About me

I am a Research Fellow, working in the Malaria Modelling group within the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Imperial College London. My current projects  focuses on modelling the potential public health impact of interventions that are designed to reduce malaria transmission, such as transmission-blocking vaccines. Previously, I have developed within-host malaria models, combining parasite dynamics, a simple characterisation of the human immune response, and PKPD (pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic) modelling.

My research background lies in physics. My research interests here lie in the study of stochastic processes, particularly cases where the noise is intrinsic to the system. The study of such systems requires a mixture of analytical and computational techniques. I am interested in the implications of the stochasticity from a dynamical systems point of view, as well as the real world applications of these processes e.g. biochemical reaction systems.

I completed my PhD in Theoretical Physics in the Complex Systems & Statistical Physics group at The University of Manchester, working with Alan McKane. My first post-doctoral position was in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Florence (Università degli Studi di Firenze), working with Duccio Fanelli.

Email: joseph.d.challenger[at]gmail.com

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