Zhilan Feng
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
| Assistant Professor | Liaoning University, P.R. China | 1986-1989 |
| Postdoctoral Associate | Cornell University | 1994-1996 |
| Assistant Professor | Purdue University | 1996-2001 |
| Visiting Fellow | Princeton University | Spring 1998 |
| Associate Professor | Purdue University | 2001-2005 |
| Professor | Purdue University | 2005-Present |
Research Interests
Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, Mathematical Biology, Applied Mathematics
Publications
#1 of the "ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles" in Mathematical Biosciences, July-Sep 2004
Grants
- NSF grant DMS-9720558 ($75,000), PI, 1997-1999
- PRF grant for graduate research ($23,332), 1997-1999
- NSF grant DMS-9974389 ($221,000), PI (with Milner and Minchella), 1999-2002
- NSF grant SES-0119908 ($50,000), Co-PI (with Swihart and Craig), 2001-2002
- Purdue ESEI grant (PRF) ($3,000), 2002, ($7,020), 2003
- PRF grant for graduate research ($26,526), 2003-2005
- NSF grant DMS-0314575 ($389,013), PI (with Milner and Minchella), 2003-2007
- JSMF grant 220020052 ($449,508), PI (with Swihart and DeWoody), 2003-2007
- NSF grant DMS-0719697 ($144,800), PI, 2007-2010
- CDC (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Research Contract ($93,500), 2007
Awards
Teaching
for Tomorrow Award, Purdue University, 1998
Showalter Trust Award ($66,666), Purdue University, 2004
Ph.D. Advisor
Postdoctoral Advisor
Ph.D. Students
| Lih-Ing Wu | 2000 | Assistant Professor at Texas Tech |
| Cheng-Che Li | 2002 | Assistant Professor at SJSMIT, Taiwan |
| Xiaohong Wang | 2005 | Postdoc at ASU |
| Ya Li | 2007 | Assistant Professor at Beihang University, China |
| Libin Rong | 2007 | Postdoc at Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Pei Zhang | 2007 | HBK Investment |
| Yiding Yang |
M.S. Students
Stephanie Gruver, 2001, Assistant Professor at Mount Marty College
Postdocs and Visitors
Dashun Xu, 2004-2006, Assistant Professor at SIUC
Jimmy Mopecha, Spring 2006, Lecturer at ASU
Rongsong Liu, 2006-
Conferences Organized
DIMACS working group on Genetics and Evolution of Pathogens, 2003
Banff workshop on Modeling the Impact of Policy Options during
Public Health Crises, 2008 (with Fred Brauer and John
Glasser)
Group Photo
Books Edited
Disease Evolution: Models, Concepts, and Data Analysis. Editors: Zhilan Feng, Ulf Dieckmann, Simon A. Levin. AMS, 2006.