{"id":2,"date":"2012-09-04T13:39:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T17:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/template\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-08-20T15:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:54:12","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/calistusnn\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/calistusnn\/files\/CNNgonghala.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/calistusnn\/files\/CNNgonghala-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"calistusnn\" class=\"wp-image-233\" style=\"width:278px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/calistusnn\/files\/CNNgonghala-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/calistusnn\/files\/CNNgonghala-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/calistusnn\/files\/CNNgonghala-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/calistusnn\/files\/CNNgonghala-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/calistusnn\/files\/CNNgonghala.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Calistus N. Ngonghala<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Associate Professor of Mathematical Biology<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Areas of Interest\/Research<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ecology of poverty and disease<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Infectious disease modeling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integrating disease epidemiology with human behavior and socio-economic factors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/calistusnn\/content-removed\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-304\">Nonlinear dynamical systems and chaos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Background<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add Background Information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Contact Information<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:calistusnn@ufl.edu\">calistusnn(at)ufl.edu<\/a><br>\nPhone: (352)&nbsp;294-2335<br>\nOffice:&nbsp;468 LIT<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Mailing address: 358 Little Hall<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Office hours for Fall 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monday: 11:45 AM-12:35 PM (Period 5) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Friday: 11:45 AM-12:35 PM (Period 5) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>By appointment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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