Eric Numfor
Office:
GE 2032
Phone:
706-667-4488
Email: enumfor@augusta.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, August 2014
M.S. Mathematics, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, December 2010
M.Sc. Mathematics, University of Buea, Buea, October 2003
B.Sc. Mathematics, University of Buea, Buea, August 1999
WORK EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor, The Graduate School, Augusta University, November 2023 - present
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Augusta University, August 2020 - present
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Augusta University, August 2014 - July 2020
Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, August 2010 -July 2012 and August 2013 - July 2014
Graduate Research Assistant, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), University of Tennessee-Knoxville, August 2012 -July 2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, East Tennessee State University, January 2009 - July 2010
Assistant Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Buea, April 2008 - January 2009
Instructor, Department of Mathematics, University of Buea, October 2003 - March 2008
Instructor, Christ the King College, Tiko, September 2003 - August 2006
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Buea, October 2001 - August 2002
RESEARCH INTERESTS
PUBLICATIONS (* delineates an undergraduate student)
- Makayla Preston* , Alexandria Carter*, and Eric Numfor, Modeling the Effects of Media on SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Georgia, International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics (submitted).
- Farron Aarronson* , Kyle Cartledge* , and Eric Numfor, A Within-host Model of HIV with Cell-to-cell Transmission and Drug Resistance, Spora: A Journal of Biomathematics (submitted).
- Makayla Preston* and Eric Numfor, Mathematical Modeling of Post-exposure Prophylaxis of SARS-CoV-2, The Arsenal: The Undergraduate Journal of Augusta University, 5 (2), pp. 26 - 59, 2023. http://doi.org/10.21633/issn.2380.5064/s.2023.05.02.26
- Eric Numfor, Necibe Tuncer and Maia Martcheva, Optimal Control of a Multi-scale HIV-Opioid Model, Journal of Biological Dynamics, 18 (2024), 2317245, DOI:10.1080/17513758.2024.2317245.
- Eric Numfor and Jemal Mohammed-Awel, A Malaria-HIV/AIDS Co-infection Model with Optimal Treatment and Insecticide-treated Nets, Book Chapter in: Nevai et al., Contemporary Research in Mathematical Biology: Modeling, Computation and Analysis,World Scientific, January 2025. ISBN 978-981-124-912-9
- Folashade Agusto, Eric Numfor, Srinivasan Karthik, Enahoro Iboi, Alexander Fulk, Quays Abu-Saymeh, Jarron Saint Onye, and Townsend Peterson, Public Sentiments on the Transmission of COVID-19 Across a Geographical Gradient, PeerJ, 11:e14736 (2023).
- Eric Che, Eric Numfor, Suzanne Lenhart, and Aziz Yakubu, Mathematical Modeling of the Influence of Cultural Practices on Cholera Infections in Cameroon, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering 18 (2021),8374 - 8391.
- J. Mohammed-Awel, E. Numfor, R. Zhao and S. Lenhart, A New Mathematical Model Studying Imperfect Vaccination: Optimal Control Analysis, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 500 (2021), 125132.
- Eric Numfor, Optimal Treatment in a Multi-strain Within-host Model of HIV with Age Structure, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 480 (2019), 123410.
- J. Mohammed-Awel, R. Zhao, E. Numfor and S. Lenhart, Management Strategies in a Malaria Model Combining Human and Transmission-Blocking Vaccines, Discrete Continuous Dyn. Syst. Ser B, 22 (2017), pp. 779 - 1000.
- E. Numfor, F. Hilker and S. Lenhart, Optimal Culling and Biocontrol in a Predator-Prey Model, Bull. Math. Biol., 79 (2017), pp. 88 - 116.
- J. Mohammed-Awel and E. Numfor, Optimal Insecticide-treated Bed-net Coverage and Malaria Treatment in a Malaria-HIV Co-infection Model, J. Biol. Dyn., 11 (2017), pp. 160 - 191.
- K. R. Fister, H. Gaff, S. Lenhart, E. Numfor, E. Schaefer and J. Wang, Optimal Control of Vaccination in an Age-structured Cholera Model, Book Chapter In: Chowell G., Hyman J. (eds) Mathematical Modeling of Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Springer, Cham, pp. 221 - 248, 2016.
