Howie Weiss

Bio

I am a Biomathematican and very recently moved to Penn State from Georgia Tech (I also had appointments at Emory in Public Health and PBEE). Bacteria and their viruses (phages) provide a way to study ecological and evolutionary processes in real time under the well-controlled laboratory conditions. Many of the questions that our group studies lie at the intersection of fundamental science and improving human and animal health. We develop new approaches to mathematical modeling to better understand the role of the physical structure in how bacteria grow and evolve. To complement this computational work, we work closely with microbiologists, biochemists, virologists, physicians, veterinarians, etc. and combine mathematical models with experiments. In recent years I have taught courses in virus dynamics, population genetics, dynamics and bifurcations, advanced linear algebra, and stochastic processes.

Publication Tags

Infection Escherichia Coli Bacteria Bacteriophages Anti Bacterial Agents Genes Disease Outbreaks Growth Viruses Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Aircraft Infectious Disease Transmission Staphylococcus Aureus Public Health Emerging Diseases Microorganisms Morbidity Flight Human Influenza Absorbance Emerging Communicable Diseases Datasets Pandemics Ribosomes Antibiotic Resistance

Links

• Department of Biology