Our lab is recruiting students at both graduate and undergraduate levels. Whether currently a UCR student or a prospective student, if you are interested in working with me, or more broadly, interested in computational biology and multiscale modeling, please do not hesitate to contact me via email (qixuanw@ucr.edu).
Our lab currently does not have opening for a postdoctoral scholar. However, if you are interested in working with me or the applied math group at UCR, please feel free to contact me and apply for the Visiting Assitant Professor positions at the Department of Mathematics at UCR.
Cynthia Nguyen (2025-present), Department of Mathematics.
Rose Johnson-Leiva (2024 - present), Department of Mathematics.
-- Travel award, Chicago NITMB Convergence Conference, 2025.
-- Student Travel Award for the Thrid Joint SIAM/CAIMS Annual Meetings (AN25), July 2025, Motreal, Quebec, Canada.
-- 3rd place Graduate Poster Presentation Award, Mathematical Pathways to an Excellent Future Conference, UC Riverside, 2025.
Angeliz Vargas Casillas (2023-present), Department of Mathematics.
-- SIAM Workshop Celebrating Diversity award for the Third Joint SIAM/CAIMS Annual Meetings (AN25), July 2025, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
-- 1st prize (tied), Open Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) Forum, UC Riverside.
-- 3rd Prize, UC Grad Slam, 2025. Check the news.
-- Grand Prize, UC Riverside Grad Slam, 2025.
-- 1st place prize of oral presentation, Graduate Research Symposium, UC Riverside, 2025.
-- 1st place Graduate Poster Presentation Award, Mathematical Pathways to an Excellent Future Conference, UC Riverside, 2025.
-- Travel Award, 8th Annual UC Irvine Skin Symposium, 2025
Minh Vu (2020 - present), Department of Mathematics, co-advised with Dr. Heyrim Cho (Mathematics).
-- Graduate Research Mentorship Program Award 2022-2023
-- Interdisciplinary Opportunity Award ($10,000), Center for Multiscale Cell Fate, UC Irvine, 2021-2022.
Team: Minh Vu (UCR), Dr. Christian Fernando Guerrero-Juarez (UCI)
Project Title: Integrating single-cell RNA-sequencing and modeling analyses to delineate cell fate specification in the hair follicle.
Meghna Srinivasan (2025-present)
Mingye Gao (2020 - 2024), Department of Mathematics.
-- Dissertation Completion Fellowship Award (DCFA), spring 2024
Cecilia Duran (2020 - 2024), Department of Mathematics, co-advised with Dr. Weitao Chen (Mathematics).
Jason Palos (2023 - 2025), Department of Mathematics - Pure Mathematics.
Position after graduation: PhD candidate in Mathematics at University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
-- Supported by the Research in Science and Engineering (RISE) Program at UCR.
-- 2025 CNAS Academic Excellence Award
-- Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of Nation Need (GAANN) Fellowship.
-- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2025
-- 1st place poster at Mathematical Pathways to an Excellent Future, UC Riverside, 2024
-- Research Mini-Grant for Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities, 2024.
-- Bryce Mason Award, 2023
Madison Juliana Oliva (2023 - 2025), Department of Mathematics - Computational Mathematics.
Position after graduation: PhD candidate in the MCSB program at UC Irvine.
-- 2025 Deborah K. Bosch Memorial Mathematics Award
-- Supported by the Research in Science and Engineering (RISE) Program at UCR.
-- Hays Capstone Project Fellowship, 2025.
-- University Honors Excellence in Research (HEIR) Scholarship, 2025.
-- Chancellor's Research Fellowship, 2024.
-- Research Mini-Grant for Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities, 2024
Andy Li (2022 - 2024), Department of Computer Science.
Amy He (2022 - 2023), Department of Mathematics - Applied Mathematics.
Juan Rojas (2022 - 2023), Department of Mathematics - Pure Mathematics.
Position after graduation: PhD candidate at Auburn University.
-- Supported by the Mentoring Summer Research Intership Program (MSRIP) at UCR.
Rany Tith (2021 - 2023), Department of Mathematics - Pure Math, with CS minor.
Position after graduation: PhD candidate at UC Irvine.
-- 2022 CNAS Academic Excellence Awards recipient.
Christine Pham (2021 - 2023), Department of Neuroscience.
Breeann Novasel (2021 - 2022), Department of Microbiology.
Position after graduation: medical scribe at Mission Hospital.
-- Hays Research Scholarship
Manuel Barcenas (2020 - 2022), Department of Mathematics - Applied Mathematics.
Position after graduation: PhD candidate in the MCSB program at UC Irvine.
-- 2021 CNAS Academic Excellence Awards recipient.
-- Supported by the Research in Science and Engineering (RISE) Program at UCR.
Alexis Acosta (2021 summer), Department of Statistics
-- Supported by the Research in Science and Engineering (RISE) Program at UCR.
Samantha Ramirez (2021 summer), Department of Mathematics - Applied Mathematics.
-- Supported by the Research in Science and Engineering (RISE) Program at UCR.
Katherine Dinh (2020 - 2021), Department of Biology.
Position after graduation: graduate student in Southern California College of Optometry.
--- 2021 CNAS Academic Excellence Awards recipient.
Antonio P. Gonzalez (2019 - 2020), Department of Mathematics - Computational Mathematics.
Position after graduation: software development engineer at Amazon.