Natalia Komarova facts for kids

Natalia L. Komarova, born in 1971, is a Russian-American mathematician. She uses math to understand many different things. Her research involves creating mathematical models. These models help us understand how things work in the real world.

Natalia Komarova studies topics like how cancer grows and how languages change over time. She also looks at how different parts of a system work together. These are called complex systems. She is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, San Diego.

Natalia Komarova's Education and Career

Natalia Komarova started her studies in physics. She went to Moscow State University and earned a master's degree there in 1993. After that, she continued her education.

She earned her Ph.D. in 1998 from the University of Arizona. For her Ph.D., she wrote a long paper called a dissertation. Her dissertation was about Essays on Nonlinear Waves. This work looked at patterns in water and how waves travel through different materials. Her advisor, who guided her research, was Alan C. Newell.

After getting her Ph.D., Dr. Komarova did more research. She worked at several universities, including the University of Warwick and the University of Chicago. This extra research time is called postdoctoral research.

In 2000, she became a lecturer at the University of Leeds. A lecturer is a teacher at a university. Later, she moved to Rutgers University in 2003. In 2004, she joined the University of California, Irvine. At UC Irvine, she became a Chancellor's Professor in 2017. This is a special title given to highly respected professors. In 2024, she moved to the University of California, San Diego.

Awards and Recognition

Natalia Komarova has received special awards for her work. In 2005, she won a Sloan Research Fellowship. This fellowship is given to young scientists and scholars who show great promise in their fields. It helps them continue their important research.

Books Written by Natalia Komarova

Natalia Komarova is married to Dominik Wodarz. He is an evolutionary biologist at UC Irvine. Together, they have written three books. These books combine their knowledge of mathematics and biology.

Their books include:

• Computational Biology of Cancer: Lecture Notes and Mathematical Modeling (published in 2005)
• Dynamics Of Cancer: Mathematical Foundations Of Oncology (published in 2014)
• Targeted Cancer Treatment in Silico: Small Molecule Inhibitors and Oncolytic Viruses (published in 2014)

These books help other scientists and students learn about using math to understand cancer and other biological processes.