- E. Numfor, S. Bhattacharya, S. Lenhart and M. Martcheva, Optimal Control in a Multi-group Coupled Within-host and Between-host Models, Electron J. Differ. Equ., Conf. 23 (2016), pp. 87 - 117.
- E. Numfor, S. Bhattacharya, S. Lenhart and M. Martcheva, Optimal Control in Coupled Within-host and Between-host Models, Math. Model. Nat. Phenom., 9(2014), pp. 171 - 203.
GRADUATE STUDENTS ( Master of Science in Biological and Computational Mathematics)
- Maxwell Fox, MS (May 2024)
- Rachel A Ellman, MS (May 2023)
- William A Mobley, MS (May 2022)
- Maggie M Morales, MS (May 2022)
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
A: Honors Thesis
- Makayla Preston, BS (December 2022)
B: Undergraduate Research
- Makayla Preston, Undergraduate Research III (CURS 4990), Summer 2022
- Alexandria Carter and Makayla Preston, Undergraduate Research I (CURS 2990), Summer 2021
- Malique Harvey, Undergraduate Research (MATH 4990), Spring 2021
- Jared Lopez, Undergraduate Research (MATH 4990), Spring 2021
- Madeline Dubin and Devin Johnson, Undergraduate Research III (CURS 4990), Summer 2020
- Madeline Dubin, Undergraduate Research (MATH 4990), Spring 2020
- Farron Aaronson, Undergraduate Research (MATH 4990), Fall 2019
- Farron Aaronson and Kyle Cartledge, Undergraduate Research III (CURS 4990), Summer 2019
- Andrew Perez-Manso, Tara Smith and Jocelyn Sloan, Undergraduate Research III (CURS 4990), Summer 2018
- William Mobley and Marissa Newsom, Undergraduate Research III (CURS 4990), Summer 2017
- Kathryn McDonald, Undergraduate Research (MATH 4990), Fall 2016 and Spring 2017
- Rahaf Abdelhaq, Undergraduate Research (MATH 4990), Spring 2016, Fall 2016 and Spring 2017
- Akul Munjal, Selected Topics (MATH 2950), Fall 2015
A: AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY
UNDERGRADUATE (1xxx -- 4xxx) AND GRADUATE (6xxx) COURSES
Spring 2024
- MATH 2013:Calculus III
- MATH 6580: Computational Linear Algebra
Fall 2023
- MATH 4720: Partial Differential Equations
- MATH 6630: Topics in Mathematical Biology
Summer 2023
- MATH 2011: Calculus I (online)
Spring 2023
- MATH 2011: Calculus I
- MATH 6580: Computational Linear Algebra
Fall 2022
- MATH 2013: Calculus III
- MATH 6630: Topics in Mathematical Biology
Summer 2022
- MATH 1113: Precalculus (online)
- MATH 2011: Calculus I
Spring 2022
- HONR 3999: Honors Prospectus
- MATH 2013: Calculus III
- MATH 6580: Computational Linear Algebra
Fall 2021
- MATH 6200: Applied Partial Differential Equations
- MATH 6630: Topics in Mathematical Biology
Summer 2021
- MATH 1113: Precalculus (online)
Spring 2021
- MATH 2013: Calculus III
- MATH 6580: Computational Linear Algebra
Fall 2020
- MATH 2011: Calculus I
- MATH 2011: Calculus I Honors
- MATH 6200: Applied Partial Differential Equations
Summer 2020
- MATH 2011: Calculus I (online)
Spring 2020
- MATH 1113: Precalculus (2 sections)
Fall 2019
- MATH 2011: Calculus I
- MATH 4720: Partial Differential Equations
Summer 2019
- MATH 1113 Precalculus (online)
- MATH 3020: Differential Equations
- MATH 2011: Calculus I
- MATH 4110: Mathematical Biology
Spring 2019
Fall 2018
- MATH 2011: Calculus I
- MATH 2013: Calculus III
Summer 2018
- MATH 2011 Calculus I (online)
Spring 2018
- MATH 2011: Calculus I
- MATH 2013: Calculus III
Fall 2017
- MATH 2012: Calculus II
- MATH 4011: Real Variables I
Spring 2017
- MATH 2013: Calculus III
- MATH 4110: Mathematical Biology
Fall 2016
- MATH 2013: Calculus III
- MATH 3020: Differential Equations
Spring 2016
- MATH 2011: Calculus I
- MATH 4950: Special Topics (Partial Differential Equations)
Fall 2015
- MATH 2950: Selected Topics
- MATH 2011: Calculus I
- MATH 3020: Differential Equations
Spring 2015
- MATH 2011: Calculus I
Fall 2014
