Raina S. Robeva May 2021 Department of Mathematics E-mail: [email protected] Randolph-Macon College Phone: 804-752-3297 Ashland, VA 23005-5505 Website: folios.rmc.edu/robeva Education Institution and Location Degree Field Year University of Virginia Ph.D. Mathematics 1997 Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria M.S. Probability & Statistics 1985 Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria B.S. Mathematics 1983 Appointments 2019 – present Professor, Department of Mathematics, Randolph-Macon College 2017 – 2019 Director, Center for Science and Technology in Society, Sweet Briar College 2008 – 2019 Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Sweet Briar College 2015 – 2016 Professor, Department of Mathematics, Randolph-Macon College 2006 – 2009 Chair, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Sweet Briar College 2002 – 2008 Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Sweet Briar College 1996 – 2002 Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Sweet Briar College 1992 – 1995 Graduate instructor, Department of Mathematics, University of Virginia 1989 – 1991 Assistant Professor, Sofia Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria 1986 – 1989 Mathematician, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria Awards 2020 Karl E. Peace Fellowship in Mathematics, Randolph-Macon College, VA 2018 H. Hiter Harris, Jr. Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, Virginia Federation of Independent Colleges 2018 Distinguished Senior Fellow, Intercollegiate Biomathematics Alliance 2015 Outstanding Faculty Award, State Council for Higher Education of Virginia Boards, Panels, and Elected Offices 2019 – present Taskforce on Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Association of America (MAA), Updating the 2015 guide to the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics 2019 – present MAA Committee on Special Interest Groups (SIGMAAs) 2018 – present Guest Editor, PRIMUS. Special Issue: Mathematics and the Life Sciences: Initiatives, programs, curricula 2016 – present Section Editor – Review, Letters in Biomathematics Boards, Panels, and Elected Offices (cont.) 2019 – 2020 Guest Editor, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. Special issue on Mathematical Biology Education 2016 – 2020 Chair-Elect (2016), Chair (2017-2019), and Past-Chair (2019-2020) of the Chapter in Mathematical and Computational Biological Science of the Mathematical Association of America (BIO SIGMAA) 2009 – 2020 Founding Specialty Chief Editor, Frontiers in Systems Biology 2014 – 2016 Chair, Board of Advisors, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) 2012 – 2016 Board of Advisors, NIMBioS 2009 – 2010 NSF Review Panels for the DUE PRISM and CCLI programs 2008 – 2010 Chair-Elect (2008), Chair (2009), and Past-Chair (2010) of BIO SIGMAA 2009 External Evaluator, Ten-Year Mathematics Program Assessment at St. Olaf College 2006 – 2009 Mathematics Editor-in-Chief, The Biological ESTEEM Collection 2006 External Evaluator, Ten-Year Mathematics Program Assessment at Susquehanna College Courses Taught Biomathematics, Calculus I-III, C++ Programming, Discrete Mathematics, Finite Mathematics, Humanistic Mathematics, Java Programming I-II, Linear Algebra, Mathematical Modeling, Mathematical Proofs, Modern Abstract Algebra I-II, Numerical Analysis, Ordinary Differential Equations, Python Programming, Probability, Real Analysis, Statistics, Student Research, Independent Studies. Books (2019) Robeva, R., Macauley M. (Editors). Algebraic and Combinatorial Computational Biology. Elsevier/Academic Press, 2018. (2015) Robeva, R. (Editor). Algebraic and Discrete Mathematical Methods for Modern Biology. Elsevier/Academic Press, 2015. (2013) Robeva, R., Hodge, T. (Editors). Mathematical Methods and Concepts in Modern Biology: Using Modern Discrete Models. Elsevier/Academic Press, 2013. (2008) Robeva, R., Kirkwood, J., Davies, R., Johnson, M., Farhy, L., Kovatchev, B., Straume, M. An Invitation to Biomathematics. Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008. (2008) Robeva, R., Kirkwood, J., Davies, R., Johnson, M., Farhy, L., Kovatchev, B., Straume, M. Laboratory Manual of Biomathematics. Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008. Book Chapters and Special Journal Issues (2021) Robeva, R., Comar, T., Eaton, C. (Editors). PRIMUS - Special Issue on Mathematics and the Life Sciences (in progress). (2020) Gross, L., Jungck, J., Robeva, R. (Editors). Bulletin of Mathematical Biology - Special issue on undergraduate mathematical biology education. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, v. 82. 