Research

Students and postdocs

Current postdocs:
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Current and former undergraduates:
  • Alex Gilsoul, Fall 2023
  • Guang Yang, Summer 2022
  • Brian Bettinson, Fall 2021
  • Noel McAllister, Spring 2021 & Summer 2021
  • Elijah Counterman, Fall 2020 & Spring 2021
  • Emma Coates, Fall 2020
  • Taylor Yates, Fall 2019
  • Hannah Choi, Fall 2017 & Spring 2018
  • Chong Wang, Summer 2017
  • Bo Zhu, Summer 2017
  • Jacob Madrid, Summer & Fall 2016
  • Daniel Armstrong, Spring 2016
  • Marie Tuft, Fall 2014 & Spring 2015
  • Oliver Richardson, Fall 2014 & Spring 2015
  • Braden Schaer, Fall 2014 & Spring 2015
  • Anand Singh, Fall 2014 & Spring 2015
  • Adela Yang, Summer 2014
  • Ana Martinez, Summer 2014
  • Jina Yun, Summer 2013
  • Andrew Gao, Summer 2013
  • Charnelle Bland, Summer 2012
  • Kirsten Bell, Summer 2012
  • Priyanka Nadar, Summer 2011
  • Molly Cinderella, Summer 2010
    • more

Funding and awards

Select research areas

Medication adherence
Ovarian aging and menopause timing and delay
  • 88. Prolonging youth or prolonging perimenopause? Beware the monkey's paw
    N Santoro, SD Lawley, MD Sammel, J Johnson
    Submitted

  • 81. Modelling the extension of ovarian function after therapeutic targeting of the primordial follicle reserve
    J Johnson, JW Emerson, A Smith, K Medina, EE Telfer, RA Anderson, SD Lawley
    Human Reproduction Update, in press

  • 70. Modeling delay of age at natural menopause with planned tissue cryopreservation and autologous transplantation
    J Johnson, SD Lawley, JW Emerson, K Oktay
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2024
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  • 68. Mathematical recapitulation of the end stages of human ovarian aging
    SD Lawley, MD Sammel, N Santoro, J Johnson
    Science Advances, 10(2), 2024

  • 63. Why is there an "oversupply" of human ovarian follicles?
    SD Lawley, J Johnson
    Biology of Reproduction, 108(5), 2023

  • 64. Slowest first passage times, redundancy, and menopause timing
    SD Lawley, J Johnson
    Journal of Mathematical Biology, 86(90), 2023

  • 60. Recapitulating human ovarian aging using random walks
    J Johnson, JW Emerson, SD Lawley
    PeerJ, 10:e13941, 2022

All publications

Submitted:
  • 88. Prolonging youth or prolonging perimenopause? Beware the monkey's paw
    N Santoro, SD Lawley, MD Sammel, J Johnson
    Submitted

  • 87. First passage times with fast immigration
    HR Tung, SD Lawley
    Submitted (arXiv:2502.10915)

  • 86. Reaction kinetics of membrane receptors: a spatial modeling approach
    A Cengiz, SD Lawley
    Submitted (arXiv:2501.13837)

  • 85. Less frequent dosing of GLP-1 receptor agonists as a viable weight maintenance strategy
    CC Wu, A Cengiz, SD Lawley
    Submitted

  • 84. Cover times with stochastic resetting
    S Linn, SD Lawley
    Submitted (arXiv:2406.12154)

  • 83. Small fluctuations induce rapid extinction in stochastic population models
    JB Madrid, JP Keener, SD Lawley
    Submitted
In press:
  • 82. How missed doses of antibiotics affect bacteria growth dynamics
    HR Tung, SD Lawley
    Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, in press

  • 81. Modelling the extension of ovarian function after therapeutic targeting of the primordial follicle reserve
    J Johnson, JW Emerson, A Smith, K Medina, EE Telfer, RA Anderson, SD Lawley
    Human Reproduction Update, in press
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