Pagnapech Ngoun '26 and a mathematics faculty member Hwayeon Ryu presented at MathFest, the annual meeting of the Mathematical Association of America on Aug. 6-9 in Sacramento, California.
Elon University had a strong showing this August at MathFest, the annual meeting of the Mathematical Association of America. The conference was held in Sacramento, California from Aug. 6 through Aug. 9.
Pagnapech Ngoun ’26, an engineering major, presented her collaborative research in a poster titled, “ Mathematical Modeling of COVID-19 Reveals Immune Cell Dysfunction.” Their research represents recent findings based on a new mathematical model that accounts for the interaction between SARS-CoV-2 and the human immune system. Her research team is mentored by Associate Professor Hwayeon Ryu, who also contributed as a judge in the undergraduate poster session. Their work has been supported by the National Science Foundation (under PI Ryu).
In the invited paper session “Trends in Mathematical and Computational Biology” organized by SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Biology, Ryu also delivered her oral presentation on her NSF-funded project.
