Dr. Tony Nance, Associate Director of the Mathematical Biosciences Institute

During the customary job search after completing his PhD in Mathematics at Ohio State, Tony and his wife made what seemed to be a small decision - let's spend one more year in Columbus. As one more year has become sixteen more years, it's hard for him to imagine a better choice. In addition to enjoying the more-typical aspects of academic life at Ohio State, Tony feels fortunate to have had a wonderful array of uncommon experiences, including helping to create and direct Ohio's first distance education program in college mathematics; receiving two university-wide teaching awards; and serving as Director of the Mathematics & Statistics Learning Center. Tony feels most fortunate, though, to have been asked to join NSF's Mathematical Biosciences Institute in late 2003. His time at MBI has been the most fulfilling and eye-opening of his professional life, and he looks forward to the wonder and surprise the future holds. When away from MBI and OSU, Tony enjoys reading, sports, puzzles and games of all sorts, and above all spending time with his wife and children.