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Publications & Presentations

Publications

Articles in Journals

Y. Ma and G. Tang, Love stories in an Ordinary Differential Equations class, Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 55(2), 442-453, 2023. Click here to download authors' submitted version.
H. Bei, L. Wang, Y. Ma, J. Sun, and L. Zhang, A linear optimal feedback control for producing 1,3-propanediol via microbial fermentation, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series S, 13(6), 1623 - 1635, 2020. Click here to download.
Y. Zhao, Y. Ma, H. Sun, B. Li and Q. Du, A New Phase-field Approach to Variational Implicit Salvation of Charged Molecules with the Coulomb-field Approximation, 16(5), 1203-1223, Communications in Mathematical Sciences, 2018. Click here to download.
P. Mu, L. Wang, Y. An, and Y. Ma, A novel fractional microbial batch culture process and parameter identification, Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, 26(1): 265-277, 2018. Click here to download.
Y. Wang, Y. Zhao, L. Wang, A. Song and Y. Ma, Stochastic maximum principle for partial information optimal investment and divided problem on insurer, Journal of industrial and management optimization. Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization 13(2), 1868-1935. 2017. Click here to download.
Y. Zhao, J. Wang, Y. Ma, and Q. Du, Generalized master equation for some local and nonlocal stochastic processes, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 71(11), 2497-2512, 2016. Click here to download.
Y. Wang, L. Wang, Y. Zhao, A. Song and Y. Ma, A stochastic model for microbial fermentation process under Gaussian white noise environment, Numerical Algebra, Control and Optimization,5(4), 381-392, 2015. Click here to download.
Y. Ma, J. Wang, S. Liang, C. Dong and Q. Du, Application of population dynamics to study heterotypic cell aggregations in the near-wall region of a shear flow, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, 3(1), 3-19, 2010. Click here to download.

Articles in Books

Y. Ma, Y. Kang, A. Davenport, J. Aduamah, K. Link, and K. Gurski, Modeling Extended-release Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Drug-Resistant HIV, Mathematical Modeling for Women’s Health. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, Springer, Cham. vol 166, 9-50, 2024. Click here to download. Click here to purchase the hardcopy of the book.
L. de Pillis, E. Graham, K. Hood, Y. Ma, A. Radunskaya and J. Simon, Injury-Initiated Clot Formation Under Flow: A Mathematical Model with Warfarin Treatment, Applications of Dynamical Systems in Biology and Medicine, The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 158, 75-98, 2015. Click here to download.

Articles in Magazines or other Venues

Y. Ma, From Lone Wolf to Collaborative Educator: How My Teaching Strategies Evolved, the Teaching Professor, Sep. 3rd, 2024. Click here for access.
Y. Ma, G. Tang, and G. Karakok, Three Empires Strike Back: Mathematics Beyond Baseball and Star Wars, MAA Focus, Feb. 2023. Click here for access.
Y. Ma, Spark Curiosity and Build Community on the First Day, the Teaching Professor, Jan. 17th, 2023. Click here for access.
Y. Ma, Book review for `Informal Calculus with Applications to Biological and Environmental Sciences', Open book library (open.umn.edu), 2022. Click here for access.
Y. Ma, The bookshelf: Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe, Math Horizons, Nov. 2019. Click here for access.
Y. Ma, Population Dynamics Modeling of Heterotypic Cell Aggregations and Related Parameter Identification Problems, Ph.D. Thesis. 2012. Click here for access.

Articles in Revision/Review

Y. Ma, Mastery-Based Grading for More Accurate Assessment and Better Learning, submitted to the Teaching Professor, Aug. 2024.
Y. Jiang, K. Kurianski, J. Lee, Y. Ma, D. Cicala, and G. Ledder, Incorporating changeable attitudes toward vaccination into compartment models for infectious diseases, submitted to Mathematical Biosciences and Engieering, Aug. 2024.

Work in Progress

With BGF, CC, Epi model, 2024.

Presentations

2024

Invited talk, Modeling Extended-release Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Drug-Resistant HIV, the Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 2024. [Trip canceled due to health reasons.]
Invited talk, The modeling-first approach in an ODE classroom: utilizing fictional dragons as a practical modeling illustration, the Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 2024. [Trip canceled due to health reasons.]
General Contributed Talk, The modeling-first approach in an ODE classroom: utilizing fictional dragons as a practical modeling illustration, SIMIODE EXPO 2024, Feb. 2024. (online).
Invited Talk, Design online course materials via Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and adopt High Impact Practices (HIPs) in Math 246 (Ordinary Differential Equations and Linear Algebra), Academic Technology Grants Showcases, LMU Teaching with Technology Day, Feb. 2024. (Panel)

2023

Invited talk, Modeling Extended-release Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Drug-Resistant HIV, the 10th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2023) at Waseda University in Tokyo, Aug. 2023.
Poster Presentation, Designing good teaching materials to train future applied mathematicians, ICAIM 2023 at Tokyo, Aug. 2023.
Invited talk, Extended-release Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Drug-Resistant HIV, Math Colloquium, George Washington University, Apr. 2023.
General contributed talk, Engaging Students with Hands-on Activities on the First Day of Differential Equations Class, SIMIODE EXPO 2023, Feb. 2023.
Invited talk, What is the implication of China’s new family-planning policy on the Chinese population? Does the third-child policy solve China’s population crisis, Center for Asian Business, LMU, Jan. 2023.

