About the lab


Larremore Lab Collaboration Graph.

The Larremore Lab focuses on developing methods of networks, dynamical systems, and statistical inference, to solve problems in infectious diseases and computational social science. We try to keep a tight loop between data and theory, and learn a lot from confronting models and algorithms with real problems in two key areas:

Infectious Diseases. The lab develops data-informed mathematical models for infectious disease surveillance and countermeasures, including testing, vaccination, and seroepidemiology, primarily for respiratory pathogens such as RSV, flu, and SARS-CoV-2. Past work has also focused on the malaria parasite P. falciparum and its rapid recombination to evade the human immune system. Our goal is to use models and computation to improve the study of pathogens and ultimately decrease the burden of disease. We are a member of the CDC's Insight Net and the epiENGAGE consortium.

The Scientific Ecosystem. The lab analyzes and models the patterns and processes that define the ecosystem of scientific research and discovery. Our goal is to combine rigorous computation, ecological theory, and social science to understand how the scientific community works, and how it can be made more equitable and more productive. Here, we continue to build on a decade-old collaboration with the Clauset Lab.

Dan Larremore leads the lab at the University of Colorado Boulder, as the Associate Chair for Research and an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and core faculty in the BioFrontiers Institute, with an affiliation with the Department of Applied Mathematics, and as a member of the external faculty at the Santa Fe Institute. He is co-founder and co-CEO of Cevian Labs.

Lab News

  • 2026 March 4 - New preprint out on the arXiv — Consensus and fragmentation in academic publication preferences, with Ian Van Buskirk, Marilena Hohmann, Ekaterina Landgren, Johan Ugander, and Aaron Clauset.
  • 2025 March 2 - The International Conference on the Science of Science and Innovation (ICSSI) will be held here at CU Boulder, June 29 to July 1, chaired by Dan Larremore, Erin Leahey, and Bhaven Sampat. See ICSSI.org for details!
  • 2026 February 21 - Paper submitted! — Researchers play distinct epistemic roles in constructing ecological knowledge, with Kate Wootton, Jennifer Dunne, Mirta Galesic, and Aaron Clauset.
  • 2026 February 1 - Revised paper submitted — Editorial and peer review dynamics at elite general science journals, led by Sam Zhang, Nicholas LaBerge, and Quinten McElhiney.
  • 2025 December 1 - The Open Pathogen Kinetics Commons is now LIVE at OpenPKCommons.org. Our initial launch shares viral kinetics data from an initial four pathogens, dozens of studies, and tens of thousands of data points!
  • 2025 November 18 - Aaron Clauset and Dan launch Cevian Labs.
  • 2025 August 18 - Violet Ross joins the lab!
  • 2025 August 18 - A fundamental limit to the effectiveness of traveller screening with molecular tests now published in Epidemiology and Infection.
  • 2025 July 1 - Dan is appointed Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Computer Science
  • 2025 June 2 - Misere Connect Four is Solved now published in the ICGA Journal
  • 2025 May 30 - Dr. Katie Spoon is headed to Stanford for a postdoc in Data Science, and then to UT El Paso for a faculty position!
  • 2025 May 11 - Dr. Casey Middleton is headed to University of Melbourne for a postdoc in the Dept of Maths & Statistics and the Dept Public Health with Drs. Freya Shearer and James McCaw, while Chethan KP is headed to Northeastern Network Science Institution for a PhD. Congratulations guys!.
  • 2025 April 30 - Congratulations to Dr. Katie Spoon on a successful PhD defense!
  • 2025 April 15 - Congratulations to Chethan KP on a successful MS defense! Chethan is headed to Northeastern for a PhD in Network Science.
  • 2025 April 7 - Congratulations to Dr. Casey Middleton on a successful PhD defense!
  • 2025 February 17 - New preprint out on the arXiv - Misere Connect Four is Solved.