Rate My Professor Lisa Davis

Davis co-authored the book Design Sensitivity Analysis: Computational Issues of Sensitivity Equation Methods (SIAM, Frontiers in Applied Mathematics, 2002) and has numerous refereed publications, such as “A Mechanistic Model for Cooperative Behavior of Co-transcribing RNA Polymerases” (PLoS Computational Biology, 2016), “A Traffic Flow Model for Biopolymerization Processes” (Journal of Mathematical Biology, 2014), “Discontinuous Galerkin Calculations for a Nonlinear PDE Model of DNA Transcription with Short, Transient and Frequent Pausing” (Journal of Computational Mathematics, 2014), and “Parameter Sensitivity of Eddy Viscosity Models for Navier-Stokes Equations: A Fully-Discrete Analysis and Computations” (International Journal for Uncertainty Quantification, 2013). Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation (e.g., DMS-1226213, 2012–2015), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (e.g., FA9550-07-1-0405, 2007; F49620-03-1-0326, 2003–2006), and Montana State University. Awards include the College of Letters & Science Outstanding Teaching Award (2014), Bill Stannard Award for Excellence in Upper Division Mathematical Sciences Instruction (2013), and Montana State University Research Enhancement Award (2012). She teaches courses from first-year calculus to graduate numerical analysis and linear algebra, directs Ph.D. students, mentors undergraduates in programs like the Undergraduate Scholars Program and Montana INBRE, organizes conferences such as Computation, Control & Biological Systems VIII (2003), and serves as a referee for journals including IEEE Transactions and SIAM Journal on Control.