Olivia Woolley

File:Im Olivia.jpgHi, I’m Olivia, a native of Mexico City who hasn’t lived there for a decade. Currently I live in Chicago, where I’m a PhD student in Applied Mathematics at Northwestern University. My research interests are, broadly speaking, in the area of complex networks, stochastic processes, non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and dynamical systems. I’m especially interested in applications to the systems usually studied by the social and behavioral sciences. Currently I think a lot about the dynamics of games on social networks and how they relate to the emergence of different social structures in settings of limited resources. I like thinking about many different kinds of things traveling, good conversations, reading, writing short stories, running and biking. I delight in the consumption of good music and food, wish I could say more about my creative abilities in the two… I’m very excited to meet all of you and learn much in the coming month.