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Background
Erika Tatiana Camacho is an assistant professor in the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences at Arizona State University. She received her PhD in applied mathematics from Cornell University.
Interests
Camacho’s current research is at the interface of mathematics, biology, physiology, and sociology and involves mathematically modeling degenerative eye diseases, gene networks within yeast, social networks, alcohol effects on a neuron firing, and fungal resistance under selective pressure.
She has held positions at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Loyola Marymount University, and ASU. Camacho co-founded and co-directed the Applied Mathematical Sciences Summer Institute (AMSSI), dedicated to the recruitment of undergraduate women, underrepresented minorities, and those that might not otherwise have the opportunity. She is summer co-director of the Mathematical & Theoretical Biology Institute (MTBI) focused on similar efforts.
Sample Work
Publication
Optimal Control in the Treatment of Retinitis Pigmentosa
E. Camacho, L. Melara, C. Villalobos, S. Wirkus, 2013, “Optimal Control in the Treatment of Retinitis Pigmentosa,” Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, DOI 10.1007/s11538-013-9919-1, online 21 Nov 2013.
Publication
Metering Effects in Population Systems
E. Camacho, C. Kribs-Zaleta, S. Wirkus, 2013, “Metering Effects in Population Systems,” Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 10(5-6): 1365-1379.
Publication
The Development and Interaction of Terrorist and Fanatic Groups
E. Camacho, 2013, “The Development and Interaction of Terrorist and Fanatic Groups,” Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 18(11): 3086-3097.
Publication
Tracing the Progression of Retinitis Pigmentosa via Photoreceptor Interactions
E. Camacho, S. Wirkus, 2013, “Tracing the Progression of Retinitis Pigmentosa via Photoreceptor Interactions,” Journal of Theoretical Biology, 317C: 105-118.