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Arnaja Mitra
Postdoctoral Associate in Mathematics
University of Maryland, College Park
Arnaja Mitra
Postdoctoral Associate in Mathematics
University of Maryland, College Park
Email: amitra13@umd.edu
Email: amitra13@umd.edu
Office: Kirwan Hall Building - 2303
Department of Mathematics
Career Summary
Career Summary
I am a Postdoctoral Associate in the Mathematics Department at the University of Maryland, working under the supervision of Prof. Abba Gumel. My research focuses on mathematical biology (infectious disease) and applied dynamical systems. I received my PhD from the University of Texas at Dallas under the guidance of the late Prof. Zalman Balanov, Prof. Dmitry Rachinskiy, and Prof. Wiesław Krawcewicz. My PhD thesis is based on equivariant degree theory and its application to symmetric dynamical systems.
I am a Postdoctoral Associate in the Mathematics Department at the University of Maryland, working under the supervision of Prof. Abba Gumel. My research focuses on mathematical biology (infectious disease) and applied dynamical systems. I received my PhD from the University of Texas at Dallas under the guidance of the late Prof. Zalman Balanov, Prof. Dmitry Rachinskiy, and Prof. Wiesław Krawcewicz. My PhD thesis is based on equivariant degree theory and its application to symmetric dynamical systems.
Before moving to the USA, I graduated with an M.Sc. in Mathematics from Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly known as the University of Pune), Pune, Maharashtra, India, and received a B.Sc. Honors degree in Mathematics from Burdwan University, Burdwan, West Bengal, India. I was honored to achieve the top rank across Savitribai Phule Pune University, earning three prestigious gold medals in recognition of my academic achievements, and secured the 3rd rank across Burdwan University.
Before moving to the USA, I graduated with an M.Sc. in Mathematics from Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly known as the University of Pune), Pune, Maharashtra, India, and received a B.Sc. Honors degree in Mathematics from Burdwan University, Burdwan, West Bengal, India. I was honored to achieve the top rank across Savitribai Phule Pune University, earning three prestigious gold medals in recognition of my academic achievements, and secured the 3rd rank across Burdwan University.
Grants
Grants
Postdoctoral Mentoring Grant (June 2025)
Issued by the Graduate School of the University of Maryland, College Park.
2025 Association for Women in Mathematics Research Symposium Travel Grant (Feb 2025)
Issued by the Association for Women in Mathematics.
Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF DMS-2113506) and the American Mathematical Society.
AWM-NSF Travel Grant for 2025 JMM (Oct 2024)
Issued by the Association for Women in Mathematics.
Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF DMS-2015440).
Graduate Student Travel Grant for 2024 JMM (Nov 2023)
Issued by the American Mathematical Society.
Travel Grant for the AWM Research Symposium 2023 (Jul 2023)
Issued by the Association for Women in Mathematics.
Funding by the National Science Foundation (NSF DMS 2113506).
NSM Conference Travel Award (Jun 2023)
Issued by the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, The University of Texas at Dallas.
Student Travel Award for the 10th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2023) (Jun 2023)
Issued by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).
Funding by SIAM and National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant DMS-2233032.
Early-career AMS-NSF-Simons-ICM Travel Grant (Cancelled due to circumstances) (Jan 2022)
Issued by The American Mathematical Society.
Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
Julia Williams Van Ness Merit Scholarship (Jul 2022)
Issued by the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, The University of Texas at Dallas.
Women in STEAM Leaving Learning Community (2022-May 2024) (May 2022)
Associated with The University of Texas at Dallas.
Mei Lein Fellowship (May 2021)
Issued by The University of Texas at Dallas.
The Indian Mathematical Conference Poona, Golden Jubilee Prize (Aug 2020)
Issued by Savitribai Phule Pune University.
The Lokmanya Tilak( Mathematics) prize (Aug 2020)
Issued by the Savitribai Phule Pune University.
The Prof. M.K.Agarwal M.A/M.Sc Mathematics Prize (Aug 2020)
Issued by Savitribai Phule Pune University.
Wrangler Paranjape Mathematics Prize (Aug 2020)
Issued by Savitribai Phule Pune University.
Late Principal Ranglar Gopalkrishna Laxman Chandratraya Gold Medal (Jan 2020)
Issued by Savitribai Phule Pune University.
Late Shri Damodar Ganesh Ramadasi Gold Medal (Jan 2020)
Issued by Savitribai Phule Pune University.
Pandit G.M. Joshi Memorial Gold Medal (Jan 2020)
Issued by Savitribai Phule Pune University.
Rani Katyayani Memorial Prize and Medal (Sep 2019)
Issued by Hooghly Mohsin College, The University of Burdwan.
Department of Science and Technology- Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research Scholarship (2013-2018)
Issued by the Government of India.
Received for five consecutive years from B.Sc to M.Sc.
Memberships
Memberships
American Mathematical Society
Association for Women in Mathematics
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Society for Mathematical Biology
News
News
✨ New Paper Alert: I am excited to share that our paper, co-authored with Prof. Abba Gumel, Mathematical assessment of the impact of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine on the control of malaria in children in Burkina Faso , is now available on medRxiv.
January 5, 2026: I will give a talk titled "The young shield: Mathematical modeling of the impact of age-targeted and dose-structured vaccination on malaria dynamics" at JMM 2026, during the AMS Special Session on Women in Mathematical Biology, I.
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