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News<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong is appointed as the Department Chair, effective August 16, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong takes a sabbatical leave in the year of 2023 – 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong joins the Editorial Board of PLoS Complex Systems<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong joins the Editorial Board of CSIAM Journal on Life Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong\u00a0is awarded a three-year NSF collaborative grant to study fluid dynamics and infectious diseases. It is a collaboration with Jin Wang and Reetesh Ranjan from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Boya Yang defended her PhD dissertation and will join\u00a0Dr. Arthur Sherman<\/a>\u00a0group at the NIH as a postdoc<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Boya Yang studied the progression of\u00a0Type 2 diabetes with underlying obesity<\/a> and secondary diabetes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Boya Yang is visiting Dr. Arthur Sherman<\/a>\u00a0group at the NIH in Fall 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Call for papers for a special issue\u00a0on Multiscale modeling in epidemiology<\/a>, which will be published in Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering<\/a>. Guest editors: Xueying Wang, Libin Rong, and Jin Wang<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Boya Yang received the 2022 CAM Summer Graduate Research Fellowship<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

PhD student Boya Yang studied thyroid disorders<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Visiting student Sha He studied seasonal pollution<\/a>, COVID-19 outbreak<\/a> and future waves<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Sunpeng Wang studied within-host viral dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 infection<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong was promoted to full professor, effective August 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Boya Yang won the Chat Yin Ho Scholarship, which is in memory of Dr. Chat Yin Ho and awarded to a promising math graduate student<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong co-chairs the Modeling Within-host Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Session in The COVID-19 Dynamics & Evolution Conference Series – Part 2<\/a>, October 19-20, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

A simple modeling tool for business executives to reopen their workplace after lockdown<\/a>, a collaborative COVID-19 study<\/a> led by Hongyu Miao<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Hannah Anderson, who is advised by Tracy Stepien<\/a> (Chair) and Libin Rong (Co-Chair), won the\u00a0CTSI TL1 Training Grant<\/a> and is working on a brain cancer modeling project with Jeffrey Harrison<\/a>\u2019s lab at UF College of Medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Sha He, a PhD student from Shaanxi Normal University, is visiting the group and will stay for two years<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Boya Yang joined the group as a PhD student<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong gave lectures in the CIMPA Summer School of Mathematical Biology<\/a> at Kathmandu, Nepal, June 17-26<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong joins the Editorial Board<\/a> of the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, the official journal of The Society for Mathematical Biology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong serves as the Associate Editor<\/a> for the journal Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling<\/a>, published by the BioMed Central<\/a> (BMC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Call for papers for a special issue\u00a0Non-smooth Biological Dynamical Systems and Applications<\/a>, which will be published in Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering<\/a>. Guest editors: Sanyi Tang, Yanni Xiao and Libin Rong<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Professor Zhipeng Qiu from Nanjing University of Science and Technology visited the group<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Ryan Nikin-Beers<\/a> joined the group as a Visiting Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Disease by the Numbers<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>, by Rachel Wayne, Ytori Magazine<\/a>, Spring 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2017<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

A group of faculty and graduate students from Xinyang Normal University and Ningxia University are visiting Rong’s group<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Several positions are available in Rong’s group. See positions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong moved from Oakland University to The University of Florida<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2016<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong is taking sabbatical and visiting Los Alamos National Lab in Spring 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

A paper explaining why CD4+ T cells are slowly depleted<\/a> during virus infection was published in PLoS Computational Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

PhD student Areej Alshorman has graduated and taken a post-doc position in University of Louisiana at Lafayette<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

A<\/a> paper studying the control of the Ebola virus infection<\/a> was published in Scientific Reports<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong joins the Editorial Board<\/a> of the journal Mathematical Biosciences<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

There will be a special issue of the Journal of Coupled Systems and Multiscale Dynamics<\/a>. Eddie Cheng, Libin Rong, and Anna Spagnuolo are the guest editors<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

STEM Workshop<\/a>: Best Practices in Scientific Writing. Libin Rong is one of the panelists<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Meiqi Song joined the group as an undergraduate research assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics will organize a one-day Applied Mathematics Conference<\/a> on September 13, 2014. Libin Rong is one of the organizers<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong will give lectures in the Summer School of Mathematical Biology at Xi’an Jiaotong University<\/a>, Xi’an, China, in July, and give a talk in the Annual Meeting of the SMB<\/a> (Society of Mathematical Biology) in Osaka, Japan, in August<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

High school student Daniel Lin received an internship this summer to work at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory<\/a>, a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory operated by Stanford University<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong received the 2014 Marian P. Wilson Award<\/span><\/strong>, which “honors a meritorious book or article written by one or more faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences at Oakland University”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong received the NSF CAREER Award<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, which “offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

