Liberal Arts and Sciences
Martcheva Lab
Led by Maia Martcheva · Mathematics
What we study
The Martcheva Lab studies how diseases spread, focusing on computer models for avian flu, malaria, and HIV. They use math to predict outbreaks and immune responses.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- A virtual epidemics approach to HIV dynamics in the United States (1981–2030)
2026 · Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering
Projects HIV trends in the U.S. using models with and without PrEP, analyzing identifiability.
- Fractional gender structured model of human papillomavirus (HPV)
2026 · Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering
Uses fractional models to study HPV transmission, showing better fits for U.S. and Turkish data.
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- Dynamic interplay of Allee effect and harvesting in a diseased amensalism model: Unraveling ecological complexity
2026 · Mathematics and Computers in Simulation
- Cost-effectiveness analysis for enhanced tuberculosis control: Mathematical modeling with saturated incidence and treatment function using real data
2026 · Mathematics and Computers in Simulation
- Global Dynamics of a Non-Markovian Epidemic Model on Complex Networks
2026 · SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
Models disease spread with a general recovery rate and saturation treatment function.
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How to reach out
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