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Dr. Jia Li

Professor and Department Chair

Address Information

• Office: 258A Shelby Center
• Voice: (256) 824-6470
• Fax: (256) 824-6173
• E Mail: li@math.uah.edu

Education

• Ph.D. (Math) University of Tennessee, 1987
• M.S. (Applied Math) Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1981

Research Interests

Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations, Difference Equations, Population Dynamics, Dynamics of Infectious Diseases, Environmental Modeling and Analysis, and Mathematical Ecology

Professional Experience

• 2005 - present, Chair, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville
• 2000 - present, Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville
• 2001 Spring, Visiting Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, Xian Jiaotong University
• 1996 Summer, Visiting Associate Professor, Biometrics Unit, Cornell University
• 1995 - 2000, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville
• 1993, Visiting Scientist and Visiting Assistant Professor, Biometrics Unit, Center for Applied Mathematics, and Mathematical Science Institute, Cornell University
• 1992 - present, Consultant/Affiliate, Mathematical Modeling and Analysis Group, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• 1990 - 1995, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville
• 1989 - 1991, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• 1988 - 1989, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona
• 1987 - 1988, Postdoctoral Research Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee

Professional Activities

• Associate Editor, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
• Associate Editor, Journal of Biological Dynamics

Selected Recent Publications

• Differential Equations Models for Interacting Wild and Transgenic Mosquito Populations, J. Bio. Dyn., (2008), (in press)
• An extended discrete Ricker population model with Allee effects, J. Diff. Eqns. Appl., 13 (2007), 309-321, (with Baojun Song and Xiaohong Wang).
• Infection-age structured epidemic models with behavior change or treatment, J. Bio. Dyn., 1 (2007), 109-131, (with J.M. Hyman).
• Differential susceptibility and differential infectivity epidemic models, Math. Bio. Eng., 3 (2006), 89-100, (with J.M. Hyman).
• Heterogeneity in modeling of mosquito populations with transgenic mosquitoes, J. Diff. Eqns. Appl., 11 (2005), 443-457.
• Differential susceptibility epidemic models, J. Math. Biol., 50 (2005), 626-644, (with J.M. Hyman).
• The Reproductive number for an HIV model with differential infectivity and staged progression, Linear Algebra Appl., 398 (2005), 101-116, (with J.M. Hyman).
• Epidemiological models for mutating pathogens, SIAM, J. Appl. Math., 65 (2004), 1-23, (with Yicang Zhou, Zhien Ma, and J.M. Hyman).
• Simple mathematical models for interacting wild and transgenic mosquito populations, Math. Biosci., 189 (2004), 39-59.
• On coexistence of pathogens in a class of sexually-transmitted disease models, J. Math. Biol., 47 (2003), 547-568, (with Zhien Ma, S.P. Blythe, and C. Castillo-Chavez).
• Stability analysis for differential infectivity epidemic models, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Appl., 4 (2003), 841-856, (with Zhien Ma and Jianping Liu).
• Modeling the impact of random screening and contact tracing in reducing the spread of HIV, Math. Biosci., 181 (2003), 17-54, (with J.M. Hyman and E.A. Stanley).