Yixiang Wu

Assistant Professor

Yixiang Wu
(615) 898-5929
Room 261, Kirksey Old Main (KOM)
Office Hours

MW 3pm-4:30pm, W 10am-12 noon

Degree Information

  • PHD, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2015)
  • MS, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2012)
  • BS, Central South University (2010)

Areas of Expertise

Applied Mathematics; Mathematical Biology; Differential Equations

Biography

Aug. 2019 – Present.   Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Middle Tennessee State University.

Aug. 2016 – Jul.2019.  Assistant Professor (Non-Tenure Track), Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University.

Aug. 2015 – Jul. 2016.  Fields Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Publications

 

  1. Shi, J., Wu, Y., & Zou, X. (n.d.). Coexistence of competing species for intermediate dispersal rates in a reaction-diffusion chemostat model. Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations. Appeared online.

  2. Fitzgibbon, W. E., Morgan, J. J., Webb, G., & Wu, Y. (2019). Spatial models of vector-host epidemics with directed movement of vectors over long distances. Mathematical Biosciences,

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  1. Shi, J., Wu, Y., & Zou, X. (n.d.). Coexistence of competing species for intermediate dispersal rates in a reaction-diffusion chemostat model. Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations. Appeared online.

  2. Fitzgibbon, W. E., Morgan, J. J., Webb, G., & Wu, Y. (2019). Spatial models of vector-host epidemics with directed movement of vectors over long distances. Mathematical Biosciences, 312, 77–87.

  3. Magal, P., Webb, G. F., & Wu, Y. (2019). On the basic reproduction number of reaction-diffusion epidemic models. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 79, 284–304.

  4. Fitzgibbon, W. E., Morgan, J. J., Webb, G., & Wu, Y. (2018). A vector-host epidemic model with spatial structure and age of infection. Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 41, 692–705.

  5. Magal, P., Webb, G. F., & Wu, Y. (2018). On a vector-host epidemic model with spatial structure.Nonlinearity, 31, 5589–5614.

  6. Wu, Y. & Zou, X. (2018). Dynamics and profiles of a diffusive host-pathogen system with distinct dispersal rates. Journal of Differential Equations, 264, 4989–5024.

  7. Deng, K. & Wu, Y. (2017). Extinction and uniform strong persistence of a size-structured population model. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical System, Series B, 22, 831–840.

  8. Wu, Y., Tuncer, N., & Martcheva, M. (2017). Coexistence and competitive exclusion in an SIS model with standard incidence and diffusion. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical System, Series B,22, 1167–1187.

  9. Ackleh, A., Deng, K., & Wu, Y. (2016). Competitive exclusion and coexistence in a two-strain pathogen model with diffusion. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 13, 1–18.

  10. Deng, K. & Wu, Y. (2016). Dynamics of an SIS epidemic reaction-diffusion model. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section A: Mathematics, 146, 929–946.

  11. Wu, Y. & Zou, X. (2016). Asymptotic profiles of steady states for a diffusive SIS epidemic model with mass action infection mechanism. Journal of Differential Equations, 261, 4424–4447.

  12. Deng, K. & Wu, Y. (2015a). Asymptotic behavior for a reaction-diffusion population model with delay. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical System, Series B, 20, 385–395.

  13. Deng, K. & Wu, Y. (2015b). Global stability for a nonlocal reaction-diffusion population model.Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 25, 127–136.

  14. Deng, K. & Wu, Y. (2015c). On the diffusive Nicholson’s blowflies equation with distributed delay. Applied Mathematics Letters, 50, 126–132.

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Presentations

Mar. 15-17, 2019  Special Session on Dierential Equations in Mathematical Biology, AMS Sectional

Meeting, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.

Feb. 18, 2019  Colloquium, Department of Mathematics, University of Central Florida, FL.

Jan. 16-19, 2019  Special Session on Mathematical Investigations of Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology,

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Mar. 15-17, 2019  Special Session on Dierential Equations in Mathematical Biology, AMS Sectional

Meeting, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.

Feb. 18, 2019  Colloquium, Department of Mathematics, University of Central Florida, FL.

