
	Kristina Little (class of 2006, Mathematics) Current affiliation: Manager in BioStatistics, Illumina	Publication:  Shi, Junping; Xie, Zhifu; Little, Kristina, Cross-diffusion induced instability and stability in reaction-diffusion systems, J. Appl. Anal. Comput. 1 (2011), no. 1, 95–119.