Work experience: - 2005 - present, Chair, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville - 2000 - present, Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville - 2001 Spring, Visiting Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, Xian Jiaotong University - 1996 Summer, Visiting Associate Professor, Biometrics Unit, Cornell University - 1995 - 2000, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville - 1993, Visiting Scientist and Visiting Assistant Professor, Biometrics Unit, Center for Applied Mathematics, and Mathematical Science Institute, Cornell University - 1992 - 2011, Consultant/Affiliate, Mathematical Modeling and Analysis Group, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory - 1990 - 1995, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville - 1989 - 1991, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory - 1988 - 1989, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona - 1987 - 1988, Postdoctoral Research Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee |
Scientific achievements: Selected Recent Publications - Modeling releases of sterile mosquitoes with different strategies, J. Biol. Dynam., 9 (2015), 1-14, (with Zhiling Yuan). - Dynamics of mosquitoes populations with different strategies for releasing sterile mosquitoes, SIAM, J. Appl. Math., 74 (2014),1786-1809, (with Shangbing Ai and Liming Cai). - Stage-structured models for interacting wild and sterile mosquitoes, J. Shanghai Normal Univ. (Nat. Sci. Math.), 43 (2014), 511-522. - Dynamics of interactive mosquito populations with two transgenes, J. Biol. Sys., 21 (2013), 1340003.1-21, (with Cuihong Yang). - Disease prevention is goal for UAH math chair’s mosquito-control models, UAH Research News, (2013), (with Jim Steele). - A mathematical model for control of vector borne diseases through media campaigns, Dis. Conti. Dyn. Sys. - B,18 (2013), 1909-1927, (with A.K. Misra and Anupama Sharma). - Simple discrete-time malarial models, J. Diff. Eqns. Appl.,19 (2013), 649-666. - Discrete-time models with mosquitoes carrying genetically-modified bacteria, Math. Biosci., 240 (2012), 35-44. - Mosquito-stage-structured malaria models and their global dynamics, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 72 (2012), 1213-1237, (with Shangbing Ai and Junliang Lu). - Modeling of transgenic mosquitoes and impact on malaria transmission, J. Biol. Dynam., 5 (2011), 474-494. - Malaria model with stage-structured mosquitoes, Math. Biol. Eng., Math. Biosci. Eng., 8 (2011), 753-768. - Dynamics of stage-structured discrete mosquito population models, J. Appl. Anal. Compt., 1 (2011), 53-67, (with Junliang Lu). - Modeling of mosquitoes with dominant or recessive transgenes and Allee effects, Math. Biosci. Eng., 7 (2010), 99-121. - Dynamical Modeling and Analysis of Epidemics, (Zhien Ma and Jia Li, Eds.), World Scientific, 2009. - Simple stage-structured models for wild and transgenic mosquito populations, J. Diff. Eqns. Appl., 17 (2009), 327-347. - Epidemic models with differential susceptibility and staged progression and their dynamics, Math. Biosci. Eng., 6 (2009), 321-332, (with J.M. Hyman). Malaria models with partial immunity in humans, Math. Biosci. Eng., 5 (2008), 789-801. - Differential equations models for interacting wild and transgenic mosquito populations, J. Biol. Dynam., 2 (2008), 241-258. - Continuous-time age-structured models in population dynamics and epidemiology, In Mathematical Epidermiology, (Fred Brauer, Pauline van den Driessche, and Jianhong Wu, Eds.), Springer, Berlin, (2008), 205-227, (with Fred Brauer). - An extended discrete Ricker population model with Allee effects, J. Diff. Eqns. Appl., 13 (2007), 309-321, (with Baojun Song and Xiaohong Wang). - Infection-age structured epidemic models with behavior change or treatment, J. Biol. Dynam., 1 (2007), 109-131, (with J.M. Hyman). - Differential susceptibility and differential infectivity epidemic models, Math. Biosci. Eng., 3 (2006), 89-100, (with J.M. Hyman). - Heterogeneity in modeling of mosquito populations with transgenic mosquitoes, J. Diff. Eqns. Appl., 11 (2005), 443-457. - Differential susceptibility epidemic models, J. Math. Biol., 50 (2005), 626-644, (with J.M. Hyman). - The Reproductive number for an HIV model with differential infectivity and staged progression, Linear Algebra Appl., 398 (2005), 101-116, (with J.M. Hyman). - Epidemiological models for mutating pathogens, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 65 (2004), 1-23, (with Yicang Zhou, Zhien Ma, and J.M. Hyman). - Simple mathematical models for interacting wild and transgenic mosquito populations, Math. Biosci., 189 (2004), 39-59. - On coexistence of pathogens in a class of sexually-transmitted disease models, J. Math. Biol., 47 (2003), 547-568, (with Zhien Ma, S.P. Blythe, and C. Castillo-Chavez). - Stability analysis for differential infectivity epidemic models, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Appl., 4 (2003), 841-856, (with Zhien Ma and Jianping Liu). - Modeling the impact of random screening and contact tracing in reducing the spread of HIV, Math. Biosci., 181 (2003), 17-54, (with J.M. Hyman and E.A. Stanley). |