Theodore E. Galanthay

Ph.D. Candidate (expected 2013)

   University of Colorado at Boulder
   Department of Applied Mathematics
   UCB 526, Boulder, Colorado, 80309

   theodore (dot) galanthay (at) colorado (dot) edu
   Office: ECOT 218
   Office hours: Wednesday 11a-12:30p, Thursday 3-4:30p

   Link for students

News

May 2013: Presenting at the 2013 SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems
April 2013: Awarded the Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award (2012-13) from the CU
Graduate School
January 2013: Teaching Differential Equations during the spring semester
Presenting at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego
Presenting a poster at the Dynamics Days US 2013 in Denver
November 2012: Presenting at the Colorado State University Dynamics Lab
August 2012: Teaching Calculus I during the fall semester
July 2012: Presenting at the 9th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications
April 2012: Awarded a summer fellowship from the University of Colorado Graduate School
January 2012: Begin lecturing for APPM 2360: Differential Equations with Linear Algebra
July 2011: Participating in the Joint 2011 MBI-NIMBioS-CAMBAM Summer Graduate Workshop in Mathematical Ecology and Evolution
May 2011: Presenting at the 2011 SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems in Snowbird, Utah
March 2011: Presenting at the 7th Annual SIAM Front Range Applied Mathematics Student Conference
March 2011: Presenting at the University of Colorado Dynamics/Complex Networks Seminar
January 2011: Presenting a poster at the 30th annual Dynamics Days Conference (2011)
May 2010: Participating in the Joint CAMBAM-MBI Graduate Summer School 2010 on Non-Linear Dynamics in Biological Networks

Research Interests

I am interested in the dynamical interplay between ecology and evolution. Quite often, evolution can profoundly change model predictions of the ecological outcomes between competitors or predators and prey. I study the dynamics of theoretical ecological interactions between species and how this affects and is affected by the evolution of traits. My advisors are James Meiss (Applied Mathematics) and Samuel Flaxman (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology).

Publications

Generalized movement strategies for constrained consumers: Ignoring fitness can be adaptive
Galanthay, T. E. and S. M. Flaxman
[American Naturalist, Vol. 179, #4]

Teaching

I am interested in helping students learn all that is exciting in mathematics. I am currently lecturing as a Graduate Part-Time Instructor (GPTI) for APPM 2360: Differential Equations with Linear Algebra (Section 050) and recently lectured for Calculus I . I have been a teaching assistant for Calculus 1, 2, 3, and differential equations. I have also taught a computer lab course, APPM 2460, a one-credit course that complements APPM 2360. I have completed over 50 hours of teacher training through the Graduate Teacher Program at the University of Colorado and have earned a Certificate in College Teaching from CU. I served as a lead graduate teacher from the Department of Applied Mathematics during 2008-9 and co-taught a pedagogy course for incoming graduate students in Fall 2008. I have served as a consultant for other TAs who were also interested in improving their teaching. See my student evalutions here.

Mentoring

Throughout 2010-2011, I helped to mentor two Applied Mathematics undergraduates, Thomas Trantow and Jerome Perkins, as they began new research projects. We met weekly to discuss their progress. They presented their research at the 7th Annual SIAM Front Range Applied Mathematics Student Conference (Spring 2011). The mentoring program, MCTP, was funded by a departmental grant awarded by the National Science Foundation.

About me

I grew up on the East Coast, but lived for many years in Chicago, Illinois before moving to Boulder. I enjoy skiing, hiking, reading, and music. I will be moving back to the East this summer to begin my academic career at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York.

For more information, please see my c. v.

Last updated: April 2013