Gavin Rees

I’m a PhD student in Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University, focusing on mathematical biology. My research focuses on social behavior and combines approaches from theoretical biology, statistics, and evolutionary theory to understand ecological and evolutionary dynamics of intertwined biological systems. My primary focus is on biological complexity; I’ve recently become quite interested in the origin of life and evolution, using metabolism as a model system. Methodologically, I’m interested in stochastic processes, Bayesian modeling, combinatorics, and evolutionary models.

I received my A.B. in Mathematics, secondary in CS, from Harvard College in 2021. Afterwards, I worked as a software engineer at a 3D printing company, and as a research assistant in Vienna, Austria, working on evolution of cooperation in many-player social dilemmas, as well as social models of political voting.

I grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, by the Delaware River.

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