Cynthia Sánchez is an applied mathematician with a PhD in Mathematics from UC Irvine. She has extensive experience using mathematical modeling and computational methods to study biological systems, with a focus on cancer modeling. Her skills include numerical analysis, optimal control, PDEs, and stochastic modeling. She is proficient in MATLAB, Mathematica, and R. She has mentored both undergraduate mathematicians and biologists in developing analytical models of biological phenomena.

1. Cynthia S´anchez
PhD Mathematics (2015)
Department of Mathematics, Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California, Irvine
chsanche@uci.edu (949) 241-2130
Profile Applied mathematician utilizing a broad analytical and computational skills set in interdisciplinary, collabora-
tive environments. Brings excellent communication skills developed through research, mentoring, presentation
and publications. Excellent Spanish.
Skills Mathematical modeling, numerical analysis, optimal control, computational partial differential equations and
stochastic.
Computer
skills
Matlab, Mathematica, MSO ( Word, Excel, Power Point) and familiar with R language.
Education University of California, Irvine
Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics Expected: September 2015
• UC MEXUS - CONACYT Fellowship (09/2009 – 09/2014)
Master’s of Science in Applied Mathematics March 2012
• Mathematical, Computational, and Systems Biology Graduate Gateway Program June 2010
Research Center in Mathematics, Guanajuato, Mexico
Master’s of Science in Pure Mathematics July 2008
University of Colima, Mexico
Bachelor’s of Science in Mathematics with Honors January 2006
Professional
Experience
Center for Complex Biological Systems, UC Irvine
Applied Mathematician June 2009 – Present
• Several years of experience working under different systems and ideas to plan, coordinate and implement
methods to teach mathematics.
• Analyzed and designed optimal control and stochastic models that describe the effect of genetic instability
on cell populations for the aparition of cancer disease.
• Examined PDE models whose goal is to describe the morphogen gradient patterning that occurs in the
wing disk of Drosophila Melanongaster.
• Mentored undergraduate mathematicians and biologists while developing optimal control models for
fastest time to cancer by oncogenes and mathematical models of TGF-β on cancer cell activities.
Research Center in Mathematics (CIMAT), Guanajuato, Mexico
Graduate Researcher July 2008 – August 2009
• Analyzed the dynamics and topology of Julia sets associated to the family of meromorphic maps: fm
λ (z) =
λez
zm for m ≥ 1. (CIMAT Internal Report. In collaboration with Moreno M.)
Mathematical, Theoretical Biology Institute. Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
Undergraduate Researcher June 2004 – August 2004
• Designed a mathematical model to study the impact of mosquito-bird interaction on the spread of West-
Nile virus to human population. (LANL Internal Report. In collaboration with: Chowell D., Delgado P.,
Perez D., S´anchez F. and Murillo D. )
Volunteer
Work
Undergrad Mathematical and Computational Biology (UMCB), UC, Irvine
Volunteer mentor Summers 2012 – Present
• Mentored undegraduate biologist and mathematicians interested in learning analytical and computational
methods for the study of biological phenomena. Under my supervision, they developed and analyzed a
model in cancer disease using computational and mathematical analysis skills.
Club of Science, Yucatan, Mexico
Volunteer mentor January 2015
• Coached undegraduate and highschool students from different academic backgrounds to translate into
mathematical equations typical biological phenomena. Under my supervision, they developed and ana-
lyzed different epidemiological models such as: SIS, SIRS and SVIR.
Languages Spanish (Native speaker), English (Good).
Selected
Publications
1.- C. S´anchez Tapia. and F. Wan, “Fastest Time to Cancer by Loss of Tumor Suppressor Genes”, Bulletin
of Mathematical Biology, 76 (11), November 2014,, 2737-2784.
2.- C. S´anchez Tapia and F. Wan, “Stochastic Model of an Oncogene Model”, Manuscript in preparation.