Ruijun Zhao</titile> </head> <body text="#000000" link="#B1946C" vlink="#6F6F6F" alink="#818501" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" topmargin="1"> <a style="float: left;display: block;margin: 0 10px 0 0;" href="rzhao.jpg"><img src="rzhao.jpg" /></a> <div> <h1>Ruijun Zhao</h1> <h3 style="margin: 0;padding: 0;">Post-doctoral Research Associate</h3> <PRE> <a href="http://bionum.cs.purdue.edu/">Bionumerics Research Group</a> <a href="http://www.cs.purdue.edu/">Department of Computer Science</a> <a href="http://www.purdue.edu/">Purdue University</a> 305 N. University Street West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907-2107 Office Phone: +1 765-496-9368 <a href="mailto:rzhao@cs.purdue.edu">rzhao@cs.purdue.edu</a> </PRE> </div> <br style="clear: both;" /> <HR> <H1><a href="RZhaoCV.pdf">Curriculum Vitae</a> </H1> <H1> Projects</H1> <ul> <li><a href="mftp.html">methods for finding transition paths and calculating absolute free energy path</a>, Mentor: <a href="http://www.cs.purdue.edu/~skeel">Robert D. Skeel</a> </ul> <H1> Research Interests</H1> <ul> <li>Computational Biology: calculating free energy differences and transition paths in very high dimensional configuration space <li>Mathematical Biology: formulating and analyzing deterministic mathematical models and their applications in epidemiology and ecology <li>Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing: numerical solutions of PDEs--streamline- diffusion and discontinuous Galerkin finite element method, numerical solutions of ODEs </ul> <H1> Education </H1> <ul> <li> Ph.D., <a href="http://www.math.purdue.edu">Purdue University</a>, 2008, Advisor: <a href="http://math.asu.edu/~milner/">Fabio A. Milner</a> <li> M.S., <a href="http://www.nankai.edu.cn">Nankai University</a>, China, 2002, Advisor: Che Sun <li> B.S., <a href="http://www.nankai.edu.cn">Nankai University</a>, China, 1999 </ul> <H1>Publications</H1> <ul> <li> R. Zhao, J. Shen, and R. D. Skeel, <a href="ZhSS09.pdf">"Maximum Flux Transition Paths of Conformational Change"</a>, submitted to <em>J. Chem. Phys.</em> <li> F. A. Milner and R. Zhao, <a href="MilZha09.pdf">"A New Mathematical Model of Syphilis"</a>, to appear in <em>Math. Model. Nat. Phenom.</em> <li> F. A. Milner and R. Zhao, <a href="MilZha08a.pdf">"S-I-R Model with Directed Spatial Diffusion"</a>, <a href="http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/08898480802221889"> <em>Math. Pop. Stud.</em> </a>, 15 (2008), 160-181. <li> F. A. Milner and R. Zhao, <a href="MilZha08b.pdf">"A Deterministic Model of Schistosomiasis with Spatial Structure"</a>, <em>Math. Biosc. and Engin.</em>, 5 (2008), 505-522. <li> R. Zhao and F. A. Milner, <a href="ZhaMil08.pdf">"A Mathematical Model of Schistosoma mansoni in Biomphalaria glabrata with Control Strategies"</a>, <a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/g4886l82q2716531/"><em>Bull. Math. Biol.</em></a>, 70 (2008), 1886-1905. </ul> <H1>Other Activities</H1> <ul> <li><a href="presentation.html">Presentations</a> <li>Click <a href="Oct28.pdf">here</a> for my lecture notes on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. </ul> <br><br><br> <HR> <i>Last updated 2009-10-28</i> </body> </html>