Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
University of California, Riverside
MRB1 Room 3120
169 Aberdeen Dr
Riverside, CA 92507
Office Phone: 951-827-9422
Email: qixuanw@ucr.edu
Mathematical Biology, Multiscale Modeling, Growth, Skin Biology, Microswimming
L’Oreal sponsored Research Award, April 2025 - December 2025
Project Digital Dermatology. Subaward.
2023-2024 Chancellor’s Award in Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement, UC Riverside.
P30 Skin Biology Resource Center Seed Grant Program, March 2022 - February 2023
Subaward: Control Mechanisms of Hair Follicle Growth Regression.
NSF DMS-1951184 (Supplement DMS-2127265), August 2020 - July 2024
Collaborative Research: Multi-Scale Modeling and Experimental Study of Hair Follicle Growth Control Mechanisms and Stem Cell Lineage Dynamics.
Associate Professor (2024-present), Department of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside.
Assistant Professor (2018-2024), Department of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside.
Visiting Assistant Professor (2012-2015), Postdoctoral Scholar (2015-2018)
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine.
Supervisor: Dr. Qing Nie
Ph.D. 2012, Mathematics
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Advisor: Dr. Hans Othmer
Thesis: Modeling of Amoeboid Swimming at Low Reynolds Number. [Link]
B.S. 2006, Mathematics
Peking University, Beijing, China