- MATH 2011: Calculus I
B: THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-KNOXVILLE
Summer 2014
- MATH xxx:xxx
Spring 2014
- MATH 151: Mathematics for the Life Sciences I
Fall 2013
- MATH 141: Calculus I
Spring 2012
- MATH 151: Mathematics for the Life Sciences I
Fall 2011
- MATH 130: Precalculus I
Summer 2011
- MATH 119: College Algebra
Spring 2011
- MATH 115: Statistical Reasoning
C: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
Spring 2010
- MATH 1710: Precalculus I
INVITED TALKS
- AMS Special Session on "Dynamics and Management in Disease or Ecological Models (associated with Gibbs Lecture by Suzanne Lenhart)", Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Francisco, January 3 - 6, 2024.
- MAA Special Session on "Modeling with Undergraduates",MAA Southeastern Section Meeting, Coastal Carolina University, March 9 - 11, 2023.
- Special Session on "Mathematical Biology, Stochastic Differential Equations and Disease Modeling", Botswana Central Mathematics and Statistical Sciences Conference (BCMSSC), June 18, 2021.
- Minisymposium Session on "From Primates to Vectors to Humans: Undestanding the Underlying Mechanisms of Infectious Disease Transmission and Control", 2021 SMB Annual Meeting, University of California, Riverside, June 13 -- 17, 2021.
- Special Colloquium Series for Mathematical Sciences (SCSM) "A Special Day for Pure Mathematics", Georgia Southern University, Stateboro, November 20, 2020.
- AMS Special Session on "Differential Equations in Mathematical Biology", Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting, Auburn University, March 15 -- 17, 2019.
- Frontiers of Mathematical Biology: Modeling, Computation and Analysis, University of Central Florida, May 2 -- 4, 2018.
- Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of South Carolina Aiken, April 11, 2018.
- I-Exchange Forum, College of Science and Mathematics, Augusta University, March 23, 2018.
- SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences, session on "Modeling and Control in Biological System", Boston, Massachusetts, July 11 -- 14, 2016.
- Annual Meeting of the Society of Mathematical Biology special session on "Recent Development on Immuno-epidemiological Modeling" Nottingham, UK (did not participate), July 11 -- 14, 2016.
- Carolina Math Seminar, University of South Carolina, Salkehatchie, April 3, 2015.
- AMS Special Session on "Recent Trends in Mathematical Biology", University of Alabama-Huntsville, March 27 -- 29, 2015.
- MBI Workshop: "From Within Host Dynamics to the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases", Mathematical Biosciences Institute, April 7 -- 11, 2014.
- 38th Annual SIAM Southeastern Atlantic Sectional Conference: Minisymposium on "Modeling Vaccination and Antiviral Treatment in Infectious Diseases", Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, March 28 -- 30, 2014.
- AMS Special Session: "Mathematical Modeling of the Within-host and Between-host Dynamics of Infectious Diseases", University of Tennessee, Knoxville, March 21 -- 23, 2014.
CONTRIBUTED TALKS
- International Symposium of Biomathematics & Ecology Education and Research (BEER), Illinois State University, Normal, November 11 -- 13, 2022.
- International Symposium of Biomathematics & Ecology Education and Research (BEER), Illinois State University, Normal, November 13 -- 15, 2020 (virtual).
- Biology and Medicine through Mathematics Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, May 15 -- 17, 2019.
- 2nd SIAM Southeastern Atlantic Sectional Conference, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, March 9 -- 11, 2018.
- 37th Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, October 7 -- 8, 2017.
