Lea Popovic

Dept of Mathematics and Statistics, Concordia University

I am currently an Assistant Professor at the Dept of Mathematics and Statistics at Concordia University. I was previously a postdoc at Cornell University and at the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. I received a PhD in Probability and Statistics from the University of California Berkeley and earned an Honours BSc degree in Mathematics from the University of Toronto.

Contact Information:
Address: Dept of Mathematics and Statistics, Concordia University, Montreal QC H3G 1M8
Phone: (514)848-2424 ext.5854; Fax: (514)848-2831
Email: lpopovic (at) mathstat (dot) concordia (dot) ca
Office: LB (SGW) 921-07

Research:
My research interests are in probability theory and its applications. My thesis work was on branching processes and random trees, the motivation coming from a model for macroevolution. My current research is in analysis of stochastic models related to population biology, genetics, and intracellular networks.

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Publications:

  • "Spatial Stochastic Model for Fast Axonal Transport" (2009) (with M.Reed and S.McKinley), submitted.
  • "Five Statistical Questions about the Tree of Life" (2009) (with D.Aldous and M.Krikun), submitted.
  • "Degenerate Diffusions arising from Gene Duplication Models" (2007), (with R.Durrettt), Ann. of Appl. Probab. , Vol (19)1, 2009. - pdf
  • "Stochastic Models for Phylogenetic Trees in Higher Order Taxa" (2007), (with D.Aldous and M.Krikun), J. of Math. Biol. , Vol 56(4), 2008. - pdf
  • "Genealogy of Catalytic Branching Models" (2006), (with A.Greven and A. Winter), Ann. of Appl. Probab., Vol 19(3), 2009. - pdf
  • "Asymptotic Analysis of Multiscale Approximations to Reaction Networks" (2005), (with T.Kurtz, K.Ball, G.Rempala), Ann. of Appl. Probab., Vol 16(4), 2005. - pdf
  • "A Critical Branching Process Model for Biodiversity" (2004), (with D.Aldous), Adv. in Appl. Probab., Vol 37(4), 2005. - pdf
  • "Asymptotic Genealogy of a Critical Branching Process" (2003), Ann. of Appl. Probab., Vol 14(4), 2004. - pdf
  • Ph.D. Thesis (2003), UC Berkeley. - pdf

Curriculum Vitae: 

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