High school student Daniel Lin attended the 57th Annual Science and Engineering Fair of Metro Detroit 2013-2014<\/a>. He got the 3rd place in the Intel Michigan State Fair<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong is an invited speaker of the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Michigan Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Graduate student Gregory Mink passed the oral exam required for obtaining his Master Degree at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Graduate student Gregory Mink gave a presentation in the 2014 Conference of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts & Letters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

A special issue on Modelling in Infectious Diseases<\/a> has been published by Journal of Biological Systems. Maia Martcheva<\/a> and Libin Rong are the guest editors<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2013<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Former PhD student Kasia Pawelek is on TV<\/a>\u00a0 and in local news<\/a> for her research in the control of mosquitoes and related diseases in South Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong was interviewed by news outlet Dugdug which “brings cutting edge research to the mainstream audience”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Areej Alshorman joined the group as a PhD student<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

High school student Daniel Lin is selected to attend The Rockefeller University Summer Science Research Program (SSRP)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Math professor to present work at conference in China<\/a>, OU News<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Commentary on the PNAS article<\/a>: Mathematical modeling: A tool for selecting agents with complementary modes of action?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>, Journal of Hepatology<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The PNAS article, Modeling shows that the NS5A inhibitor daclatasvir has two modes of action and yields a shorter estimate of the hepatitis C virus half-life<\/a>, has been selected for F1000Prime<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Graduate student Chathuri Samarasinghe won the Graduate Research Assistant Tuition (GReAT) award<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Former PhD student Kasia Pawelek and her students are in the media of South Carolina for their research in the control of West Nile virus<\/a> and influenza<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong will organize a session Viral Dynamics and Drug Treatment in The Fourth Conference on Computational and Mathematical Population Dynamics (CMPD4)<\/a>, Taiyuan, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate student Michael Joseph ‘Joey’ Meyer has chosen the University of Virginia for his graduate study and he will focus on quantitative Psychology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate student Michael Joseph ‘Joey’ Meyer won the Lou Bragg Award<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Gregory Mink joined the group as a graduate research assistant in summer 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate student Michael Joseph ‘Joey’ Meyer was selected to be a student speaker at the commencement ceremony<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong won the 2013 New Investigator Research Excellence Award<\/span><\/strong>, which “recognizes one junior faculty member (non-tenured) for the significant achievements at Oakland University”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong was awarded the CBR Research Excellence Fund<\/a> to support graduate students<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

New study on hepatitis C drug treatment in vivo and in vitro, Science Daily<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Two papers studying hepatitis C were published in PNAS<\/a> and PLoS Computational Biology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2012<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

OU professor recognized for postdoctoral physics work, OU news<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong received the 2012 Leon Heller Postdoctoral Publication Prize in Theoretical Physics<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a>, which is “a biennial prize sponsored by Leon Heller and Los Alamos National Laboratory, awarded for the best article in theoretical physics”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Chathuri Samarasinghe joined the group as a graduate student<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

PhD student Kasia Pawelek accepted a tenure-track position at University of South Carolina Beaufort<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Giao Huynh published a paper studying Epstein-Barr virus dynamics in Journal of Theoretical Biology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong gave lectures in the Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium Summer School<\/a> at University of Wyoming<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

A paper studying combination therapy for flu was published in Journal of Infectious Diseases<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Pawel Marcinek joined the group as a graduate research assistant in summer 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Both innate and adaptive immune responses are critical to the control of influenza, Science Daily<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Kasia Pawelek and Giao Huynh published a paper studying influenza virus dynamics in PLoS Computational Biology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2011<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Kasia Pawelek won the best poster award in Sigma Xi\/Center for Biomedical Research Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Undegraduate Joey Meyer joined the group as an undergraduate research assistant in summer 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Kasia Pawelek won the best poster award in the 2011 SIAM Great Lakes Section Spring Meeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong received a subcontract award from Harvard Medical School to study SIV persistence<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Kasia Pawelek won two University Research Committee Student Research Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong was profiled in OU College of Arts and Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Giao Huynh<\/a> joined the group as a Post-doctoral Research Associate<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Marc Ratajczak joined the group as an undergraduate research assistant in summer 2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Rong’s numbers: accelerating progress in HCV therapeutic research<\/span><\/strong><\/span>, Science Translational Medicine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Hepatitis C resists Vertex drug needs cocktails, Bloomberg Businessweek<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Combination of direct antivirals may be key to curing hepatitis C, Science Daily<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

A<\/a> paper studying hepatitis C was published in Science Translational Medicine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Kasia Pawelek joined the group as a PhD student<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong was featured in OU Research Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Libin Rong has moved from Los Alamos National Lab to Oakland University in Michigan<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":881,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-215","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/libinrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/libinrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/libinrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/libinrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/881"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/libinrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/libinrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":500,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/libinrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/215\/revisions\/500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/libinrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}