Jan. 16-19, 2019  Special Session on Mathematical Investigations of Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology,

AMS Joint Mathematics Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Jun. 22-25, 2018  The 6th International Conference on Mathematical Biology, Beijing, China.

Jun. 13, 2018  Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou,

China.

Jun. 8-10, 2018  The Twelfth International Conference on Recent Advances in Applied Dynamical

Systems, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China.

May 29, 2018  Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Central South University, Changsha,

China.

May 16-18, 2018  BCAM Workshop on Populations in Epidemics and Ecology, Bilbao, Basque

Country, Spain.

May 12, 2018  Seminar, Department of Mathematics, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux,

France.

May 2-4, 2018  Frontiers of Mathematical Biology: Modeling, Computation and Analysis,

University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.

Mar. 17-18, 2018  Special Session on Dierential Equations and Applications, AMS Sectional

Meeting, Columbus, OH.

Jan. 4, 2018  Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.

Dec. 1, 2017  Colloquium, Department of Mathematics, College ofWilliam and Mary,Williamsburg,

VA.

Oct. 20, 2017  Partial Dierential Equations Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt

University, Nashville, TN.

Sep. 17-18, 2017  Special Session on Nonlinear Partial Dierential Equations Arising from Life

Science, AMS Sectional Meeting, Bualo, NY.

May 26-28, 2017  Workshop on Recent Progress in Mathematical Biology, Sun Yat-sen University

(Zhuhai Campus), Zhuhai, Guangdong, China.

May 17, 2017  Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Harbin Normal University, Harbin,

Hailongjiang, China.

May 16, 2017  Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Hailongjiang University, Harbin, Hailongjiang,

China.

May 10, 2017  Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Central South University, Changsha,

Hunan, China.

Sep. 16, 2016  Partial Dierential Equations Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt

University, Nashville, TN.

Jul. 1-5, 2016  The 11th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Dierential Equations and

Applications, Orlando, FL.

Jun. 10-12, 2016  The Tenth International Conference on Recent Advances in AppliedDynamical

Systems, Xuzhou, China.

May 27, 2016  International Conference on Reaction-Diusion Equations and Their Applications

to the Life, Social and Physical Sciences, Renmin University, Beijing,

China.

May 24, 2016  Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Central South University, Changsha,

China.

May 20, 2016  Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Changsha University of Science and

Technology, Changsha, China.

Feb. 3, 2016  Colloquium, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Western

Ontario, London, Canada.

Oct. 4, 2015  The 5th International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of

Populations in Biological Systems, University of Western Ontario, London,

Canada.

Sep. 29, 2015  Dynamical Systems Seminar, University ofWestern Ontario, London, Canada.

Mar. 28, 2015  Special Session on Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Epidemiology, AMS

Sectional Meeting in University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL.

Sep. 16, 2014  Applied Mathematics Seminar, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA.

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Courses

Middle Tennessee State University

2019 Fall.  One section of College Algebra and one section of Calculus II.

Vanderbilt University

2019 Spring.  One section of Mathematical Modeling in Biology and Medicine

2018 Fall.  Two sections of Multivariable Calculus.

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Middle Tennessee State University

2019 Fall.  One section of College Algebra and one section of Calculus II.

Vanderbilt University

2019 Spring.  One section of Mathematical Modeling in Biology and Medicine

2018 Fall.  Two sections of Multivariable Calculus.

2018 Spring.  Two sections of Methods of Ordinary Dierential Equations.

2017 Fall.  One section of Calculus II.

2017 Summer.  One section of Calculus I.

2017 Spring.  Two sections of Calculus II.

2016 Fall.  Four recitation sections of Calculus I.

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

2015 Summer.  One section of Calculus I.

2014 Spring–2015 Spring.  Six sections of Elementary Statistics.

2013 Fall.  Two sections of College Algebra (Math 105).

2012 Fall–2013 Summer.  Three sections of College Algebra (Math 100).

2011 Fall–2012 Spring.  Four sections of Intermediate Algebra (Math 92).

2010 Fall–2011 Spring.  Teaching assistant.

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