Dr. Wandi Ding is a professor and an M.S. Graduate Program advior in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Middle Tennessee State University. She serves as faculty for the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Computational and Data Science program, as well as the Honors College. She is part of the interdisciplineary team of the MTSU Quantum Initiative. She is an active learner and user for SIMIODE (Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations), which is a Community of Practice dedicated to using modeling to teach differential equations.  She works together with Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross to serve as co-presidents for the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Tennessee Chapter (2021-present). She serves as secretary of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at MTSU. 

Education

• Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville (UTK), 2006
• M.S. in Applied Mathematics, Ocean University of China, 2001
• B.S. in Mathematics Education, Qingdao University, China, 1998.

Research

Dr. Ding's research interests include mathematical biology, computational biology, optimal control, mathematical modeling, ordinary and partial differential equations, difference equations, and hybrid systems with applications to population dynamics, disease modeling and control, natural resource management, and systems biology. She is also interested in machine learning / deep learning applied to biological applications and healthcare, quantum computing, quantum biology, and AI ethics. See Research for details.

Dr. Ding finished her Post Doctoral Research with Drs. Suzanne Lenhart and Louis Gross on optimal control of spatial ecology and natural resource management. See the Grid Computing Project for Ecological Modeling and Spatial Control.

Memberships

• The American Association for the Advancement (AAAS).
• Association for Women In Science (AWIS) (Co-President of AWIS TN Chapter) 
• Lifetime Member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (ΦκΦ)
• Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB)
• Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
• Resource Modeling Association (RMA)
  
  
• Member of the Canadian Center for Disease Modeling (CCDM) global network
• Member of the MODELS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AGENT STUDY (MIDAS)
  
  
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), (2004-2023)
• American Mathematical Society (AMS), (2007-2019)
• American Association of University Professors (AAUP) (2010-2012)
  
  
• Member of the Murfreesboro Art League (MAL)

Referee 

                      SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics,    SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization,     Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications,    Optimal Control Applications and Methods,     Journal of Theoretical Biology,      Journal of Mathematical Biology,     Mathematical Biosciences,    Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment,    Ecological Applications,    Natural Resource Modeling,     Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering,      Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications,     Applicable Analysis,     Journal of Biological Dynamics,     Journal of Biological Systems,  Numerical Algebra, Control and Optimization,  Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series B.,     International Journal of Computer Mathematics,     Applied Mathematical Modeling,      International Journal of Dynamics and Control,      Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences,     Environment and Natural Resources Research,      Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences,      International Journal of Biomathematics,     Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science,      Communications in Mathematics and Applications,     Journal of Nonlinear Science and Applications,     BioSystems,     PRIMUS,      Pearson Education,       McGraw-Hill Educatio,     Spora: A Journal of Biomathematics,     Chaos, Solitons & Fractals,      Mathematical Control and Related Fields,      Journal of Applied Mathematics,     Mathematics and Statistics,    La Matematica. Official Journal of the Association for Women in Mathematics.

CV 

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Highlights

• Co-Director for SIMIODE EXPO 2023, 10-12 February 2023. (SIMIODE: Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations)
• Co-president (2021 - present) for Association for Women in Science (AWIS) TN Chapter. 
• Distinguished Research Award, College of Basic and Applied Science, MTSU, 2019.
  
  
• Grants from National Science Foundation:
  1. NSF DMS #2234176: Shanks Workshop on Advances in Mathematical and Theoretical Biology, (PI: X. Zhao, co-PIs: M. Horn, W. Ding, P. Hinow and X. Huo), $27,000, 2023 -24.
  
  2. NSF DMS #1757493: REU Site: Computational Modeling and Simulation in Applied Sciences
      (PI: W. Ding, co-PIs: R. Leander, W. Robertson and J. Phillips), $241,470, 2018-2023.    MTSU News 08/02/21,            MTSU News  08/07/22                      Malaria Modelling, an optimal control problem.    Research Outreach, May 17, 2022.
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  3. NSF ADVANCE IT-Catalyst (NSF HRD #1409638):  A Catalyst to ADVANCE the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic STEM Careers at Middle Tennessee State University (PI: B. Bartel, Co-PIs: J. Iriarte-Gross, W. Ding, J. Eller and K. Petersen), $195,002.00, 2014 - 2018.  MTSU ADVANCE Web Page
  
  
• MTSU NIA: Non-Instructional Assignment Grant (Sabbatical leave), Fall 2020.
  
  
• Member of the Canadian Center for Disease Modeling (CCDM) global network, 2022-current.  'One Health' is a multidisciplinary approach to improving the health of people, animals and the environment. Environmental, wildlife, domestic animal, and human health fall under the One Health concept. Mathematical models  of infectious diseases involving animals, environmental features,  and humans will be presented.  These models can suggest management policies and predict disease spread.
  Canadian Emerging Infectious Diseases Modelling Initiative
  
  
• Member of MODELS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AGENT STUDY (MIDAS).
  
  Editorial Positions:
• Associate Editor: International Journal of Computer Mathematics, 2022 – present.
• Board of Editors: PRIMUS, 2023 -- present
• Guest Editor: W. Ding, R. Leander, and Z. Shuai. Mathematical Biology, Differential Equations, and Optimal Control: A special issue in honor of Suzanne Lenhart on her 70th birthday, Numerical Algebra, Control and Optimization, 2024.   
• Guest Editor: Wandi Ding, Joshua L. Phillips, Zhuolin Qu and Russell Zaretzki.
  Special Issue:Machine Learning, Mathematical and Statistical Modeling for SystemsBiology,
  Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2021--22.
• Guest Editor: Ding, Wandi; Kang, Yun; Mubayi, Anuj. Special Issue: Mathematical modeling and analysis of social and ecological determinantsfor the dynamics of infectious diseases and public health policies. Math. Biosci. Eng.18 (2021), no. 6, 8535–8537. 
• Guest Editor: Rachel Leander, Wandi Ding and Rene A. Salinas. Special Issue Dedicated to Suzanne Lenhart, Journal of Natural Resource Modeling, 31:4, 2018.
• Editor: Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB) Digest, 2013 -- 2019.
• Editor: American Research Journal of Mathematics, 2017 -- present.
• Editor: International Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 2014 -- 2018.
  
  
• Board Member of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (WISTEM) Center 2016-17.
• Honors Faculty 
• President (2011-12), vice president (2009-10), and secretary (2008-09, 2022-26) of Phi Kappa Phi at MTSU --- Let the Love of Learning Rule Humanity