People

One evolving disease.
Many ways to model it.

Mathematical modelers working across cancer evolution, ecology, and treatment—guided by experimentally grounded questions.

Current lab

The people doing the work now

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Principal Investigator

David Basanta Gutierrez, PhD

Models how ecological and evolutionary processes shape cancer progression and treatment resistance.

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Research Scientist

Tatiana Miti, PhD

Studies stromal protection and dynamics during treatment, with an emphasis on spatial statistics.

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Riley Hall, PhD

Studies multiple myeloma and how aging changes the bone microenvironment during carcinogenesis and treatment.

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PhD Student

Mark Froid

Models multiple myeloma, the immune system, and response to teclistamab treatment.

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PhD Student

Julia Pelesko

Develops pharmacokinetic models for individualized chemotherapy dosing.

Alumni

People who helped shape CancerEvo

Former doctoral researchers, postdoctoral scientists, and research staff whose work contributed to the lab's development.

Niccolò Totis, MD

Visiting doctoral researcher · University of Turin

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Could your way of thinking change ours?

We welcome inquiries from researchers whose interests align with cancer evolution and mathematical oncology.

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