Bio

My name is Maia Richards-Dinger (she/her) and I am a current PhD student in the Applied Mathematics department at CU Boulder.

I earned a BA at Lewis and Clark College, where I majored in Math and Biology and was first exposed to (and intrigued by!) the idea of using math to model disease through a project on the basic SIR model in my Differential Equations class. I then attended Western Washington University to earn my MS in Math, where I studied models of epidemics on networks. As a PhD student, I continue to be interested in epidemiological modeling and tracing disease networks with the goal of improving human health and health systems. My work in Stephen’s lab currently focuses on flu forecasting using climate and population data, as well as designing forecasting competitions.

Outside of math, I love spending time with my girlfriend and our two cats Coho and Silvie. I also am an avid knitter, ultramarathoner, and outdoor recreation enthusiast.