Dr. Shigui Ruan, Professor


Department of Mathematics
The University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida 33124

Office: Ungar Building, Room 415
Phone: (305) 284-2312;  Fax: (305) 284-2848
E-mail:  ruan@math.miami.edu
What's new?
  • The Fourth Conference on Computational and Mathematical Population Dynamics (CMPD4), Taiyuan, China, May 29 - June 2, 2013.
  • Z. Liu, P. Magal and S. Ruan (2012), Center-unstable manifolds for non-densely defined Cauchy problems and applications to stability of Hopf bifurcation, Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly Vol. 20, 135-178.
  • S. A. Gourley and S. Ruan (2012), A delay equation model for oviposition habitat selection by mosquitoes, Journal of Mathematical Biology Vol. 65, 1125-1148.
  • F. Chemchod and S. Ruan (2012), Modelling Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals: Transmission dynamics, antibiotic usage and its history, Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 9:25.
  • D. Gao and S. Ruan (2012), A multi-patch malaria model with demographic structure, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics Vol. 72(3): 819-841. SIAM Nuggets: The Math of Malaria.
  • J. Zhang, Z. Jin, G.-Q. Sun, X.-D. Sun and S. Ruan (2012), Spatial spread of rabies in China, Journal of Applied Analysis and Computation Vol. 2, 111-126.
  • Z. Hu, W. Ma and S. Ruan (2012), Analysis of an SIR epidemic model with nonlinear incidence rate and treatment, Mathematical Biosciences Vol. 238, 12-20.
  • J. Zhang, Z. Jin, G.-Q. Sun, X.-D. Sun and S. Ruan (2012), Modoling seasonal rabies epidemics in China, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology Vol. 74, 1226-1251. Erratum, Vol. 75 (2013), 206-211.
  • E. M. C. D'Agata, M. A. Horn, S. Ruan, G. F. Webb, and J. R. Wares (2012), A comprehensive transmission model of multidrug-resistant organisms in the hospital setting, PLoS ONE Vol. 7(2): e30170.
  • D. Liu, S. Ruan and D. Zhu (2012), Stable periodic oscillations in a two-stage cancer model of tumor and immune system interactions, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering Vol. 9, 347-368.
  • Q. Hou, Z. Jin and S. Ruan (2012), Dynamics of rabies epidemics and the impact of control efforts in Guangdong Province, China, Journal of Theoretical Biology Vol. 300, 39-47.
  • S. Cantrell, C. Cosner and S. Ruan (2009), Spatial Ecology, CRC Press/Chapman & Hall, Boca Raton, FL, 2009.
  • P. Magal and S. Ruan (2009), Center Manifolds for Semilinear Equations with Non-dense Domain and Applications to Hopf Bifurcation in Age Structured Models, Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, Vol. 202, No. 951.
  • W. Wang and S. Ruan, Simulating the SARS outbreak in Beijing with limited data, was one of the top 10 cited papers in 2006 in Journal of Theoretical Biology
  • Research on "Modeling antibiotic resistance in hospitals" in the news: Exploration; First Science News; MedNews; Medical News Today; Science Centric; Science Daily; Virtual Medical Worlds
    • LECTURES
  • Spatio-Temporal Dynamics in Disease Ecology and Epidemiology, Mathematical Biosciences Insti tute, October 14, 2011.
    • EDUCATION
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (1993-1994), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
  • Junior Fields Fellow (1992-1993), Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada
  • PhD (1990-1992), Applied Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
  • MSci (1985-1988), Mathematics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
  • BSci (1979-1983), Mathematics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
    • ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
  • 6/2005-present: Professor, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA
  • 8/2002-5/2005: Associate Professor, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA
  • 8/2001-5/2002: Visiting Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
  • 7/1999-8/2002: Associate Professor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
  • 7/1994-6/1999: Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

