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\title{Quantitative modeling for microbial ecology and clinical trials}

\author{Scott Wilder Olesen}
\prevdegrees{B.A., Williams College (2010) \\
    M.A.St., University of Cambridge (2011) \\
    M.Phil., University of Cambridge (2012)}
\department{Department of Biological Engineering}

\degree{Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Engineering}

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\degreeyear{2016}
\thesisdate{19 August 2016}

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\section*{Acknowledgments}

Many people contributed to my PhD, including:
\begin{itemize}
    \item my advisor Eric Alm, whom I thanks for for his mentorship,
    unswerving advocacy, and delightful collegiality,
    \item my thesis committee members Paul Blainey and Martin Polz,
    \item my scientific mentors Pierre Wiltzius, Sophia Gershman, Daniel Aalberts, 
        Dieter Bingemann, Sarah Bolton, Ward Lopes, Paul Selvin, and David Wales,
    \item my collaborators and mentors inside the Alm Lab, especially Sarah Preheim,
        Ilana Brito, Thomas Gurry, Sarah Spencer, and Su Vora,
    \item my outside collaborators, especially Terry Hazen and his group,
    \item Doug Lauffenburger and Forest White for making Biological Engineering a
        great community to live and work in,
    \item my colleagues and friends in the Alm Lab,
    \item my colleagues and friends at MIT, especially the 2012 class of
        Biological Engineering graduate students, Jaime Goldstein, and the founding class
        of Writing Lab Fellows,
    \item my parents Mary and Neil and my brother Andrew.
\end{itemize}
My PhD was also aided by funding from Williams College's Dr. Herchel Smith
Fellowship, MIT's Presidential Fellowship, the National Science Foundation's
Graduate Research Fellowship, BP, and the Department of Energy.