Lauren Ancel Meyers is a Professor at The University of Texas at Austin since January 2003 and serves as Co-Founder of the Center for Advanced Pathogen Threat and Response Simulation (CAPTRS) since 2020. Lauren Ancel Meyers earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Philosophy from Harvard University (August 1991 - June 1995) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematical Biology from Stanford University (1996 - 2000).