I am an applied mathematician trained in mathematical biology who studies biological
gels and biochemical physiology. I use asymptotic expansions and perturbation theory to
interface with numerical solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations. 

Dissertation

Modeling of the Gastric Mucus Gel on the Gastric Epithelium (with J.P. Keener) (2011)

The mucus lining of the mammalian stomach has a thickness on the order of hundreds...