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Ells is pursuing a PhD at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State (Salathé Group). His research interests focus on the public health impacts of health behaviors that spread from person-to-person.  
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Ells is also interested in leveraging interactive media for citizen science and general scientific outreach. To accompany his home institution's Coursera MOOC on Epidemics, he developed Vax, an interactive game about epidemic prevention. http://vax.herokuapp.com
===== Ells is a PhD Candidate at the [http://cidd.psu.edu Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics] at Penn State [http://salathegroup.com (Salathé Group)]. In August, he'll begin work as an [http://orise.orau.gov/cdc/ ORISE Fellow]  at the [http://cdc.gov CDC] in Atlanta, GA. =====
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'''Research Interests'''
* evolution of antibiotic resistance and optimal antibiotic-use strategies [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0086971]
* public health impacts of health behaviors that spread from person-to-person (social contagion) [http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/130528/srep01905/full/srep01905.html]
** optimal vaccination strategies when susceptibility is clustered on a network
** infectious disease management by improved ventilation when vaccination is not feasible
 
'''Academic Interests'''
*Open Source & Open-Access ''without exception''
*His general interests involve leveraging interactive media for scientific outreach and citizen science.  
**Developed a browser-based game about epidemic prevention called [http://vax.herokuapp.com Vax].
**TA for Coursera MOOC on [http://coursera.org/course/epidemics Epidemics]
 
'''Hobbies'''
* Video games (more than I'd like to admit)
** steam: [http://steamcommunity.com/id/ellscubed/ ellscubed]
* Hiking/Camping (when whether permits)
* Poker (Texas Hold'em)
* Billiards (8-ball & 9-ball)
* Trees & Pineapples and such
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'''Education:'''
* BS in Human Biology from UC San Diego in 2009
* MS in Biology from UC San Diego in 2011
* PhD ongoing at Penn State / CDC (expected 2016)
 
'''Technical Expertise:'''
* Agent-based simulations in Java & Python
* Mass Action PopGen models in MatLab
* Data Visualization in D3.js, Gephi & ggplot2
* Data Analysis via Python, R, and PostgreSQL
* Web Development in Ruby on Rails, Javascript & CSS

Revision as of 03:54, 9 June 2014

Complex Systems Summer School 2014

Ells is a PhD Candidate at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State (Salathé Group). In August, he'll begin work as an ORISE Fellow at the CDC in Atlanta, GA.

Research Interests

  • evolution of antibiotic resistance and optimal antibiotic-use strategies [1]
  • public health impacts of health behaviors that spread from person-to-person (social contagion) [2]
    • optimal vaccination strategies when susceptibility is clustered on a network
    • infectious disease management by improved ventilation when vaccination is not feasible

Academic Interests

  • Open Source & Open-Access without exception
  • His general interests involve leveraging interactive media for scientific outreach and citizen science.
    • Developed a browser-based game about epidemic prevention called Vax.
    • TA for Coursera MOOC on Epidemics

Hobbies

  • Video games (more than I'd like to admit)
  • Hiking/Camping (when whether permits)
  • Poker (Texas Hold'em)
  • Billiards (8-ball & 9-ball)
  • Trees & Pineapples and such

Education:

  • BS in Human Biology from UC San Diego in 2009
  • MS in Biology from UC San Diego in 2011
  • PhD ongoing at Penn State / CDC (expected 2016)

Technical Expertise:

  • Agent-based simulations in Java & Python
  • Mass Action PopGen models in MatLab
  • Data Visualization in D3.js, Gephi & ggplot2
  • Data Analysis via Python, R, and PostgreSQL
  • Web Development in Ruby on Rails, Javascript & CSS
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