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Professor Omayra Y Ortega
Assistant Professor
Sonoma State University
Department of Mathematics

Home Page: https://omayraortega.wixsite.com/math

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5649-102X

MSRI Program:
2021 Summer Research in Mathematics
Visit Dates:
June 15, 2020 - June 26, 2020
Biography
Dr. Omayra Ortega is an assistant professor of mathematics & statistics at Sonoma State University in Sonoma County, California. She earned her Ph.D. (2008) and an M.S. (2005) in applied mathematics and computational sciences from the University of Iowa, where she also was awarded her Masters of Public Health. She earned a B.A. in music and in pure mathematics from Pomona College in 2001. Her scholarly interests reflect her expertise in mathematics: mathematical and computational biology, mathematical epidemiology in developing countries, infectious disease epidemiology, and the participation of women and minorities in sciences. Dr. Ortega is currently the President of the National Association of Mathematicians Inc. (NAM), a non-profit professional organization in the mathematical sciences with a mission and purpose of promoting excellence in the mathematical sciences and promoting the mathematical development of all underrepresented minorities. In her free time Dr. Ortega enjoys the great outdoors, roller skating and the fiber arts.