DIANA W. VERZI

joint appointment to

Department of Mathematics and Statistics San Diego State University San Diego CA 92158

Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences SDSU-Imperial Valley Campus Calexico CA 92231

Education

Claremont Graduate School 2000, PhD Mathematics

Arizona State University 1996, Master of Arts in Mathematics

San Diego State University 1990 BA in Mathematics

Magna cum laude, with distinction in mathematics

Teaching Positions

SDSU-IV Associate Professor coordinate campus mathematics program

University of California –Davis visiting research assistant professor

Arizona State University teaching assistant

California State Polytechnic -Pomona calculus instructor

Harvey Mudd College teaching assistant

Program Development at SDSU-IV

1) Undergraduate mathematics major-development, coordination and advising.

2) Implement CRMSE-NSF math curriculum and instruction in liberal studies.

3) Video-conferencing to diversify instruction and curriculum

4) Technology implementation for mathematics program-hardware and software, workshops for adjunct faculty.

5) “Monty” Alumni Faculty Award for outstanding service to the university 05-06.

Professional Growth

Articles in refereed journals

1) A simple 1-D physical model for the crawling nematode sperm cell. Mogilner A and Verzi DW (2003) J. Statistical Physics 110, 1169-1189.

2) Balancing freedom and security in the Patriot Act 2001. Verzi DW and Coates B. (2004) J. Interdisciplinary Mathematics 7-1, 29-39.

3) Modeling activity-dependent synapse restructuring. Verzi, DW (2004) Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 66, 745-762.

4) Calcium-mediated spine stem restructuring (2005) Verzi DW, and Baer SM. J. Mathematical and Computer Modeling 42, 151-165.

5) Impact of time-dependent changes in spine density and spine shape on the input-output properties of a dendritic branch: A computational study. Verzi DW, Rheuben MB, Baer, SM (2005) J. Neurophysiology 93, 2073-2089 .

6) Approximating with the Liouville-Green (2005) Verzi DW

J. Interdisciplinary Mathematics 8, 399-418.

Technical Reports

7) Los Alamos National Laboratories: Adaptive Methods for Accelerating Monte Carlo Convergence for MCNP for the 21st Century Project (1996-1998).

8) University of Southern California Industrial Science Institute MOSIS Program: Mathematical models for electrical potential in sub-micron channel length semi-conductors (1999).

Research Grants

1) SDSU Faculty Grants Committee of the University Research Council: Faculty grant in aid to extend research on cell motility 2002-04.

2) NSF-AWM: Travel Grant to participate in Joint International Conference on Mathematical Biology, Hilo HW (2001).

3) SDSU Faculty Development Program: Release time for research 2004-05.

4) NIH-MRISP: Release time and funding for undergraduate RA to extend research in synapse restructuring 2005-06.

Training Grants

5) University of California Office of the President -California Mathematics Project Imperial Valley Mathematics Project 2002-06.

6) UCOP Mathematics Professional Development Institutes 2002-03.

7) Gateway Project: Imperial and Orange Counties math professional development coordination program for teachers in K-8 2004-06.

Teaching Grants

8) Annual SDSU Instructionally Related Activities Grant to take students to California Mathematics Council Conference in Palm Springs CA 2001-present.

9) SDSU Instructionally related activity grant to take students to Joint Mathematics Meeting in Phoenix AZ Feb 2004.

10) Title V writing and technical mini-grants to improve instruction 2002-06.

Other Grant Applications

11) NSF Proposal 0354238 Imperial Valley Research Experience submitted under Enhancing Mathematical Workforce—21^st century.

12) NSF Proposal 0436296 Imperial Valley Biological Research Program submitted under NSF Interdisciplinary training in mathematics and biology.

13) DOE F 4650-2 Theoretical Studies in Cell Migration submitted under DOE Early Career Principal Investigator Program in Applied Mathematics.