David Bortz
- Professor in Applied Mathematics
- Professor in Computer Science
- IQ Biology Graduate Faculty
- RASEI Affiliate
- Colorado COVID-19 Modeling Team
Research interests:
The primary research in my group is on data-driven modeling and weak form scientific machine learning. Frequently we apply these methods to biological systems including: bacterial community population dynamics and biomechanics, cellular migration, infectious diseases, and designs for an artificial pancreas. However, more recently, we have expanded the applications to include computational plasma physics in the context of fusion. These projects have been financially supported by NSF, NIH, AFOSR, DOE, and CDPHE.
Group Members
- Nora Heitzman-Breen
- Cristian López
- Rainey Lyons
- Seth Minor (joint with Vanja Dukic)
- Moyi Tian (joint with Nancy Rodriguez)
- April Tran
Collaborators
- Stephen Becker
- Jeff Cameron
- Beth Carlton
- Youngsoo Choi
- Andrew Christlieb
- Vanja Dukic
- Xuedong Liu
- Dan Messenger
Active Funding
- 9/2023-8/2028 PI: NIH MIRA R35GM149335
- 9/2022-8/2027 CU PI: DOE ASCR MMICC DE-SC0023346
- 7/2021-6/2025 PI: NSF MODULUS MCB-2054085
Press:
2024
October 1 - The Weak Form is Stronger Than You Think - SIAM News (front page!)
2023
October 23 - Researchers strive to help models learn from ‘noisy’ data - Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine
July 24 - Dan Messenger selected to attend Heidelberg Laureate Forum
2022
October 26 - New study shows how to learn the equations of cell migration - CU Boulder Today
October 19 - CU Boulder joins national effort to advance nuclear fusion research - Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine
2021
September 21 - 1 in 99 people in Colorado estimated to be infectious with COVID-19 - Colorado Newsline
March 1 - Model suggests COVID-19 may have been in Colorado as early as January 2020 - KDVR FOX31
December 15 - The first COVID-19 case likely in Colorado way before March - UCHealth Today
2020
October 8 - Coronavirus Hit the U.S. Long Before We Knew - Wall Street Journal
September 1 - So You Think You Had COVID-19 Before March? - 5280 Magazine
June 16 - What Colorado is getting right about reopening - Politico
June 12 - CU Mathematician on the front lines of Colorado’s coronavirus response - CU Boulder Today
May 6 - Scientists shed light on essential carbon-fixing machinery in bacteria - CU Boulder Today
March 23 - Even single-celled organisms need their space: Squished bacteria may shut down photosynthesis - CU Boulder Today
April 10 - Colorado’s slowdown in coronavirus growth a sign that social distancing has worked, doctors say - Colorado Springs Gazette
March 28 - Coronavirus in Colorado: Experts begin sharing stark predictions - Colorado Springs Gazette