Erica Rutter

Erica Rutter is a faculty member in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of California, Merced, where she joined in July 2019. Prior to this position, she was a postdoctoral scholar at North Carolina State University.

Dr. Rutter received her B.Sc. from the University of Michigan in 2009 in Applied Mathematics and Japanese. After her undergraduate studies, she worked for several years as a Research Technician at the Center for Radiative Shock Hydrodynamics in the Atmospheric Oceanic and Space Sciences Department at the University of Michigan. She then pursued her doctoral studies, obtaining a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Arizona State University in 2016.

Her research interests span mathematical biology with a focus on disease modeling, physiological modeling, and ecotoxicology. She employs techniques from various mathematical disciplines, including machine learning, to address complex biological problems. Her work often involves developing mathematical models to understand biological processes and applying computational methods to analyze biological data.

Dr. Rutter's publication record demonstrates an interdisciplinary approach across mathematical oncology, ecotoxicology, and biomedical image analysis. Her research shows a progression toward increasingly sophisticated methods for modeling biological systems, with emphasis on tumor heterogeneity, glioblastoma growth, and equation learning from limited biological data.

She maintains an active research program at UC Merced, contributing to the academic community through her teaching and research mentorship in the Department of Applied Mathematics.