Nelson G. Hairston Collegiate Professor of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Complex Systems
kingaa@umich.edu
Office Information:
3038 BSB
phone: +1.734.936.7861
phone: 734-615-7760
Complex Systems;
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology;
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease;
Mathematical biology;
Statistics
Education/Degree:
Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona, 1999
About
Research interests
Research in my lab is focused on the dynamics of ecological, epidemiological, and evolutionary systems. We develop and use sophisticated, model-based methods to understand biological systems, analyze data, and make predictions. Our research foci include:
- the dynamics of host-pathogen systems including pertussis, dengue, cholera, measles, malaria, and trematodes,
- the dynamics of parasite infections within individual hosts,
- methods for assimilating genomic and epidemiologic data with models of pathogen transmission,
- the transmission and evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in hospitals, and
- statistical inference methods for ecological, epidemiological, and immunological systems.
Publications
See my website for an up-to-date list of my publications.
Teaching
See the list of courses and syllabi on my website.
Honors
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Biological Sciences Scholar, University of Michigan.
Research Areas(s)
- Theoretical ecology, epidemiology, mathematical ecology, statistical inference in ecology and evolution, population dynamics
UM-LSA Affiliations
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Department of Mathematics
- Center for the Study of Complex Systems
External Affiliations
- External faculty of the Santa Fe Institute
- Michigan Institute for Data Science
- Michigan Medicine Center of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics
Graduate students
- Jess Millar, Bioinformatics
Postdoctoral fellows
- Qianying Lin
- Kenetta Nunn
