Lab Members
Faculty Investigator
Feng Fu, Ph.D.
Chair of Quantitative Social Science Program
Professor of Mathematics and Biomedical Data Science
Director of Graduate Studies in Mathematics (2023 - 2025)
Dean of the Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentoring and Advising
Dartmouth Scholarly Innovation and Advancement Award (2025)
Feng.Fu@dartmouth.edu
I am very fortunate to have the opportunity of working with our group of talented students at all levels. I am particularly passionate about working with both undergraduate and graduate students, and always do my best to help them to succeed in their later careers (academia and industry) after training in my lab.Postdoctoral Investigators
Longmei Shu
Instructor in Applied and Computational Mathematics (2021 - )
I am an ACM instructor at Dartmouth College. My research interest is in applied dynamical systems. I have worked on mathematical biology and isospectral reductions of matrices/networks. Currently I am working on evolutionary game theory, controls with varying environment that traps the system between unstable equilibria. Longmei obtained her PhD from Georgia Tech.
Olivia Chu
Neukom Fellow (2021 - )
I am a Neukom Postdoctoral Fellow in the departments of mathematics and sociology. My research focuses on the dynamics of human behavior and in particular, the effects that different forms of heterogeneity have on these dynamics. I use a combination of mathematical modeling (including evolutionary game theory and opinion dynamics models), computational simulations, and data collection and analysis. I employ these methods to study group-structured populations and the interplay between behavior, personality, group memberships, and interactions, with applications to the evolution of cooperation, social integration, and polarization. Before coming to Dartmouth, I received my Ph.D. in Quantitative and Computational Biology from Princeton, and my B.A. in Mathematics from NYU.
Thomas Zdyrski
Instructor in Applied and Computational Mathematics (2024 - )
Tom completed his PhD in physics at the University of California San Diego, and his undergraduate degree at Princeton University. He is interested in nonlinear asymptotics to complex systems along with game theory and AI.
Marzena Fügenschuh
Visiting Scholar (2021 - )
Marzena is a faculty member at the Berliner Hochschule für Technik, Germany. Approaching networks from multiplexity is an exuberant way to deal with their complex structures. Whether viewed as a cluster of homogeneous subnetworks or as a compound of differently linked platforms on a common set of actors, the multilayer networks provide a tool to rectify the unfathomability of the complex world around us.Student Investigators
Alina Glaubitz
Graduate Student (2020 - )
I am a fourth-year applied math graduate student at Dartmouth College. My research interests are in mathematical biology, in particular evolutionary dynamics and epidemiology. Currently, I am working on incorporating human behavior into epidemiological models. Before coming to Dartmouth, I received my bachelor’s and master’s degree in mathematics from TU Braunschweig in Germany.
Brian Mintz
Graduate Student (2020 - )
Brian entered the Dartmouth PhD program in the fall of 2020 after graduating from Brandeis University. Their main interests are understanding the emergence and development of complex social behaviors through evolutionary game theory and network analysis. In particular, cooperation under social dilemmas and opinion dynamics. Brian is originally from Massachusetts, and in their spare time enjoys incorporating mathematical ideas and motifs into diverse media, from crochet to cookie decorating.
Caroline Hammond
Graduate Student (2022 - )
Caroline joined the PhD program at Dartmouth after her undergradaute study at the University of Delaware. She is interested in cultural computing and AI.
Mark Lovett
Graduate Student (2022 - )
Mark joined the PhD program at Dartmouth after his undergradaute study at the University of Pennsylvania. He is interested in multi-agent reinforcement learning and evolutionary game theory.
