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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2011 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to optimal control with biological and physical applications and for contributions to undergraduate research.
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Suzanne Lenhart is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on modeling and simulation as well as public health-related topics. They have contributed extensively to areas including infectious diseases, epidemiology, and genetics.

Their work covers several main topics, reflecting diverse interests within biomedical and ecological modeling and epidemiology:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Suzanne Lenhart illustrate the interdisciplinary nature of their research across infectious disease dynamics, ecological modeling, and therapeutic optimization:

  • Host density and habitat structure influence host contact rates and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans transmission, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Optimal anti-amyloid-beta therapy for Alzheimer's disease via a personalized mathematical model, 2022, PLoS Computational Biology
  • Towards Building a Sustainable Future: Positioning Ecological Modelling for Impact in Ecosystems Management, 2021, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
  • Comparing intervention strategies for reducing Clostridioides difficile transmission in acute healthcare settings: an agent-based modeling study, 2020, BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Modeling COVID-19: Forecasting and analyzing the dynamics of the outbreak in Hubei and Turkey, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

They have frequently published in journals such as:

  • Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • QUBES
  • Mathematical Biosciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaboration forms a significant part of their research activity. Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Cristina Lanzas
  • Alun L. Lloyd
  • Morganne Igoe
  • Praachi Das
  • Agricola Odoi

Suzanne Lenhart has received multiple recognitions, including being named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2013, a SIAM Fellow in 2011 for contributions to optimal control with biological and physical applications and undergraduate research, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Optimal Control Applied to Biological Models

    Suzanne Lenhart;John T. Workman

  • Optimal control of the chemotherapy of HIV.

    Denise Kirschner;Suzanne Lenhart;Steve Serbin

  • Optimal control of treatments in a two-strain tuberculosis model

    E. Jung;Suzanne Lenhart;Z. Feng

  • OPTIMIZING CHEMOTHERAPY IN AN HIV MODEL

    K. Renee Fister;Suzanne Lenhart;Joseph Scott McNally

  • Modeling Optimal Intervention Strategies for Cholera

    Rachael L. Miller Neilan;Elsa Schaefer;Holly Gaff;K. Renee Fister

  • Temperature-independent diel variation in soil respiration observed from a temperate deciduous forest

    Q. Liu;N. T. Edwards;W. M. Post;L. Gu

  • Backward Bifurcation and Optimal Control in Transmission Dynamics of West Nile Virus

    Kbenesh W. Blayneh;Abba B. Gumel;Suzanne Lenhart;Tim Clayton

  • Optimal control of treatment in a mathematical model of chronic myelogenous leukemia

    Seema Nanda;Helen Moore;Suzanne Lenhart

  • Controllability questions for nonlinear systems in abstract spaces

    E. N. Chukwu;S. M. Lenhart

  • Optimal control of vaccine distribution in a rabies metapopulation model

    Erika Asano;Louis J. Gross;Suzanne Lenhart;Leslie A. Real

  • An Introduction to Optimal Control with an Application in Disease Modeling.

    Rachael Miller Neilan;Suzanne Lenhart

  • Global stability of a biological model with time delay

    Suzanne M. Lenhart;Curtis C. Travis

  • Optimal control of a competitive system with age-structure

    K.Renee Fister;Suzanne Lenhart

  • Controlling Forest Damage by Dispersive Beaver Populations: Centralized Optimal Management Strategy.

    Mahadev G. Bhat;Ray G. Huffaker;Suzanne M. Lenhart

  • Modeling the effect of information campaigns on the HIV epidemic in Uganda

    Hem Joshi;Suzanne Lenhart;Kendra S Albright;Kevin Gipson

  • Optimal Harvesting in an Age-Structured Predator–Prey Model

    K. Renee Fister;Suzanne Lenhart

  • OPTIMAL CONTROL OF A CONVECTIVE-DIFFUSIVE FLUID PROBLEM

    Suzanne M. Lenhart;Suzanne M. Lenhart

  • Optimization and Control of Agent-Based Models in Biology: A Perspective.

    G An;B G Fitzpatrick;S Christley;P Federico

  • Transmission dynamics of West Nile virus in mosquitoes and corvids and non-corvids

    Ahmed Abdelrazec;Suzanne Lenhart;Huaiping Zhu

  • Bilinear Optimal Control of the Velocity Term in a Kirchhoff Plate Equation

    Mary Elizabeth Bradley;Suzanne Lenhart;Jiongmin Yong

Frequent Co-Authors

Abba B. Gumel
Abba B. Gumel University of Maryland, College Park
Yuan Lou
Yuan Lou Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Horst R. Thieme
Horst R. Thieme Arizona State University
George K. Christophides
George K. Christophides Imperial College London
Edwin Michael
Edwin Michael University of Notre Dame
Lianhong Gu
Lianhong Gu Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Kevin Tomsovic
Kevin Tomsovic University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Kurt C. VerCauteren
Kurt C. VerCauteren United States Department of Agriculture
Chunlei Su
Chunlei Su University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Graham J. Hickling
Graham J. Hickling University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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