Ecological and Evolutionary Modeling

Mathematical modeling of complex ecological and evolutionary processes can provide unique insights into biological systems, help elucidate unanticipated processes at work in populations, and provide testable predictions for empirical studies. Building and evaluating such models is central to research in this area of inquiry. Faculty performing research in this area use mathematical models to address a diverse collection of problems. These include within-host dynamics of the immune response, the evolution of drug resistance, models describing the spatiotemporal dynamics of infectious diseases, and dynamics of microbial populations.