Patel Research Group

From Math To Land

contact me: patelswa at oregonstate.edu

I am a mathematical population biologist and an assistant professor at Oregon State University Math Department. I lead a research team that works on modeling of population dynamics, genetics, and infectious diseases, with an emphasis on optimizing control strategies.

I recently joined the Editorial Board for the American Naturalist!

In 2019, I co-founded the Math For All conference, to foster inclusivity in mathematics research.

Recent News

June 2026: Congratulation to Michael Perez-Palapa for his successful completion of his Masters!
June 2026: Congratulations to Eleanor Courcelle for completing her Undergraduate Honors Degree in Chemistry and Mathematics!
May 2026: Congratulations to Abigail Adjei for successfully defending her Masters!
March 2026: paper on coexistence in an eco-evo two species system accepted to JTB
December 2025: Swati gives talk on permanence at Modern Coexistence Theory workshop hosted by SMTPB (see website for recording)

Upcoming Events

Three students, Busayo Oni, Lucas Allen, and Michael Perez-Palapa will attend the Stochastic Dynamics Summer School at Texas A&M
ICERM invited talk at "Modeling and Theory in Population Biology" June 1-5: video here
Math For All 2026: April 11
- Plenary Speaker: Sara Maloni (in-person); Ila Varma (virtual)
Courses:
- Winter 26: Graduate Probability
- Winter 26: "You Can Model That" Honors College Seminar to get hands-on experience modeling in science and society

Archived News

November 2025: Swati gives a talk at the Midwestern Mathematical Biology Seminar
August 2025: Swati joined Editorial Board for the American Naturalist
September 2025: Eleanor wins best student poster award at the PNW SIAM Conference!Jane accepts a position as a Lecturer at Dartmouth
August 2025: Jane organizes mini-symposium at SIAM Annual Meeting
July 2025: Swati gave talk on "Epistasis and the Emergence of Evolutionary Capacitors" at Society of Math Biology conference in Edmonton, Canada
June 2025: Busayo and Abigail gave a joint talk at the Workshop on modeling the evolution of resistance in the Spotted-Winged Drosophila
June 2025: Swati led a discussion on "Hybrid modeling: integrating data-driven and mechanistic modeling" at the NITMB workshop on Modeling and Theory in Population Biology in Chicago