Dr. Janet Best, Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University

Janet Best joined the Mathematics Department at The Ohio State University in 2006, after three years as a postdoctoral fellow at the Mathematical Biosciences Institute on the OSU campus, where she continues to be a long-term visitor. Her research interests lie primarily in deterministic and random dynamical systems and mathematical neuroscience. Janet is fascinated by the workings of the brain and how mathematics can help us understand brain function in both health and disease, and she particularly enjoys exploring these issues in collaboration with undergraduates. Janet has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation and was a 2010-2012 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow.