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About me: I am currently a graduate student in Applied and Computational Math at Caltech in Pasadena, CA. I received a BA in Mathematics and Music from Williams College in 2002. You can take a look at my personal page if you'd like to learn more about where I like to eat, where I like to ride my bike, what music I like to listen to, and more.
Research interests: My research interests include dynamical systems, stochastic processes, multiscale modeling, mathematical biology, and numerical linear algebra. Currently I am working with Prof. Niles Pierce to develop appropriate coarse variables and appropriate coarse rate constants to model DNA and RNA folding dynamics.

You can view my CV in PDF format here.
Publications: Othmer, Jonathan A., Justin S. Bois, and Niles A. Pierce. "Coarse graining DNA energy landscapes." In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling, 2004.

Bogan, Travis, Jonathan A. Othmer, Omid Mohseni, and Heinz G. Stefan. "Estimating extreme stream temperatures by the standard deviate method." J. Hydrology, 317 (2006), no. 3-4, 173-189.

Adams, Colin, Jonathan Othmer, Andrea Stier, Carmen Lefever, Sang Pahk, and James Tripp. "An introduction to the supercrossing index of knots and the crossing map." J. Knot Theory Ramifications 11 (2002), no. 3, 445-459.
Invited talks: 24 February, 2005. CIMMS Lunchtime Seminar, Caltech. "Coarse-grained phenomenological rate laws for nucleic acid hybridization kinetics."
Posters: "Coarse-grained phenomenological rate laws for nucleic acid hybridization kinetics."
11 April, 2005: Atomic Motion to Macroscopic Models, IMA, University of Minnesota.
06 January, 2005: DNA World, Caltech.
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Contact: othmer at acm dot caltech dot edu

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Photograph: Me in the Needles district of Canyonlands National Park, October 2004.
Last update: Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:36 PM. Copyright 2005.