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YOLANDA MUÑOZ MALDONADO
Yolanda Muñoz Maldonado joins the faculty of the Department of Mathematical Sciences as an assistant professor. She comes to Michigan Tech from the University of Texas-Health Science Center at Houston.

Maldonado holds a PhD in Statistics from Texas A&M University, an MS in Statistics from the University of Texas at El Paso and a BS in Mathematical Education from the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán Mérida, México.

She was a member of the Awards Committee for the Nonparametric Section of the American Statistical Association, chair of the contributed paper session on Nonparametric Regression Methods II, chair of the contributed paper session on Mixed Models: Linear, Generalized and Non-Linear of the Eastern North American Region Spring Meetings, panel member of the Eastern North American Region of the Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop and chair of the contributed paper presentation for the Nonparametric Section at the Joint Statistical Meetings.

She received the Emmanuel Parzen Graduate Research Fellowship Award, the International Biometric Society's Eastern North American Region Student Award and the Susan M. Arseven '75 Make-A-Difference Award and was selected to attend the 2006 National Science Foundation ADVANCE Workshop on Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position.

She is also a member of the American Statistical Association, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the International Biometric Society and the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

LE ZHANG
Le Zhang joins the faculty of the Department of Mathematical Sciences as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging.

Zhang holds a PhD in Computational Mathematics, an MS in Computer Science and an MS in Mathematics from Louisiana Tech University and a BS in Computer Science from the Peking Institute of Technology, China.

He has written numerous research papers published in refereed journals, such as the Journal of Mathematical Biology, Cancer Informatics, the Journal of Theoretical Biology, Numerical Heat Transfer and Mathematical and Computer Modeling.

He worked at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging on the development of agent-based, multi-scale, multi-resolution mathematical and computational modeling of highly malignant brain tumors as adaptive self-organizing biosystems. He also conducted research on the treatment of skin cancer.
He developed and tested communication software as a software engineer for Bell Lab in Chicago and Lucent Ltd. in China, in the Research and Design Department.

WENJUN YING
Wenjun Ying joins the faculty of he Department of Mathematical Sciences as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from Duke University.

Ying holds a PhD in Mathematics from Duke University and an MS in Computational Mathematics and a BS in Applied Mathematics from Tsinghua University, China.

He was a research associate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, an instructor of mathematics, a lab instructor and a research assistant at Duke University.

He has many research articles and technical reports published and has presented at multiple conferences.

He received the L. P. and Barbara Smith Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Guanghua Scholarship from Tsinghua University, the Excellent Student Leadership Award and the Excellent Student Scholarship from Tsinghua University, second place in the National Mathematical Olympics of China and second place in the Hope-Cup National Mathematical Contest of China. He was also a fellow at Duke University.

He is a member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and the American Mathematical Society.