Aida Maraj Group

My research explores the mathematical structures within biological and statistical models. During my senior undergraduate years and throughout my master’s degree, I used symbolic computation and algebraic geometry to analyze dynamical properties in chemical reaction networks such as multistationarity and multistability.

Now, as a PhD candidate, I focus on toric structures in complex models, like Gaussian graphical models and chemical reaction networks, using tools from algebraic geometry, algebraic statistics, Lie theory, and combinatorics. This toric structure is important for hypothesis testing algorithms and for finding positive and multi-positive solutions of systems of ODEs. My long-term goal is to distill general principles from these studies to form a unifying framework for models across the life sciences.

Beyond mathematics, I enjoy playing badminton, cooking, and playing the piano.