Faculty
![]() | Maia Martcheva Ordinary differential equations; age-structured partial differential equations; discrete delay and distributed delay differential equations; discrete equations and diffusion equations Biological Systems of Interest — Avian Influenza — Malaria Modeling — Epidemic Models of Multi-Strain Interactions — Spatial Epidemic Modeling — Immunological Modeling — Immuno-Epidemiological Modeling |
![]() | Calistus Ngonghala |
![]() | Youngmin Park Dynamical systems, bifurcation theory, perturbation theory, coupled oscillator theory Biological Systems of Interest — Molecular motor transport — Cortical function: — Auditory processing — Oscillations — Spatial memory — Central pattern generators |
![]() | Sergei Pilyugin Mathematical biology, population dynamics, dynamical systems and differential equations Biological Systems of Interest — Population Models — Viral Dynamics — Citrus Greening |
![]() | Libin Rong Mathematical biology, differential equations, and data analysis Biological Systems of Interest — Within-host Dynamics of HIV, Hepatitis, and Influenza Virus Infection, etc. — Theoretical Immunology and Epidemiology — Multiscale Models in Infectious Disease Dynamics |
![]() | Tracy Stepien Mathematical biology, dynamical systems, ordinary and partial differential equations, numerical methods, data analysis Biological Systems of Interest — Cell Migration — Embryonic Development — Cancer — Wound Healing |
Emeritus Faculty
![]() | Jed Keesling Topology, dynamical systems, biomathematical modeling, queuing theory, stochastic processes, computational methods, and applied mathematics Biological Systems of Interest — Citrus Greening — Viral Dynamics |
Affiliated Faculty
![]() | Reinhard Laubenbacher Department of Medicine — Computational and Mathematical Systems Biology and Immunology — Multi-scale Modeling and Control of Disease Processes |
![]() | Helen Moore Department of Medicine — Mechanism-based mathematical modeling — Predicting patient response to immunotherapy, assessing systems model predictions, and optimizing combination drug regimens |
![]() | José Miguel Ponciano Department of Biology — Stochastic Processes and Statistics — Ecology and Evolution |
![]() | Burton Singer Emerging Pathogens Institute — Impact of migration and urbanization on malaria transmission — Co-infection |
![]() | Luis Sordo Vieira Department of Medicine –Computational biology and mathematical data science –Infectious diseases –Psychiatry |
Faculty Collaborators in Other Departments
Our group is highly interdisciplinary in our research approach, and we have established collaborations with numerous faculty in other departments at UF.
![]() Ashley Brown Department of Medicine | ![]() Stephen Hagen Department of Physics | ![]() Jeffrey Harrison Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
![]() Robert Holt Department of Biology | ![]() Jeremy Lichstein Department of Biology | ![]() Colette St. Mary Department of Biology |

















