Keisha Cook

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Keisha Cook
Born
Alma mater University of Alabama
Known for Stochastic and Nonlinear Dynamics
Scientific career
Fields Applied Mathematics Computational Biology
Institutions University of Alabama

Clemson University

Tulane University
Doctoral advisor Rodger B. Sidje

Keisha Cook is an assistant professor for the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at Clemson University.

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Biography

Cook was born in the suburbs just outside Marietta, Georgia. [1] After receiving her bachelor of science from the University of Alabama for applied mathematics she then began work on her Masters of Arts, which she completed in 2016. [2] [3]

Education and research

Cook received her Ph.D. in 2019 for Applied Mathematics and Computational Biology at the University of Alabama under the supervision of Rodger B. Sidje; her thesis concerned parallel stochastic simulation of biochemical reaction systems. [4] She held a postdoctoral position jointly at Tulane University and the Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology. [5]

Awards and honors

In 2021 Cook was a part of a team that received a $3,799 grant to fund their Math for All conference. [6] Later the same year a $49,951 for the annual Math for All conference was granted to the same team. [7] In 2022 Dr. Cook received a grant from the Clemson University research fellows for $150,000. [8]

Cook has been invited to many talks including a two part talk series at the University of Alabama in 2020, and a collaborative AWM and AMS meeting in 2021. [9] [10]

In 2022 Cook was awarded a Mathematically Gifted & Black SIAM Early Career Fellowship. [11]

In 2024, Cook was named a Gilliam Advisor to Gilliam Fellow Jakini Kauba. They were one of 50 mentor/student pairs taking part in a prestigious program recognizing outstanding advisor/graduate student partnerships organized by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. [12]

Selected publications

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  12. Bunch, Jill E. "Ph.D. student lands prestigious Gilliam Fellowship". Clemson News. Retrieved 15 October 2024.