{"id":6,"date":"2016-09-05T00:21:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T04:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-01-24T08:14:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:14:51","slug":"6-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-327 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/08\/2025-ZhishengShuai-3-5x7-1-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"224\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/08\/2025-ZhishengShuai-3-5x7-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/08\/2025-ZhishengShuai-3-5x7-1-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/08\/2025-ZhishengShuai-3-5x7-1-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/08\/2025-ZhishengShuai-3-5x7-1-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/08\/2025-ZhishengShuai-3-5x7-1-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/08\/2025-ZhishengShuai-3-5x7-1-624x874.jpg 624w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/08\/2025-ZhishengShuai-3-5x7-1.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 160px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 160\/224;\" \/>Zhisheng Shuai, Ph.D. (Alberta)<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor of Mathematics<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\">Department of Mathematics<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ucf.edu\">University of Central Florida<\/a><br \/>\nOrlando FL 32816<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/09\/Shuai_1page_CV_2016.pdf\">Biographical Sketch (CV)<\/a><br \/>\nOffice: <a href=\"http:\/\/map.ucf.edu\/?show=12\">MSB 321<\/a><br \/>\nPhone: 407-823-5251<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:shuai@ucf.edu\">shuai@ucf.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Current Teaching (<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/teaching\/\">Previous<\/a>)<\/h2>\n<p>In Fall 2025, I will teach two mathematical modeling courses: one focusing on biological processes and the other on data.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MAP 4191: Mathematical Modeling of Data (MW 3430pm-5:45pm in CB1 107)<\/li>\n<li>MAP 4484: Mathematical Biology (TR 6:00pm-7:20pm in BA1 122)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Nonlinear differential equations and dynamical systems<\/li>\n<li>Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases<\/li>\n<li>Mathematical ecology and epidemiology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Selected\u00a0Publications (<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/research\/\">More<\/a>)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Disease invasion on community networks with environmental pathogen movement (with J.H. Tien, M.C. Eisenberg, and P. van den Driessche).<br \/>\n<em>Journal of Mathematical Biology<\/em>, <strong>70<\/strong> (2015) 1065-1092. <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/04\/2015jmb.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Walks and cycles on a digraph with application to population dynamics (with J.W. Moon and P. van den Driessche).<br \/>\n<em>Linear Algebra and its Applications<\/em>, <strong>451<\/strong> (2014) 182-196. <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/09\/2014laa.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Global stability of infectious disease models using Lyapunov functions (with P. van den Driessche).<br \/>\n<em>SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics<\/em>, <strong>73<\/strong> (2013) 1513-1532. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/09\/Global-stability-2013siap.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cholera models with hyperinfectivity and temporary immunity (with J.H. Tien and P. van den Driessche).<br \/>\n<em>Bulletin of Mathematical Biology<\/em>, <strong>74<\/strong> (2012) 2423-2445. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/09\/Cholera-models-2012bmb.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Global dynamics of cholera models with differential infectivity (with P. van den Driessche).<br \/>\n<em>Mathematical Biosciences<\/em>, <strong>234<\/strong> (2011) 118-126. <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/09\/Global-Dynamics-2011mbs.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Global-stability problem for coupled systems of differential equations on networks (with M.Y. Li).<br \/>\n<em>Journal of Differential Equations<\/em>, <strong>248<\/strong> (2010) 1-20. <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/09\/Global-Stability-2010jde.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Events at UCF (<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/previous-events\/\">Other\/More<\/a>)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/siucf.cs.ucf.edu\/math-overview\/\">High School Math Summer Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/reu-in-applied-computational-mathematics\/\">Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in ACM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/mathbio\/\">Mathematical Biology Seminar<\/a> (and other <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/seminars\/\">Math Seminars<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/mcm\">UCF MCM\/ICM Team Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/circle\/\">Central Florida Math Circle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/mathbio\/workshop\">Workshop on Differential Equations &amp; Applications<\/a>, February 20, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/mathbio\/fmb\/\">Frontiers of Mathematical Biology: Modeling, Computation and Analysis<\/a>, May 2-4, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/mcb\/\">Mathematics in the City Beautiful: PDEs, SDEs, Control Theory, and Applications to Finance and Life Sciences<\/a>, December 14-16, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/cbms\/\">CBMS Conference: Interface of Mathematical Biology and Linear Algebra<\/a>, May 23-27, 2022<\/li>\n<li>UCF Workshop on Mathematical Biology &amp; Differential Equations\n<ul>\n<li>July 28-29, 2025 (<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/zshuai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/01\/UCF_2025_Workshop_Program.pdf\">Workshop_Program<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>January 15-16, 2026 (<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/mathbio\/workshop-on-mathematical-biology-and-differential-equations\/\">Webpage<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Professional Service<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Editorial Board of the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldscientific.com\/worldscinet\/jbs\">Journal of Biological Systems<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/smbpdee.github.io\">Population Dynamics, Ecology and Evolution (PDEE)<\/a> Subgroup of the <a href=\"https:\/\/smb.org\">Society for Mathematical Biology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zhisheng Shuai, Ph.D. (Alberta) Professor of Mathematics Department of Mathematics University of Central Florida Orlando FL 32816 Biographical Sketch (CV) Office: MSB 321 Phone: 407-823-5251 Email: shuai@ucf.edu Current Teaching (Previous) In Fall 2025, I will teach two mathematical modeling courses: one focusing on biological processes and the other on data. 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