Dr. Christopher Kribs

Christopher Kribs is Distinguished Teaching Professor and Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Texas at Arlington. He has served on the UTA faculty since 1997 and on UTA's Academy of Distinguished Teachers and Academy of Distinguished Scholars since 2017. His teaching was recognized with a 2016 University of Texas System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award, as well as more locally with the 2008 Chancellor's Council Award for Innovation in Teaching Award, the 2017 President's Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the 2004 Mejor Docente award from the Universidad de Colima Facultad de Ciencias.

His research spans the fields of mathematical biology and mathematics education, including over 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals and a recent textbook on the use of dynamical systems to model biological populations. Within mathematical biology, his interests lie at the intersection of mathematical epidemiology and ecology, and for the past 15 years have focused on modeling the sylvatic transmission of the vector-borne parasite Trypanosoma cruzi which causes Chagas' disease, and on neglected vector-borne diseases more broadly.