Department of Mathematics

Zhilan Feng

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

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

A list of journal articles

A DIMACS/AMS volume

#1 of the "ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles" in Mathematical Biosciences, July-Sep 2004

Grants

NSF DMS-9720558 ($75,000) PI 1997-1999
PRF ($23,332) (for graduate research) 1997-1999
NSF DMS-9974389 ($221,000) PI (with Milner and Minchella) 1999-2002
NSF SES-0119908 ($50,000) Co-PI (with Craig and Swihart) 2001-2002
PRF ($26,526) (for graduate research) 2003-2005
NSF DMS-0314575 ($389,013) PI (with Milner and Minchella) 2003-2007
JSMF 220020052 ($449,508) PI (with DeWoody and Swihart) 2003-2007
CDC Research grant ($93,500) PI 2007-2008
NSF DMS-0719697 ($144,800) PI (with Minchella) 2007-2010
CDC Research contract ($20,389) PI 2009-2010
NSF DMS-0920828 ($311,627) PI (with DeAngelis) 2009-2012

Awards

Teaching for Tomorrow Award, Purdue University, 1998
Showalter Trust Award ($66,666), Purdue University, 2004

Ph.D. Advisor

Horst Thieme

Postdoctoral Advisor

Carlos Castillo-Chavez

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, Tenure-track Assistant Professor at SIUC
Jimmy Mopecha, Spring 2006, Lecturer at ASU
Rongsong Liu, 2006-2009, Tenure-track Assistant Professor at U. Wyoming.

Editorial Board

Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2005-Present

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2004-Present

SIAM J. Appl. Math. 2009-Present

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


  • Differential Equations and Applications in Ecology and Epidemiology, 2008 (with Tim Lant)
    Group Photos

  • AIM Workshop on Stochastic and Deterministic Spatial Modeling in Population Dynamics, 2009 (with Troy Day and Priscilla Greenwood)

    • Books Edited

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