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Vita

Education

Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Arizona State University, 1994
M.S., Mathematics, Jilin University, P.R. China, 1985
B.S., Mathematics, Jilin University, P.R. China, 1982

Professional Experience

Title Location Dates
Program Director NSF, Math Biology 2019-Present
Professor Purdue University 2005-Present
Associate Professor Purdue University 2001-2005
Visiting Fellow Princeton University Spring 1998
Assistant Professor Purdue University 1996-2001
Postdoctoral Associate Cornell University 1994-1996

Research Interests

Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, Mathematical Biology, Applied Mathematics

Publications

Grants

Grant Title Amount Responsibility Dates
NSF DMS-1814545 ($80,000) PI 2018-2021
NSF DMS-1022758 ($260,230) PI 2010-2014
NSF DMS-0920828 ($311,627) PI (with DeAngelis) 2009-2013
CDC Research contract ($20,389) PI 2009-2010
NSF DMS-0719697 ($144,800) PI (with Minchella) 2007-2010
CDC Research grant ($93,500) PI 2007-2008
JSMF Research award ($449,508) PI 2003-2007
NSF DMS-0314575 ($389,013) PI (with Milner and Minchella) 2003-2007
PRF ($26,526) (for graduate research) 2003-2005
NSF SES-0119908 ($50,000) Co-PI (with Craig and Swihart) 2001-2002
NSF DMS-9974389 ($221,000) PI (with Milner and Minchella) 1999-2002
PRF ($23,332) (for graduate research) 1997-1999
NSF DMS-9720558 ($75,000) PI 1997-1999

Awards

Ph.D. Advisor

Horst Thieme

Postdoctoral Advisor

Carlos Castillo-Chavez

Ph.D. Students

Graduated

Student Current Position
Jorge Alfaro-Murillo (2013) Associate Research Scientist, Yale University
Christina Alvey (2015) Assistant Professor, Mount Saint Mary College
Kyle Dahlin (2020) Postdoc, University of Georgia
Qing Han (2017)  
Nancy Hernandez Ceron (2015) Postdoc, U. Alberta
Cheng-Che Li (2002) Assistant Professor, SJSMIT, Taiwan
Ya Li (2007) Assistant Professor, Beihang University, China
Gayane Poghotanyan (2018) Purdue U.
Joan Ponce (2020) Postdoc, UCLA
Lih-Ing Wu ( 2000 ) Associate Professor, Texas Tech
Libin Rong (2007) Associate Professor, University of Florida
Katia Vogt Geisse (2014) Associate Professor, de la Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Santiago, Chile
Xiaohong Wang (2005) American Express
Yiding Yang (2010) Postdoc, Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville
Pei Zhang (2007) HBK Investment
Yiqiang Zheng (2016)  

Current

MyVan Vo

Group photo from 2012.

2012 Group Photo

Postdocs and Visitors

Name Dates Title
Dashun Xu 2004-2006 Associate Professor, SIUC
Rongsong Liu 2006-2009 Tenure-track Assistant Professor, U. Wyoming
Zhipeng Qiu 2008 & 2011 Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
Sherry Towers 2010-2012 ASU
Georgi Kapitanov 2012-2014 Pfizer

Editorial Boards

Board Dates
Mathematical Biosciences 2010-Present
SIAM J. Appl. Math. 2009-2020.
Journal of Theoretical Biology 2005-Present

Conferences

Books and Special Issues Edited

Mathematical Models in Epidemiology, Fred Brauer, Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Zhilan Feng. Springer, 2019

Mathematical Models of Plant-Herbivore Interactions, Zhilan Feng and Donald DeAngelis. CRC Press, 2017

Applications of Epidemiological Models to Public Health Policymaking. World Scientific, 2014.

Disease Evolution: Models, Concepts, and Data Analysis. Editors: Zhilan Feng, Ulf Dieckmann, Simon A. Levin. AMS, 2006.

Differential Equations and Applications to Ecology and Epidemiology. Guest Editors: Zhilan Feng, Hal L. Smith, Glenn F. Webb. MBE, 7 (1), 2010.

Special issue dedicated to Carlos Castillo-Chavez on his 60th birthday. Guest Editors: Gerardo Chowell, Zhilan Feng, Baojun Song. MBE, 10 (5/6), 2013