2022

General contributed talk, Investigating the O in SIMIODE: Providing Opportunities for Students to Bring Aspects of their Own Identities into the Differential Equations Classroom, MathFest, Aug. 2022.
Invited talk, Happy Holidays with Mathematics, SIMIODE EXPO 2022, Feb. 2022. (Virtual)

2021

Poster Presentation, A linear optimal feedback control for producing 1, 3-propanediol via microbial fermentation, MATH FOR ALL in New Orleans, Mar. 2021 (Virtual).

Before 2020

Invited talk in LS20 Minisymposium for Women in Mathematical Biology (WIMB-MS), SIAM Life Science, Orange County, CA, 2020 (canceled).
General contributed talk, Incorporating relevant life science projects into Calculus class: Michaelis-Menten Kinetics and more, JMM 2019, Baltimore, MD, 2019.
Invited Panelist, New Faculty Orientation for part-time faculty, Center for Teaching Excellence, LMU, Aug. 2018.
Poster Presentation, Application projects for students in calculus for life science, MathFest 2018, Denver, CO, Aug. 2018.
General contributed talk, Reports on the attitudes of students in calculus of life science toward Mathematics in their careers, MathFest 2018, Denver, CO, Aug. 2018.
Invited talk, A mathematical model of blood clotting with special treatment, Mathematics seminar, Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing, China, Jul. 2017.
Invited talk, A mathematical model of blood clotting with special treatment, Mathematics seminar, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, Jul. 2017.
Invited talk, A mathematical model of blood clotting with special treatment, Bio-Math seminar, Peking University, Beijing, China, Jul. 2017.
General contributed talk, The Attitudes of Students in Calculus for Life Science in Their Careers and Some Calculus Applications in Real Life, Joint Mathematics Meeting 2017, Atlanta, GA, Jan. 2017.
General contributed talk, The attitudes of students in Calculus of life science toward Mathematics in their careers, MathFest 2016, Columbus, OH, Aug. 2016.
Poster, A stochastic model for microbial fermentation process under Gaussian white noise environment, MathFest 2016, Columbus, OH, Aug. 2016.
Poster, Interdisciplinary Teaching: the Mathematical Component in Ecology of Homelessness, Joint Mathematics Meeting 2016, Seattle, WA, Jan. 2016.
Poster, Interdisciplinary Teaching: the Mathematical Component in Ecology of Homelessness, the 8th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Beijing, China, Aug. 2015.
Invited talk, Injury-initiated clot formation under flow: a mathematical model with treatment, Department seminar, Howard University, Apr. 2015.
Invited talk, Injury-initiated clot formation under flow: a mathematical model with treatment, Department seminar, George Washington University, Mar. 2015.
Invited talk, Injury-initiated clot formation under flow: a mathematical model with treatment, Department seminar, Penn State University, Mar. 2015
Poster, A Model-Based Comparison of Clinical and Biological Determinants for Anticoagulation Therapy, MathFest 2014, Portland, OR, Aug. 2014.
Invited talk, Mathematical modeling of cell coagulation, Junior Faculty Seminar, LMU, Nov. 2013.
Invited talk, Population dynamics study of heterotypic cell aggregations in the near wall region of a shear flow, Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Workshop in Society of Industrial and Mathematical Society (SIAM) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jul. 2013.
Invited talk, What is study abroad like? How to apply for graduate school in the US?, Seminar in Biology Department, Chengdu University of Technology, Jan. 2013.
Poster, Multi-scale population dynamics study of heterotypic cell aggregation in a shear flow and related parameter identification problem, SIAM Life Science meeting, San Diego, CA, July 2012.
Invited talk, Population dynamics study of heterotypic cell aggregations in the near wall region of a shear flow, Frontiers in Mathematical Biology: Young Investigator Conference, University of Maryland, Mar. 2012.
Invited talk, Population dynamics study of heterotypic cell aggregations in the near wall region of a shear flow, Seminar in Department of Mathematics, University of Southern California, Mar. 2012.
Talk, Population dynamics study of heterotypic cell aggregations in the near wall region of a shear flow, 4th Southern California Women in Mathematics Conference, Los Angeles, Jan. 2012.
Poster, Application of Population Dynamics to Study Heterotypic Cell Aggregations in the Near-wall Region of a Shear Flow, 2nd Southern California Systems Biology Conference, University of California, Irvine, Jan. 2012.
Poster, Application of Population Dynamics to Study Heterotypic Cell Aggregations in the Near-wall Region of a Shear Flow, SIAM Annual Meeting and Life Science Meeting, Pittsburgh, July 2010.
Talk, Application of Population Dynamics to Study Heterotypic Cell Aggregations in the Near-wall Region of a Shear Flow, Workshop on Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Penn State, May 2010.
Evaluation Report for National Mathematical Foundation Evaluation for USTC, 2005.

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