Ling Xue
PhD Candidate, Graduate Research Assistant
lxue@ksu.edu
785-532-4690
Education
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering department, Kansas State University Dec 2013
Graduate student, Biological and Agricultural Engineering department, Kansas State University May 2009
M.S., Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China Apr 2005
B.S., Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China Jul 2002
Research Interests
Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Epidemiology, Population Dynamics, Matrix analysis, Dynamical Complex Network, Optimal Control
Publications
Ling Xue, Caterina Scoglio. The network-level reproduction number and extinction threshold for vector-borne diseases. Submitted
Ling Xue, Caterina Scoglio, D. Scott McVey, Lee W. Cohnstaedt. Two introductions of Lyme disease into Connecticut: A geo-spatial analysis of human cases from 1984 to 2012. Submitted
Ling Xue, Lee W. Cohnstaedt, H. M. Scott, Caterina Scoglio. A hierarchical network approach for modeling Rift Valley fever epidemics with applications in North America. 2013. PLOS ONE 8:e62049
Ling Xue, Caterina Scoglio. The network level reproduction number for infectious diseases with both vertical and horizontal transmission. 2013. Mathematical Biosciences 243: 67-80
Ling Xue, H.M. Scott, Lee W. Cohnstaedt, Caterina Scoglio. A network-based meta-population approach for mathematical modeling Rift Valley fever epidemics. 2012. Journal of Theoretical Biology 306: 129-144
Presentations
Network level reproduction number for diseases with vertical and horizontal transmission. Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Seminar. Kansas State University. Manhattan, Kansas. Oct 2013
Network-Level Extinction Threshold and Reproduction Number for Vector-Borne Diseases. Applied & Computational Mathematics Graduate Seminar. Tulane University. New Orleans, Louisiana. Sep 2013
The network level reproduction number for infectious diseases with both vertical and horizontal transmission. Poster. Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting and Conference. Arizona State University. Tempe, Arizona. Jun 2013
Network-based approaches for modeling Rift Valley fever epidemics. Presentation. Multiscale Computational Modeling for Zoonotic Epidemics Workshop. Kansas City, Kansas. Oct 2011
Conferences Attended
CEEZAD 2013 Annual Meeting. Nebraska City, Nebraska. Apr 2013
Everything Disperses to Miami Workshop. Coral Gables, Florida. Dec 2012
CEEZAD 2012 Annual Meeting. Nebraska City, Nebraska. May 2012
CEEZAD Kick Off Meeting. Manhattan, Kansas. Jun 2010
Service
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases reviewer 2013
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases reviewer 2012
International Journal of Artificial Life Research reviewer 2010
Memberships
Society for Mathematical Biology
Skills
C, Matlab, R (R Project for Statistical Computing), SAS (Statistical Analysis System), Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
LabVIEW (Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench), PLC (Programmable Logic Controller), Protel Schematic Printed Circuit Board Design, VHDL (VHSIC hardware description language)
Latex, XPPAUT
