Interview with Julie Blackwood

By Frank Morgan, February 4, 2016
by John Herrera ’17
How did you get interested in applying mathematics to ecology?

When I was applying for college, I had to apply to a major before I went to college. I was looking through the majors, and I saw applied math, and I thought, “Not bad. Check.” Later my professor said, “Well, why don’t you think about applications of math to biology?” When I went to grad school, I tried out neurobiology, microbial biology, and molecular biology, and finally ecology again and loved it.

JulieBlackwood

Did you do any research as an undergraduate?

Continue reading at the AMS Graduate Student Blog.

John Herrera is a junior math major at Williams. He is a New Yorker who loves watching soccer matches.