Tom Chou

Dept. of Computational Medicine
Dept. of Mathematics

Tel: (310) 206-2787
E-mail: tomchou (at) ucla (dot) edu

 

(CV.pdf)

Education

  

Ph.D. Physics, Harvard University
M.A. Physics, Harvard University
S.B. Physical Chemistry, M.I.T.

 

Professional Experience

July 2009 - present
UCLA: Professor, Depts of Computational Medicine and Mathematics

July 2006 - June 2009
UCLA: Associate Professor, Dept of Mathematics

July 2005 - June 2009
UCLA: Associate Professor, Dept of Biomathematics

July 2000 - June 2005
UCLA: Assistant Professor, Dept of Biomathematics

September 1998 - June 2000
Stanford University: Instructor, Dept of Mathematics

October 1996 - September 1998
Cambridge University: Researcher, Dept of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

 

Affiliations and Other Appointments

2017 - present: Director, Systems and Integrative Biology Training Grant, NIGMS
2013 - present: Fellow, American Physical Society
2013 - present: Faculty member, UCLA Bioinformatics IDP
2012 - 2014: Scientific Advisory Committee, Mathematical Biosciences Inst. OSU
2012 - present: Editorial Board, Multiscale Modeling and Simulation
2012 - present: Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of Bioengineering
2010 - 2011: Member, Defense Science Study Group, Institute for Defense Analyses
2010 - present: Associate Editor, Mathematics in Medicine and Biology
2004 - present: Faculty member, UCLA Physiology IDP
2004 - present: Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
1998 - present: Biophysical Society, member
1989 - present: American Physical Society, member

 

Research Interests

Specialties
inverse problems, stochastic processes, mathematical biology neuroendocrine dynamics, viral entry, stem cell kinetics, stochastic cancer progression, nucleation and self-assembly, soft condensed matter and statistical physics

 

Awards and Grants

2024 - 2029 Simons Travel Award
2019 - 2024 NIH-NHLBI R01HL146552
2018 - 2022 NSF DMS-1814364
2015 - 2018 NSF DMS-1516675
2014 - 2015 NIH-NHLBI R56HL126544
2014 - 2017 Army Research Office W911NF-14-0472
2013 - 2015 NSF BCS
2010 - 2013 Army Research Office 58386MA
2010 - 2011 NSF DMS-1032131
2010 - 2013 NSF DMS-1021818
2010 - 2012 NIH NIAIDS R21AI092218 (PI: B. Lee)
2004 - 2009 NSF CAREER DMS-0349195
2004 - 2009 NIH CAREER K25AI058672
2002 - 2005 NSF DMS-0206733
1998 - 2001 NSF DMS-9804370
1989 - 1992 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

 


  Contact Info:

 

Mail:

Dept. of Computational Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
LS 5209
Los Angeles
CA 90095-1766

 

Phone:

email : tomchou (at) ucla (dot) edu
Lab    : (310)-206-2787
Fax    : (310)-825-8685