Alexandria Volkening

Title:

Assistant Professor

PhD Granting Institution:

Brown University

Contact:

Email Address: avolkening@purdue.edu
Office Phone: 765-496-1052
Lab Website Link: https://alexandriavolkening.com

Primary Training Group:

Computational and Systems Biology

Secondary Training Groups:

Biomolecular Structure and Biophysics, Plant Biology

Research Areas:

My team's broad area is mathematical biology and applied math. We are interested in understanding how cells or other agents come together to create rich, group-level dynamics, particularly in developmental-biology settings.

Current Projects:

My primary focus has been investigating pigment-cell dynamics in zebrafish-skin patterns, with the goal of helping to identify links between genes, cell behavior, and phenotype. We are also developing models of cell behavior during plant development. Our projects range from building experimentally-testable models for specific biological applications to developing mathematical methods for quantifying cell-based patterns, simulation frameworks, or data-driven methods for selecting models---we draw on a wide range of mathematical approaches depending on where the driving biological question leads us. We're also always interested in building collaborations with experimentalists in new areas.