Atticus McWhorter
Graduate Student (2022 - )
Atticus joined the PhD program at Dartmouth after his undergradaute study at Bowdoin College. He is interested in computational social science.Lab Collaborators
Ho-Chun Herbert Chang'18
Lab Collaborator (2018 - ), Byrne Scholar (2015 - 2018), Neukom Scholar (2017 - 2018)
I am currently a PhD student at USC Annenberg. Originally from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, I majored in Mathematics, Quantitative Social Sciences, and was a Senior Fellow for Creative Writing at Dartmouth. My primary research interests lie in probability and stochastics, nonlinear systems, and the extension of these models to computational creativity, finance and social systems. At the Fu Lab, I wrote my senior thesis on the co-diffusion of innovations with application to technological diffusion and health interventions. In collaboration with the Fu Lab, I am currently working on a few data-driven projects closely related to mathematical humanities.Previous Lab Members
Xingru Chen
Graduate Student (2016 - 2021)
I obtained my applied mathematics Ph.D. at Dartmouth College. I am interested in combining evolutionary game theory with data science to improve our understanding of human behavior in a variety of contexts. Since 2016, I have been working on the mathematical modeling of human strategic behavior with particular emphasis on real-world problems of great importance to society, such as vaccination behavior and antibiotic overuse. Before coming to Dartmouth, I did my undergraduate study in theoretical mechanics at Peking University. Xingru was the recipient of the Hannah Croasdale Graduate Scholar Award 2021, and the Ken Bogart Teaching Award 2021. Xingru is now a tenure-track faculty member in Beijing.
Matt Jones
Graduate Student (2019 - 2022), Co-advised with Scott Pauls
I (Matt) was a graduate student in the Mathematics Department at Dartmouth College. My research interests are in evolutionary dynamics and network theory. Right now, I am using these tools to model the spread of fake news through a population in a spatial setting, and the interesting dynamics that emerge when some individuals are fact-checkers. Before Dartmouth, I received my bachelor's degree in physics from Arizona State University. Matt received the Ken Bogart Teaching Award in 2022. Matt is now a postdoc fellow at Yale University.
Ran Zhuo'17
Neukom Scholar (2016)
Ran worked with us as a Neukom Scholar for her senior thesis research 2016-2017. Her senior thesis, entitled "Social Imitation Dynamics of Vaccination Driven by Vaccine Effectiveness and Beliefs", receives high honor. She is now at Harvard to pursue her PhD in Business Economics.
Yanling Zhang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher (2016)
Yanling stayed in our lab February - October 2016, and worked with us on using Markov tree approach to understanding the emergence of infectious diseases and other viral phenomena. She is now a faculty member at the University of Science and Technology Beijing.
Dan Escudero
Visiting Scientist (2019 - 2021)
Dan Escudero is a Visiting Scholar whose research focuses on mathematical modeling of infectious disease, most specifically HIV. He is interested in how epidemiologic modeling can inform large-scale decisions in HIV prevention, and how the methods we use influence the questions and answers to which we arrive. Dan obtained his PhD from Brown University and is an NIH K99 awardee at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dan is currently a tenure-track faculty member at Vanderbilt.
Kamran Kaveh
Research Associate (2019 - 2021)
In modeling cancer evolution, I focus on evolutionary dynamical models that describes how microenvironmental factors can contribute to unwanted selection of malignanat types. Evolutioanry modeling of drug resistance in combination therapies and risk estimate for therpaies are among my current projects in this field. Kamran joins us from Harvard University. After finishing his postdoc in my lab, Kamran moved to the University of Washington in Seattle.
Timmy Ma
Instructor in Applied and Computational Mathematics (2018 - 2021)
Timmy was an IACM (Instructor in Applied and Computational Mathematics) at Dartmouth College 2018 - 2021. His research interest is in mathematical modeling of complex social phenomena. Currently, Timmy is working on modeling the evolution of language, evolutionary game theory, concept learning, and other social behaviors. Timmy obtained his PhD from UC Irvine. Timmy is now a tenure-track assistant professor at Xavier University of Louisiana.
Tony Sirianni
Lab Collaborator (QSS postdoc, 2019 - 2022)
Tony's research examines different aspects of social interaction. Using large "digital footprints" of human behavior, social network analysis, and agent-based modeling, his work focuses on how social interaction both generates groups and influences individuals. His research also examines broader patterns of interaction and identifies what those patterns say about the social world and human nature. Tony obtained his PhD from Cornell. Tony is now a faculty member in the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.
Te Wu, Ph.D.
Shapiro Vistor (2016)
Te came from Hong Kong PolyU to work with us on evolutionary game dynamics in structured populations. Supported by the Shapiro visitor program in our department, he spent one month visiting us in Spring 2016. We published a great paper together during his visit. Te is now a tenured faculty member at Xidian University.
