Events

Zhong (John) Ma, assistant professor of biology, and Todd Hammond, professor of mathematics and computer science, along with their students Yu-yu Ren (biology major) and Bo Forrester (math and computer science major), had their paper “A Computer-Assisted Mathematical Image Analysis Method for Quantifying Gravitropic Curvature in Plant Roots” accepted for publication in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics. The research was supported by Truman’s grant from the National Science Foundation’s Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biology and Mathematics Program under Grant No. 0436348, “Research-focused Learning Communities in Mathematical Biology,” and Grant No. 0337769, “Mathematical Biology Initiative.” The work also received valuable support from professor of physics T.W. Sorrell, and Truman State University undergraduate biology majors Allison Schafers, Jenna Landwehr, James Franklin, and Jeremy Oliver.