- AMS Special Session on Recent Advances in Dynamical Systems and Mathematical Biology, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Atlanta, January 4 -- 7, 2017.
- International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research (BEER), College of Charleston, Charleston, October 14 -- 16, 2016.
- Biology and Medicine through Mathematics Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, May 20 -- 22, 2016.
- AMS Session on Mathematical Biology and Related Fields, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, January 6 -- 9, 2016.
- 35th Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, October 10 -- 11, 2015.
- 34th Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, University of Memphis, October 11 -- 12, 2014.
- Joint Mathematics Meeting, Baltimore, January 15 -- 18, 2014
- The Fourth International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Populations in Biological Systems: Mathematical Modeling of Complex Dynamics from Cells to Ecosystems, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, October 4 -- 6, 2013.
- 33rd Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, September 21 -- 22, 2013.
- SIAM Mini-symposium: Numerical Methods in PDE-constrained Optimization, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Annual Meeting, San Diego, California.
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and Southeastern Atlantic Section (SIAM-SEAS) Annual Meeting, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee-Knoxville, March 22 -- 24, 2013.
- Mathematics Association of America (MAA) Southeastern Section Spring Meeting, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, March 15 -- 16, 2013.
- 32nd Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, September 21 -- 22, 2013.
- Everything Disperses to Miami (The Role of Movement and Dispersal in Spatial Ecology, Epidemiology and Environmental Science), University of Miami, Coral Gables, December 14 -- 16, 2012.
- Annual Meeting of the Society of Mathematical Biology (SMB) University of Tennessee-Knoxville, July 25 -- 28, 2012.
- 31st Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, September 30 -- October 1, 2011.
OTHER CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION
- 2023 Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, Georgia College and State University, March 3 - 4, 2023.
- Young Mathematicians Conference, Ohio State University, Columbus, August 12 -- 14, 2022.
- NSF-CBMS Conference on Computational Methods in Optimal Control, Jackson State University, Mississippi, July 23 -- 27, 2018.
- 36th Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, November 4 -- 5, 2017.
- The 2016 Blackwell-Tapia Conference and Award Ceremony, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, October 28 -- 29, 2016.
- The 46th Annual John H. Barrett Memorial Lectures on "Modeling and Analysis of Nonlinear PDEs in Spatial Ecology", University of Tennessee-Knoxville, May 16 -- 18, 2016.
- Workshop on Mathematics Inspired by Immuno-epidemiology, American Institute of Mathematics, San Jose, California, August 24 -- 28, 2015.
- Workshop for Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, August 26 -- 29, 2013.
- Joint MBI{NIMBioS{CAMBAM Summer Graduate Workshop on Connecting Connecting Biological Data with Mathematical Models, NIMBioS, University of Tennessee-Knoxville,June 17 -- 28, 2013 .
- Summer School on Mathematics of Infectious Diseases, York University, Toronto, Canada, May 19 -- 27, 2013.
- National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) InvestigativeWorkshop on Mathematical Modeling of Malaria University of Tennessee-Knoxville, June 15 -- 18, 2011.
- Reseau d'Afrique Centrale de Modelisation Mathematique et Informatique en Epidemiologie et Immunologie (Epimath Workshop), University of Ngaoundere, Cameroon, September 1 -- 6, 2008.
MINI-SYMPOSIUM (Organizer/co-organizer)
- Special Session on Mathematical Biology, Southern Georgia Mathematics Conference, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, April 2 -- 3, 2021.
- (w/ Zhishing Shuai, Guihong Fan and Andrew Nevai) AMS Special Session on Recent Advances in Dynamical Systems and Mathematical Biology, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Atlanta, January 4 -- 7, 2017.
- (w/ Michael Kelly) Management and Control in Infectious Disease Models, Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting Atlanta, June 30 -- July 3, 2015.
- (w/ Suzanne Lenhart) Optimal Control and Optimization in Biological Models, Models, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Conference on the Life Sciences, Charlotte, August 4 -- 7, 2014.
SHORT-TERM VISITOR
- National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), University of Tennessee-Knoxville, July 21 -- 26, 2019.
- National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), University of Tennessee-Knoxville, July 18 -- 22, 2016.