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Libin Rong<\/h1>\n\n\n

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Professor and Chair, Department of Mathematics<\/a>
Affiliate Professor, Department of Biostatistics<\/a>
Member, Emerging Pathogens Institute<\/a> (EPI)<\/p>\n

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Bio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I graduated from Fudan University<\/a> (BS Mathematics 2000 and MS Applied Mathematics 2003) and Purdue University<\/a> (PhD Applied Mathematics 2007). I was a postdoc at Los Alamos National Laboratory<\/a> from 2007 to 2009 and faculty at Oakland University<\/a> from 2010 to 2017. Since 2017, I am at the University of Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NSF CAREER Award, 2014
Marian P. Wilson Award, Oakland University, 2014
New Investigator Research Excellence Award, Oakland University, 2013
Leon Heller Publication Prize, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2012
Lynn Fellowship, Purdue University, 2003<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Grants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NSF DMS-2602108, PI, 2026 – 2029
NSF DMS-2324692 (supplemental DMS-2538320), PI, 2023 – 2026
NSF DMS-1950254, PI, 2020 – 2024
NSF DMS-1349939 (transferred to DMS-1758290), PI, 2014 – 2021
Oakland University Research Excellence Fund, PI, 2013 – 2014
NSF DMS-1122290, PI, 2011 – 2015
NIH NIAID R56-AI091514, Subcontract, 2011 – 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editorial Boards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Frontiers in Systems Biology<\/a>, Frontiers Media SA, 2025 – Present
PLoS Complex Systems<\/a>, Public Library of Science, 2024 – Present
Journal of Data and Dynamic Systems<\/a>, World Scientific Publishing, 2024 – Present
CSIAM Transactions on Life Sciences<\/a>, Global Science Press, 2024 – Present
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering<\/a>, AIMS Press, 2023 – Present
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology<\/a>, Springer, 2019 – Present
Mathematical Biosciences<\/a>, Elsevier, 2015 – Present
Journal of Biological Systems<\/a>, World Scientific, 2012 – Present
Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling, BioMed Central, 2019 – 2021
Scientific Reports, Nature Research, 2016 – 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Email: libinrong(at)ufl(dot)edu<\/a>                  Mailing address:
Phone: (352) 294-2350                               Department of Mathematics<\/a>
Fax: (352) 392-8357                                    University of Florida<\/a>
Office: 358 Little Hall                                    Gainesville, FL 32611<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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