Rubayet Rahman (PhD student, 2023-present)
Research topics: Spatial epidemic models, diffusion-driven instabilities, entomological dynamics
Email: rubayet.rahman@okstate.edu
Rubayet Rahman (PhD student, 2023-present)
Research topics: Spatial epidemic models, diffusion-driven instabilities, entomological dynamics
Email: rubayet.rahman@okstate.edu
Athkia Mobershira (PhD student, 2023-present)
Research topics: Human Behavior and Infectious disease dynamics, metapopulation models
Email: amobers@okstate.edu
Luan Lopes (PhD student, 2023-present)
Research topics: Dengue dynamics in non-endemic regions, machine learning
Email: luan.lopes@okstate.edu
Chanaka Kottegoda (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2022-2024)
Chanaka is now an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Marshall University.
Research topics: Mathematical modeling and applications in biology and epidemiology, Slow-fast systems and relaxation oscillations, and Bifurcations in mathematical modeling
Email: kottegoda@marshall.edu
Haridas Kumar Das (Postdoctoral Researcher, 2025-2026. PhD Student, 2022-2025)
Haridas has joined the University of Michigan as a postdoc under Naoki Masuda in Fall 2026.
Research topics: Metapopulation models, Machine learning, Epidemic Forecasting
Email: haridas@med.umich.edu
Website: link
Cade Pearson (Undergraduate student, 2025-2026)
Research topics: Plant disease dynamics, differential equations
Nick Belden (Undergraduate student at UCF, 2024-present)
Nick joined the University of Arkansas in Fall 2026 as a PhD student.
Research area: Metapopulation models, random graphs, epidemic invasion
Cort Vanzant (Undergraduate student, 2022-2023)
Research topics: Respiratory infectious diseases, opinion dynamics.
Zeya Bartlett (Undergraduate student, 2023)
Research topics: influenza dynamics, parameter estimation