    • TEACHING (Fall 2012)
  • MTH311.P - Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations
  • MTH681.S - Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations
    • RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and Mathematical Biology
    • FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
  • Nonlinear Dynamics in Structured Biological and Epidemiological Models (DMS-1022728), NSF, $240,000; 2010-2013.
  • Mathematical Modeling of the Superspreaders of Antibiotic-Resistante Bacteria (R01GM083607), NIGMS/NIH, $1,399,330; 2007-2011.
  • Spatial Heterogeneity, Nonlocal Interactions and Time Delay in Biological and Epidemiological Spread (DMS-0715772), NSF, $52,506; 2007-2010.
  • Spatial Heterogeneity, Nonlocal Interactions and Time Delay in Epidemiological and Biological Spread (DMS-0412047), NSF, $170,300; 2004-2010 (supplementary: U.S.-China Collaboration in Mathematical Research, $40,000; 2007-2009).
  • Transmission Dynamics and Spatial Spread of Infectious Diseases: Modeling, Prediction and Control, MITACS (Canada)
    • PUBLICATIONS
  • Papers accepted, published and submitted in refereed journals and conference proceedings
    • BOOKS/PROCEEDINGS (CO-)EDITED
  • Special Issues in the Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly dedicated to Dr. Herbert I. Freedman for his 70th birthday, Issues 1, 2, 3, 4.
  • Proceedings of the Workshop on Population Dynamics and Mathematical Biology, Luminy, France, June 2008, Journal of Biological Dynamics, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2010.
  • Spatial Ecology, CRC Press/Chapman & Hall, Boca Raton, FL, 2009.
  • Structured Population Models in Biology and Epidemiology, Lecture Notes in Mathematics Vol. 1936, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2008.
  • Differential Equations in Mathematical Biology, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B, Special Issue, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2007
  • Advances in Mathematical Biology, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B, Special Issue, Vol. 4, No. 3, 2004
  • Dynamical Systems and Their Applications in Biology, Fields Institute Communications, Vol. 36, Amer. Math. Soc., 2003
  • Differential Equations with Applications to Biology, Fields Institute Communications, Vol. 21, Amer. Math. Soc., 1999
  • Advanced Topics in Biomathematics, World Scientific, 1998
  • Differential Equations and Control Theory, Marcel Dekker, 1995
    • EDITORIAL BOARD
  • Annals of Differential Equations
  • BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems, Series B
  • International Journal of Biomathematics
  • International Journal of Evolution Equations
  • Journal of Biological Systems
  • Journal of Biomathematics
    • HONOURS AND AWARDS
  • Killam Prize at Dalhousie University in 1998
  • Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award in 1997
  • Fields Institute Junior Fellowship in 1992
    • GRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISION
  • Jing Chen, PhD, University of Miami, in progress
  • Jing Qing, PhD, University of Miami, in progress
  • Lei Wang, PhD, University of Miami, in progress
  • Daozhou Gao, PhD, University of Miami, 2012; Postdoc, UCSF School of Medicine
  • Ying Su, PhD, Harbin Institute of Technology and University of Miami (co-supervision), 2011; Postdoc, University of Western Ontario
  • Patricai Katri, PhD, University of Miami, 2010; Instructor, Florida International University
  • Lan Zou, PhD, Sichuan University and University of Miami (co-supervision), 2010; Assistant Professor, Sichuan University
  • Brian Coburn, PhD, University of Miami (co-supervision), 2009; Postdoc, UCLA Medical School
  • Dan Liu, PhD, East China Normal University and University of Miami (co-supervision), 2009; Assistant Professor, Xidian University
  • Guo Lin, PhD, Lanzhou University and University of Miami (co-supervision), 2008; Associate Professor, Lanzhou University
  • Zhi-Cheng Wang, PhD, Lanzhou University (co-supervision), 2007; Associate Professor, Lanzhou University
  • Rebecca Culshaw, PhD, Dalhousie University, 2002; MSc, Dalhousie University, 1997
  • Rami Filfil, MSc, Dalhousie University, 2002
  • Annik Martin, MSc, Dalhousie University, 1999; Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Idaho State University
    • POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS SUPERVISION
  • Farida Chamchod, 2010-present
  • Guangyu Zhao, 2009-present
    • HONOURS STUDENTS SUPERVISION
  • Rolla Al-Agez (2000), Eman Al-Tawil (1999), Rami Filfil (1999), Dalya Abdulla (1998), Lynne Genik (1995)
    • MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTES AND SOCIETIES
  • American Mathematical Society
  • Banff International Research Station, Banff, Canada
  • Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematical Society
  • Canadian Mathematical Society
  • Centre de recherches mathematiques, Montreal, Canada
  • Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques, Luminy, France
  • Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, Toronto, Canada
  • Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, UK
  • Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University, USA
  • Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, University of California at Berkeley, USA
  • Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Oberwolfach, Germany
  • University of Oxford Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, UK
  • MathSciNet Research (local users only)
  • Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
  • Society for Mathematical Biology
  • UK Nonlinear News
  • Mathematics Journal, printed journals with internet sites
    • CONFERENCES (CO-)ORGANIZED
  • The Fourth Conference on Computational and Mathematical Population Dynamics (CMPD4), Taiyuan, China, May 29 - June 2, 2013.
  • International Conference on Eeverything Disperses to Miami: The Role of Movement and Dispersal in Spatial Ecology, Epidemiology and Environmental Science, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, December 14-16, 2012.
  • International Workshop on Antibiotic-Resistant Infections: Mathematical Modeling, Transmission Dynamics and Control, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, December 9-11, 2011.
  • Thematic Program on the Mathematics of Drug Resistance in Infectious Diseases, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada, July-August, 2010.
  • The Third Conference on Computational and Mathematical Population Dynamics (CMPD3), Bordeaux, France, May 31- June 4, 2010.
  • Differential Equations and Applications to Mathematical Biology, Le Havre, France, June 23-27, 2008.
  • The International Workshop on Population Dynamics and Mathematical Biology, CIRM, Luminy, France, June 16-20, 2008.
  • The Conference on Mathematical Biology and Dynamical Systems, University of Texas at Tyler, October 7-9, 2005.
  • The International Workshop on Differential Equations in Mathematical Biology, Le Havre, France, July 11-13, 2005.
  • Workshop on Spatial Ecology: The Interplay between Theory and Data, Miami, Florida, USA, January 7-10, 2005.
  • The joint Summer 2004 Meeting of the CMS and the CAIMS, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 13-15, 2004.
  • ALCALA 2nd International Conference on Mathematical Ecology, Alcala de Henares (Madrid), Spain, September 5 - 9, 2003.
  • The Third International Conference on Mathematical Biology, Guilin, China, August 15-18, 2002.
  • The International Workshop on Dynamical Systems and their Applications in Biology, Cape Breton, Canada, August 2-6, 2001.
  • The 2000 APICS Math/Stat/CS Annual Meeting, Dalhousie University, October 20-22, 2000.
  • The International Conference on Differential Equations with Applications to Biology, Halifax, Canada, July 25-29, 1997.
  • The Second International Conference on Mathematical Biology, Hangzhou, China, May 26 - 29, 1997.
  • The International Conference on Differential Equations and Control Theory, Wuhan, China, May 10-14, 1994.
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