Xin Wang
Visiting Graduate Student (2018-2020)
Xin spent two years at the lab as a visiting PhD student from the Key Laboratory of Mathematics Informatics and Behavioral Semantics (LMIB) in Beihang University. My research interests focus on dynamical evolutions on large-scale social networks and cooperation behaviors in feedback-evolving systems. By using mathematical modeling methods, I try to discover the underlying dynamical mechanisms of information diffusion, opinion formation and cultural evolutions behind real data. Xin's PhD thesis was awarded the the outstanding doctoral dissertation prize by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Education and Committee of Academic Degrees in 2021. Xin is now a tenure-track faculty member at Beihang University.
Victor Garcia, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher (2015)
Victor (previously based in Basel/Stanford) worked with us on the mathematical modeling of cancer immunotherapy April - August 2015. He spent one week visiting us in April 2016. Victor is now a faculty member at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland.
Tommy Z. Khoo
Graduate Student (2015 - 2018), Co-advised with Scott Pauls
Tommy has a degree in mathematics and economics from the London School of Economics, and a masters in mathematics and computer science from Oxford University. He has been studying evolutionary dynamics on social networks for his PhD in mathematics. His research involves analyzing human social interactions, network formation and risk behaviors through the lens of evolutionary game theory. After getting his PhD, Tommy currently pursues a career in data science.
Jian Liu
Visiting PhD Student (Oct. 2017 – Sept. 2018)
Jian visits us from the University of Science and Technology Beijing. While with us, he will be working on evolutionary game dynamics in finite populations and its application in optimal control of multi-agent systems. Jian is back to Beijing to finish up his PhD study.
Jonathan C. Meng'18
Neukom Scholar
I am currently a ’18 at Dartmouth College majoring in Mathematics. I am mainly interested in gambling and decision theory, along with networks. I am currently working on two projects under Professor Fu: A project in which we are attempting to empirically study gambling behavior on cryptocurrency gambling websites, and a project characterizing social influencers on China’s “twitter”, Weibo. After graduation from Dartmouth, Jonathan is doing industrial consulting based in Seattle.
Anuraag Bukkuri'21
Bryne Scholar (2017)
I am a '21 from Woodbury, MN studying mathematics, neuroscience, and computer science. My research interests lie in the applications of topology (specifically persistent homology, homotopy theory, TDA, and knot theory) to problems in molecular biology, neuroscience, and oncology. I am currently working primarily on three problems: mathematical modeling of cancer immunotherapy, using TDA to help recognize AD earlier, and developing the mathematics behind hyperscanning fMRI.
Anup S. Chamrajnagar'18
Lab intern
Anup is an '18 from Seattle majoring in Mathematics. On campus, he is President of the Dartmouth Brovertones A Cappella Group, Treasurer of Dstyle Freestyle Rap Performance Group and Senior Executive of Dartmouth Finance Society. His research has previously consisted of biological dynamics in particular to alternatives to modern shrimp farming. His current research focuses on the cryptocurrency market and exploring inefficiencies within the system using machine learning and stochastic methods. Next year, he will be working as an Associate Investment Analyst at Point72 Asset Management.
Xander R. Fong'18
Lab intern
Xander is an '18 from New York majoring in Mathematics. On campus, he is president of the Dartmouth Finance Society. His primary research interests lie in the applications of mathematical models to understand biological and financial phenomena. Next year, he will be working as an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs in the Financial Institutions Group.
Callum A. Hening'19
Presidential Scholar
I am a '19, currently majoring in Physics with a double minor in Computer Science and Statistics. In general, my research interests lie in solving real world data science problems. At the moment, I am working on a project that explores the feasibility of introducing autonomous vehicles to society from a game theoretic perspective. Currently, Callum works as a software engineer in industry.
James G. Detweiler'18
Lab intern
James is a physics major. He runs a Dartmouth student Crypto-Club with a focus on the blockchain technology and its applications. Since graduation, James is working for venture capital consulting in the Bay area.
Tucker E. Evans'19
Presidential Scholar
I am a Dartmouth '19 from Massachusetts. Generally, I am focused on the mathematical modeling of biological and social systems, but I am particularly interested in problems that incorporate techniques from other fields, from physics to economics. Currently I am working on an evolutionary game-theoretical model of opinion dynamics, trying to understand why populations diverge in opinion in some cases while reaching consensus in others.