Brenae Bailey
Ph.D. Candidate
Program in Applied Mathematics
University of Arizona

Contact Information:

E-mail: bbailey (at) math.arizona.edu

Phone: (520) 626-0663

Office: Math East 149

Background:

I am pursuing my Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at the University of Arizona.  My current research is in stochastic processes in molecular biophysics. Specifically, I am studying programmed ribosomal frameshifting in viral protein synthesis. My model aims to predict translation rates and frameshift efficiencies of sequences of RNA based on the physics of molecular interactions. My advisors are Joe Watkins (Mathematics) and Koen Visscher (Biophysics). My previous projects have included the orbital evolution of a class of planetesimals and modeling of swarm behavior.

I am also very interested in education and outreach. For the 2009-2010 school year I worked with Arnulfo Velasquez at Wakefield Middle School as a G-TEAMS Fellow. G-TEAMS (Graduate Students and Teachers Engaging in Mathematical Sciences) is a GK-12 program funded by the National Science Foundation to pair graduate students in STEM fields with K-12 teachers.

CV

Teaching Statement

Research Statement

Math for middle school students

Publications:

Bailey, B. L., Visscher, K., and Watkins, J.   A stochastic model of translation with -1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting.  In preparation.

Bailey, B. L. and Malhotra, R. (2009). Two dynamical classes of Centaurs. Icarus, 203, 155-163.

Dale, D. A., and Bailey, B. L. (2003). Physics in the art museum. The Physics Teacher, 41, 82-83.

Thronson, H. A., Rapp, D., Bailey, B., and Hawarden, T. G. (1995). Ecological niches in infrared and sub-millimeter space astronomy: expected sensitivity as a function of observatory parameters. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 107,1099-1118.

Some Links:

Program in Applied Mathematics:	http://appliedmath.arizona.edu
Peace Corps:	http://www.peacecorps.gov
Some cool artwork:	http://nelsonrobotics.org