Research Projects.

The Banuelos Research Group (MBG) at Fresno State focuses on applying mathematics to (mostly) biological problems, and I am currently looking for both undergraduate & graduate students to join the group.

Optimization & Deep Learning Methods for Genomic Variant Detection

To uncover genomic variation in related individuals, I work on developing optimization tools that leverage known information in the prediction of variation heredity.

Deep Learning Methods for Noisy Data

In 2018, I worked as a Postdoc at the MSRI-UP program. This led to projects on developing machine and deep learning methods for noisy data (in imaging and genomics) as well as to detect higher-order interactions of genomic variants.

Statistical Modeling of Endemic Diseases

I am interested in developing mathematical and statistical models for the study of Central Valley Fever using genomic and disease data.

Current Group Members

Graduate Students​

  • Erica Sawyer: Master's in Mathematics​ ​​

Undergraduate Students

  • Dozie Eloka: Major - Mechanical Engineering, Minor: Mathematics, Computer Engineering
  • Manuel Chacon: Major - Mathematics, Applied Math Option
  • Gobind Puniani: Major - Mathematics, Applied Math Option, Minor: Physics
  • Stefanie Motsenbocker: Major - Mathematics, Statistics Option

Past Group Members

Undergraduate Students

  • Demi Ayala: Major - Biochemistry, Minor - Mathematics. Currently pursuing a Master's in Biochemistry at Cal Poly Pomona.
  • Elizabeth Schulz: Major - Applied and Computational Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University

Collaborators

University of California, Merced

​University of San Francisco

  • David Uminsky, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Director of MS in Data Science and Data Institutute

The Joint Genome Institute (JGI)

JOIN MBG

I am currently looking for graduate (Master's) students to join the group! Desired background is in linear algebra, programming skills, and/or bioinformatics. If you are interested or have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

GITHUB

You can find some of my code (including tutorials) on my GitHub page: github.com/MBanuelos