Speaker

YUAN LOU

Time

2022.04.06 16:00-17:30

Abstract

How do space and environment impact infectious disease? This talk will discuss several partial differential equation models for infectious disease, mainly focusing on the effect of environmental factors such as spatial heterogeneity and time-periodicity on basic reproduction number, and address issues related with exposed populations and coexistence of multiple strains. We will also discuss some related mathematical theory and methods such as eigenvalues of differential operators. .

Bio

Yuan Lou studied at Department of Mathematics, Peking University from 1984-1991 and received his B.S and M.S degrees there. He pursued his Ph.D degree at School of Mathematics at University of Minnesota from 1991-1995. After receiving his Ph.D in 1995, he did postdocs at MSRI (1995-1996) and University of Chicago (1996-1998), respectively. From 1998 to 2021 he was a faculty member at Ohio State University, Associate Director of Mathematical Science Institute (2009-2013). He joined School of Mathematics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University as a Chair Professor in 2022. His research interest is on reaction-diffusion equations with applications to biology, with 130+ publications in the area. He is serving in the editorial boards of CSIAM-AM、J. Differential Equations、J. Math. Biol.、SIAM J. Appl. Math. and he is Co-Editor-In-Chief of DCDS-B.