Dominique Hughes

Dominique graduated with her Bachelor of Science with honors in neuroscience and cognitive science with an emphasis in computation from the University of Arizona in 2020. She also received her minor in mathematics from the University of Arizona and certificate in developmental disabilities from the Sonoran Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities associated with the University of Arizona in 2020. 

Dominique started her Ph.D. in applied mathematics in the fall of 2020. She completed her comprehensive exams in numerical methods for partial differential equations and mathematical neuroscience. She completed her prospectus exam, and advanced to candidacy in spring of 2024. Her research has been in computational neuroscience with a focus on modeling and simulations. She is currently working on her thesis project studying aging in the autistic population by utilizing graph theory and differential equations in Python and MATLAB through software libraries like "The Virtual Brain" and "BRAPH2". 

Dominique has also worked as a graduate teaching assistant from the start of her graduate career in 2020. Over these past years, she has directed recitations for pre-calculus students, taught differential calculus for engineers, tutored and graded students in MATLAB techniques for differential equations and linear algebra, as well as tutored and graded students for a graduate level real analysis class.