Dr. Jasper Weinburd is an assistant professor who teaches in the mathematics and computational data science programs. Before coming to Hamline, he taught and supervised student research as a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvey Mudd College. He also taught at St. Olaf College while earning his PhD from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities.
As an applied mathematician, Weinburd uses dynamical systems, differential equations, and data science to study collective behavior and self-organization. Think of a flock of birds, a school of fish, or a swarm of insects: How do the individuals of these groups make decisions that result in an ecological benefit to the whole group? We can answer this question by carefully constructing mathematical models that make use of computational techniques. If you’re a Hamline student and this sounds interesting, please reach out about student research opportunities with Professor Weinburd!
Weinburd loves to be in the classroom and is passionate about making mathematics accessible, especially to those who encountered barriers in their academic past. This stems from his belief that mathematics has an integral role to play in human flourishing, regardless of that person's intended major. Read more about Weinburd's work at jasperweinburd.com.
Weinburd has published the following works:
- J Weinburd, L Landsberg*, A Kravtsova*, S. Lam*, T Sharma*, SJ Simpson, GA Sword, J Buhl. Anisotropic interaction and motion states of locusts in a hopper band. Preprint on bioRxiv (2021). DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.29.466390
- AJ Bernoff, M Culshaw-Maurer, R Everett, ME Hohn, WC Strickland, J Weinburd. Agent-based and continuous models of hopper bands for the Australian plague locust: How resource consumption mediates pulse formation and geometry. PLOS Comp Biol (2020). (Preprint)
- R Samuelson*, Z Singer*, J Weinburd, A Scheel. Advection and autocatalysis as organizing principles for banded vegetation patterns. J Nonlinear Science 29:255-285 (2019). (Preprint)
- A Scheel, J Weinburd. Wavenumber selection via spatial parameter jump. Phil Trans Roy Soc A 375:20170191 (2018). (Preprint)
*Undergraduate coauthor
