Elizabeth Wesson

657 Rhodes Hall
Center for Applied Mathematics
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

Email: enw27 'at' cornell 'dot' edu

Education

2010 - 2015 (expected): PhD, Applied Mathematics, Cornell University
2006 - 2010: BA, Mathematics (High Honors) and Physics, Swarthmore College

Research

I study evolutionary game dynamics, focusing on modifications of the replicator model of population growth. My PhD advisor is Richard Rand. I am also working with Paul Steen on dynamics of perturbed sessile drops, and I am mentored by Steven Strogatz.

Current projects:
- Rock-Paper-Scissors systems with quasiperiodic forcing in the payoff coefficients
- Replicator equations with delay in the fitness functions

Teaching

Teaching assistantships Non-teaching semesters: supported by a Cornell graduate fellowship (2010-2011) and by an NSF grant through Paul Steen (2013).

Publications

  1. with R. Rand
    Hopf bifurcations and limit cycles in delayed two-strategy replicator dynamics
    in review (2014)
  2. with R. Rand
    Hopf bifurcations and limit cycles in delayed Rock-Paper-Scissors replicator dynamics
    in review (2014)
  3. with R. Rand
    Alternate models of replicator dynamics
    Journal of Applied Nonlinear Dynamics 2(2) pp 193-206 (2013)
  4. with T. Faver, K. Kochalski, M. Murugan, H. Verheggen and A. Weston
    Roundness properties of ultrametric spaces
    Glasgow Mathematical Journal 56 pp 519-535 (2014)

Graduate Coursework and CV

My CV is available here.

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Last updated: October 2014