PhD in Mathematics, Virginia Tech, 2012.

M.S. in Mathematics, Virginia Tech, 2007.

B.S. in Mathematics, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru, 2004.

My research has concentrated on the development of methods for modeling, analysis, and control of gene regulatory networks. I have focused on discrete methods, which employ techniques from discrete mathematics, combinatorics, graph theory, and computational algebra. Discrete models play an important role in modeling processes that can be viewed as evolving in discrete time, in which state variables have only finitely many possible states. Discrete models do not rely on detailed information about kinetic rate constants and they tend to be more intuitive. My research has also focused on the development of optimal control methods for probabilistic models using techniques from Markov decision processes.

I am also interested in research related to the computational prediction of RNA secondary structure.