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University of Tennessee |
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Department of Mathematics, Mathematical Ecology Concentration Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
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109 Ayres Hall • Knoxville, TN 37796 E-mail: eaton at math.utk.edu www.math.utk.edu/~eaton/home.htm |
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CARRIE DIAZ EATON |
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EDUCATION |
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PhD in Mathematics, concentration in Mathematical Ecology, University of Tennessee (Expected 5/2010) MA in Mathematics, concentration in Interdisciplinary Mathematics, University of Maine, 2004 BA in Mathematics, minor in Zoology, University of Maine, 2002 |
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RESEARCH PROJECTS |
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Mathematical Evolutionary Theory · Currently developing models of co-evolution in reciprocal mutualisms. I am using the fig/fig-wasp system as a model for investigating the role of intraspecific competition and interspecific mutualism in promoting sympatric speciation. · Work supervised by Dr. Sergey Gavrilets of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Department of Mathematics, and supported by NIH grant (PI: Sergey Gavrilets) and NIH supplemental grant.
Computational Neurobiology · Created models for interneurons important in the sensory processing of the cricket cercal system. Mathematically analyzed models and investigated the effects of various parameter choices to explore experimentally observed phenomena important in information processing. Also incorporated experimentally obtained realistic sensory input into the model to see its effect on our mathematical results. · Investigated models interneurons important in the sensory processing in the rat barrel cortex. In particular, we studied regions of stable synchronous and asynchronous spiking in networked models. · Work supervised by Dr. Sharon Crook and supported by NSF and NIH grants.
Applied Topology · Explored a topological approach to alternative methods of representing spatial and temporal data of object relationships in the context of applications in Geographic Information Systems. · Work supervised by Dr. Robert Franzosa and supported by National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis. |
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
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MATH 590/598*—GTA Teacher Training Seminar Series (GTA Development Seminar, Mentoring Seminar, Advanced Pedagogy, both facilitated and co-facilitated), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN MATH 152—Mathematics for the Life Sciences II, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Project GRAD High School summer program for targeted Knoxville area high schools, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN MATH 113 – Mathematical Reasoning, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN MATH 110 – Algebraic Reasoning, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Mathematics workshop for newly hired Lab Technicians, Jackson Labs, Bar Harbor, ME. MAT 111 – College Algebra, University of Maine, Orono, ME MathCamp and Math4Me mathematics workshops for middle school girls, University of Maine, Orono, ME *special note* The 590/598 courses are a result of a proposal I completed to create a GTA training program and College Mathematics Teaching Program. I developed, implemented, and lead or co-facilitated these courses with the invaluable help of colleagues. This also resulted in a presentation “Creating and nurturing a mathematical education community” at the March 2007 Southeast Regional MAA conference in Statesboro, GA, and “Mentoring as a vital component to a graduate teaching assistant teaching development program” presented at the Southeast Regional MAA Meeting in Charleston, SC, March 2008
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PUBLICATIONS |
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Eaton, CD. 2009. (In preparation) The genetics of mutualism: explaining co-evolutionary patterns. Eaton, CD. 2008. Co-evolution. In Encyclopedia of Ecology, ed. Sven Erik Jorgensen & Brian D. Fath, 1st Edition, Elsevier B.V., Oxford, pg 659-663. Eaton, CD, S Crook, G Cummins and GA Jacobs. 2004. Modeling ion channels from the cricket cercal sensory system. Neurocomputing 58-60:409-415
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CONFERENCE AND SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS |
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Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference, “Understanding the genetic effects of mutualism.” Gainesville, FL, March 2009 MAA Southeast Regional Meeting, “Mentoring as a vital component to a graduate teaching assistant teaching development program.” Charleston, SC, March 2008 MAA/AMS joint meeting, Mathfest 2002, “Fast-spiking Cell and Networked Cell Models.” Pi Mu Epsilon student presenter, Burlington, VT, August 2002 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Research Symposium, “Fast-spiking Cell and Networked Cell Models.” University of Maine, Department of Mathematics nominated representative and student presenter, May 2002 University of Maine Honors Research Symposium, “The mathematical properties and underlying structure of fast-spiking cell and networked cell models.” University of Maine, May 2002 |
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POSTER PRESENTATIONS |
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Eaton, CD, Modeling the genetic effects of obligate mutualism on sympatric speciation, Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Stony Brook, NY, June 2006
Eaton, CD, SM Crook, G Cummins, and GA Jacobs, Modeling ion channels from the cricket cercal sensory system, 12th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting, Alicante, Spain, July 2003
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HONORS AND AWARDS |
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Graduate Student Teaching Award, Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, 2009 University of Tennessee Graduate Student Teaching Chancellor’s Award, 2008 Mark A. Musick Doctoral Scholar (Formerly the Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Scholar), 2005 - 2009 Science Alliance Associateship, University of Tennessee, 2004 – present Professor Warren S. Lucas Scholarship for the top Putnam scorer at the University of Maine (2000 – scored top 20% in nation), 2001 University of Maine, Special Awards Tuition Scholarship, 1998 to 2002 |
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GRANTS |
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Mathematical Biosciences Institute Workshop Travel Grant, February 2006 GTA@itc! Grant 2006, Innovative Technology Center, “Delivering Mathematics: Reaching Out to 21st Century Students,” University of Tennessee, Fall 2005 The Nancy Morse Dysart ’60 Academic Travel Award, University of Maine, Fall 2002 Undergraduate Student Senate Grant for Pi Mu Epsilon Student Mathematics Lounge, University of Maine, Fall 2002 Honors Research and Travel Fund, University of Maine, Spring 2002 Work Merit Undergraduate Student Research Grant, University of Maine, Fall 2001 Undergraduate Student Travel Fund, University of Maine, Fall 2001 |