Tanya Leise

Tanya L. Leise is an American biomathematician specializing in the mathematical modeling of circadian rhythms[1] and related phenomena such as jet lag[2][3][4] and hibernation.[5] She is a professor of mathematics at Amherst College.[6]

Education and career

Leise is a 1993 graduate of Stanford University. She went to Texas A&M University for graduate study, completing a Ph.D. there in 1998.[6][7] Her dissertation, An Analog to the Dirichlet-to-Nuemann Map and Its Application to Dynamic Elastic Fracture, was supervised by Jay R. Walton.[8]

After working as a visiting lecturer at Indiana University, she joined the faculty of the Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology in 1999. She moved to Amherst as a visiting assistant professor in 2004, obtained a regular-rank faculty position in 2007, and was promoted to full professor in 2018.[7]

Service

Leise was co-chair of the Joint Committee on Women in the Mathematical Sciences, sponsored by a group of seven major mathematical societies, from 2011 to 2014.[7]

She has also chaired the Amherst Ranked-Choice Voting Commission.[9]

Recognition

Leise was a winner of the 2008 Lester R. Ford Award of the Mathematical Association of America for her paper with her husband, psychologist Andrew Cohen, "Nonlinear oscillators at our fingertips".[10]

References
  1. "An Interview with Tanya Leise" (PDF), Girls' Angle Bulletin, vol. 12 no. 5, pp. 3ff, June–July 2019
  2. Researcher’s Model of Internal Clocks Reveals How Extreme Jet Lag Disrupts the System, University of Massachusetts Amherst, August 30, 2006, retrieved 2020-05-17
  3. Sleep + Extra Darkness = Math Prof’s Formula for Combating Jet Lag, Amherst College, December 19, 2011, retrieved 2020-05-17
  4. "The biology of jet lag", Inside Higher Education, March 16, 2012
  5. Whittemore, Katherine (May 12, 2017), "Grizzly Math: Professor Tanya Leise analyzed the internal clocks in "hibernating" bears; Researchers equipped captive bears with monitors (think: big Fitbits) that measured their movement", Amherst Magazine, Amherst College
  6. "Tanya L. Leise", Faculty & Staff, Amherst College, retrieved 2020-05-17
  7. Curriculum vitae (PDF), January 2019, retrieved 2020-05-17
  8. Tanya Leise at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  9. Goudreau, Chris (December 18, 2019), "Ranked-choice voting gaining speed in Massachusetts", Valley Advocate
  10. Nonlinear Oscillators at Our Fingertips, Mathematical Association of America, retrieved 2020-05-17
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