2 (2015) Albert, R., Robeva, R. Signaling Networks: Asynchronous Boolean Models. In: Algebraic and Discrete Mathematical Methods for Modern Biology, pp. 65-92. Academic Press, 2015. (2013) Robeva, R., Kirkwood, B., Davies, R. Mechanisms of Gene Regulation: Boolean Network Models of the Lactose Operon in Escherichia coli. In: Mathematical Methods and Concepts in Modern Biology: Using Modern Discrete Models. R. Robeva and T. Hodge, Editors, pp. 1-35. Academic Press, 2013. (2013) Robeva, R., Yildirim, N. Bistability in the Lactose Operon of Escherichia coli: A Comparison of Ordinary Differential Equation and Boolean Network Models. In: Mathematical Methods and Concepts in Modern Biology: Using Modern Discrete Models. R. Robeva and T. Hodge, Editors, pp. 37-74. Academic Press, 2013. (2013) Robeva, R., Garrett, A., Kirkwood, J., Davies, R. Identifying CpG Islands: Sliding Windows and Hidden Markov Approaches. In: Mathematical Methods and Concepts in Modern Biology: Using Modern Discrete Models. R. Robeva and T. Hodge, Editors, pp. 268 - 305. Academic Press, 2013. (2010) Robeva, R., Penberthy, J. K. A Bayesian Probability Approach to ADHD Appraisal Methods. In: Methods in Enzymology, v. 457, Computer Methods, Part B, M. L. Johnson and L. Brand, Editors, pp. 357-380. Elsevier, 2010. (2009) Robeva, R. Desegregating undergraduate mathematics and biology - interdisciplinary instruction with emphasis on ongoing research. In: Methods in Enzymology, v. 454, Computer Methods, Part A, M. L. Johnson and L. Brand, Editors, pp. 305-321. Elsevier, 2009. (2005) Kovatchev, B., Penberthy K., Robeva, R., Breton, M., Cox, D. Computational Strategies in the Evaluation of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In: Progress in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Research, pp. 155-187. NOVA Science Publishers, 2005. Peer-Reviewed Articles (2021) Aldana, M., Robeva R. (2021) New Challenges in Systems Biology: Understanding the Holobiont. Front. Physiol. 12:662878. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.662878. (2020) Robeva, R., Jungck, J., Gross, L. Changing the Nature of Quantitative Biology Education: Data Science as a Driver. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 82, 127. (2020) Jungck, J., Robeva, R., Gross, L. Mathematical Biology Education: Changes, Communities, Connections, and Challenges. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 82, 117. (2020) Macauley, M., Robeva, R. Algebraic models, inverse problems, and pseudomonomials from biology. Letters in Biomathematics, 7 (1), 81–104. (2016) Robeva, R., Murrugarra, D. The Spruce Budworm and Forest: A Qualitative comparison of ODE and Boolean Models. Letters in Biomathematics, v. 3, No. 1, 75-92. (2013) Robeva, R., Davies, R., Johnson, M. An Interdisciplinary Course, Textbook, and Laboratory Manual in Biomathematics with Emphasis on Current Biomedical Research. In: Undergraduate Mathematics for the Life Sciences: Processes, Models, Assessment, and Directions, MAA Notes Volume. Comar, T., Carpenter, J. & Ledder G. (Editors). (2011) Robeva, R., Kirkwood, B., Davies, R. Boolean Biology: Introducing Boolean Networks and Finite Dynamical Systems Models to Biology and Mathematics Courses. Mathematical Modeling of Natural Phenomena, Vol. 6 (6), 39-60. 3 (2010) Robeva, R., Davies, R., Hodge, T. & Enyedy, A. Mathematical Biology Modules Based on Modern Molecular Biology and Modern Discrete Mathematics. CBE – LSE, Vol. 9, 227-240, Fall 2010. (2010) Robeva, R. Systems biology - old concepts, new science, new challenges. Frontiers in Psychiatry 1:1. 1-2. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2010.00001 (2009) Robeva, R., Laubenbacher, R. Mathematical Biology Education: Beyond Calculus. Science, Vol. 325, No. 5940, 542 – 543. (2006) Penberthy, J.K., Cox, D., Robeva, R., Kovatchev, B. & Merkel, L. The EEG Consistency Index as a Psycho-Physiological Marker of ADHD and Methylphenidate Response: Replication of Results. Journal of Neurotherapy, Vol. 10, No. 1, 33-43. (2005) Penberthy, J.K., Cox, D., Breton, M., Robeva, R., Kalbfleisch, M.L., Loboschefski, T. & Kovatchev, B. Calibration of ADHD Assessments Across Studies: A Meta-Analysis Tool. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Vol. 30, No. 1, 31-51. (2004) Robeva, R., -fields for Gaussian Processes and Fields. Pliska Studia Mathematica, Vol. 16, 183-205. Pitt, L. On the Equality of Sharp and Germ σ (2004) Robeva, R., Penberthy J.K., Loboschefski, T., Cox, D., Kovatchev, B. Combined Psycho- Physiological Model of ADHD: A Pilot study of Bayesian Probability Approach to ADHD Appraisal. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Vol. 29, No. 1, 1-18. (2003) Pitt, L., Robeva, R. On the Sharp Markov Property for Gaussian Random Fields and Spectral Synthesis in Spaces of Bessel Potentials. The Annals of Probability, Vol. 31, No. 3, 1138- 1176. (2001) Kovatchev, B., Cox, D., Hill, R., Reeve, R., Robeva, R. & Loboschefski, T. A Psychophysiological Marker of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Defining the EEG consistency Index. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Vol 26, No. 2, 127-140. (2001) Kovatchev, B., Cox, D., Robeva, R., Gonder-Frederick, L., Farhy, L. & Clarke, W. Quantifying Biobehavioral