Olivia Prosper

Current position:

• Instructor in Applied and Computational Mathematics (IACM) in the Department of Mathematics, Dartmouth College

Education:

PhD, Department of Mathematics, University of Florida

Research interest:

Mathematical Biology, including...
mathematical modeling of disease dynamics,
parameter estimation in dynamic models,
determining optimal strategies for disease control,
modeling of malaria vector dynamics.

Postdoctoral Advisor: Dr. Dorothy Wallace

PhD Advisor: Dr. Maia Martcheva

Publications:

O. Prosper, O. Saucedo, D. Thompson, G. Torres-Garcia, X. Wang, C. Castillo-Chavez, Modeling control strategies for concurrent epidemics of seasonal and pandemic H1N1 influenza, MBE 8 (1) 2011, p. 141-170.

O. Prosper, N. Ruktanonchai, M. Martcheva, Assessing the Role of Spatial Heterogeneity and Human Movement in Malaria Dynamics and Control, JTB 303 (21) 2012, p. 1-14.

M. Martcheva, O. Prosper, Unstable Dynamics of Vector-Borne Diseases: Modeling Through Delay Differential Equations., In S. H. R. Vadrevu (Ed.), Dynamics of Infectious Diseases. Springer, USA. In press.

O. Prosper, M. Martcheva, Impact of Enhanced Malaria Control on the Competition between Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in India, MBS 242 2013, p. 33-50.

T. Caughlin, N. Ruktanonchai, M. Acevedo, K. Lopiano, O. Prosper, N. Eagle and A. Tatem, Place-based attributes predict community membership in a mobile phone communication network, PLoS One 8(2) 2013.

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