Curriculum Vitae

Anita T. Layton

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Box 90320, Durham, NC 27708-0320

(919) 660-6971 (office)

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Education

Ph.D.	University of Toronto (Canada)	2001
M.S.	University of Toronto (Canada)	1996
B.S.	Duke University	1994
B.A.	Duke University	1994

Areas of Research: Mathematical physiology; Multiscale numerical methods; Numerical methods for immersed boundary problems.

Areas of Interest: Mathematical physiology
Scientific computing
Multiscale numerical methods
Fluid-structure interactions

Commercial Experience / Industrial Expertise: VR-1 Canada: Computer Network Consultant, Summer 2000.
Systemware Consulting Inc.: Computer Consultant, 1994-1995. Clients included Toronto Stock Exchange and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).

Professional Experience / Employment History

Duke University: Robert R. and Katherine B. Penn Professor, Mathematics, July 01, 2015 - June 30, 2018

: Robert R. and Katherine B. Penn Associate Professor, Mathematics, July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2015

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Mathematics, January 01, 2002 - June 30, 2004

National Center for Atmospheric Research: Postdoctoral fellow, February 01, 2001 - December 31, 2001

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions: Bass Fellow, Duke University, July, 2013
ADVANCE fellow, 2004

Selected Grant Support

Mathematical Model of Vascular and Tubular Transport in the Rat Outer Medulla, National Institutes of Health.
Modeling Fluid Dynamics and Solute Transport in the Kidney, National Science Foundation.
Mathematical Model of Vascular and Tubular Transport in the Rat Outer Medulla, National Institutes of Health.
A Conference on Applications of Analysis to Mathematical Biology, National Science Foundation.
Conferece on Applications of Analysis to Mathematical Biology, Arts and Sciences Committee on Faculty Research.
NSF Graduate Support Supplement, National Science Foundation, DMS-0539136.
Arts and Sciences Committee on Faculty Research.
NSF ADVANCE Fellows Award: Mathematical modeling of renal physiology, National Science Foundation.

Professional Service

A&S Council: ECASC liaison & ex-officio as A&S council chair, Imagining the Duke Curriculum Committee, August 1, 2015 - present; Women in STEM Steering Committee, July 1, 2015 - present; A&S faculty council chair, May 15, 2015 - present; ECASC liaison, Arts & Sciences Faculty Assessment Committee, August 1, 2015 - July 31, 2017

University Committee: Associate Chair of Bass Society of Fellows, 2014 - present; Co-chair of Senior Women in Science, 2014 - present; Academic Programs Committee, August 01, 2014 - July 30, 2017; Imagining the Duke Curriculum Committee, August 01, 2014 - July 30, 2017; Arts & Sciences Faculty Assessment Committee, September 01, 2013 - August 31, 2015

Dept Committee: Applied ARP selection committee, December 01, 2014 - February 1, 2015

Papers Refereed: Deputy Editor of American Journal of Physiology Renal Physiology, April 15, 2014 - June 30, 2016; Associated Editor of American Journal of Physiology Renal Physiology, Associated Editor of American Journal of Physiology Renal Physiology. July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2016, July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2016

Math Community Services: Committee member on the Research Networks Committee, September 1, 2015 - present; Associate Editor, SIAM Review Book Section, 2018-21; Organizer, Organized the "Research Collaboration Workshop for Women in Mathematical Biology" at NIMBioS, January 1, 2015 - June 25, 2015

Dept Services: Associate Director of Mathematical Biology program, supported by five-year NSF Research Training Grant, July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2013

Other: Director of Bass Connections Team, January, 2013 - May, 2016; Mentor for Path to Independence Program, December 2013; FINvite, December 2013

Selected Recent Invited Talks: Unraveling Kidney Physiology, Pathophysiology and Therapeutics: A Modeling Approach, BME, Duke, November 3, 2015; Modeling renal hemodynamics and oxygenation: Pathway to kidney injuries, Computational Biofluids in Physiology, University of Utah, May 14, 2015; Nitric Oxide and Superoxide Significantly Affect Medullary Oxygenation and Urinary Output, Experimental Biology, March 29, 2015; Mathematical modeling of renal hemodynamics: Feedback dynamics and coupled oscillators, Invited address at AMS Fall Sectional Meeting at Tulane University, New Orleans, October 13, 2012; Toward a better understanding of the mammalian urine concentrating mechanism, ADVANCE Junior Scientist Lecture Series, University of Arizona, January 29, 2010

Doctoral Theses Directed: Yi Li, Numerical methods for simulating fluid motion driven by immersed interfaces, (September 1, 2008 - December 7, 2012)

Professional Affiliations: American Physiological Society (APS)
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Society of Mathematical Biology (SMB)

Last modified: 2020/07/05

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