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 with applications to macroevolution and biodiversity.
	My most recent research is in analysis of 
	stochastic processes related to population biology, genetics, and intracellular networks.



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

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