Libin Rong

Libin Rong,

PROF

Department: LS-MATHEMATICS
Business Phone: (352) 294-2394
Business Email: libinrong@ufl.edu

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2022
MAT6932 Special Topics in Mathematics
2018-2022
MAS4105 Linear Algebra 1
2022-2024
MAA5104 Advanced Calculus for Engineers and Physical Scientists I
2022-2024
MAA4102 Introduction to Real Analysis 1
2020-2021
MAP5304 Intermediate Differential Equations for Engineers and Physical Scientists
2020-2021
MAP4305 Differential Equations for Engineers and Physical Scientists
2017-2019,2021
MAP2302 Elementary Differential Equations
2018
MAT7979 Advanced Research
2018
MAP6488 Biomathematics Seminar II

Publications

2023
A multi-strain model with asymptomatic transmission: Application to COVID-19 in the US.
Journal of theoretical biology. 565 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jtbi.2023.111468. [PMID] 36940811.
2023
HIV infection dynamics and viral rebound: Modeling results from humanized mice.
Journal of theoretical biology. 567 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jtbi.2023.111490. [PMID] 37054969.
2023
Mixed selling of different poultry species facilitates emergence of public-health-threating avian influenza viruses.
Emerging microbes & infections. 12(1) [DOI] 10.1080/22221751.2023.2214255. [PMID] 37191631.
2023
Modeling the progression of Type 2 diabetes with underlying obesity.
PLoS computational biology. 19(2) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010914. [PMID] 36848379.
2023
The impact of attrition on the transmission of HIV and drug resistance.
AIDS (London, England). 37(7):1137-1145 [DOI] 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003528. [PMID] 36927994.
2022
A Multiscale Model of COVID-19 Dynamics.
Bulletin of mathematical biology. 84(9) [DOI] 10.1007/s11538-022-01058-8. [PMID] 35943625.
2022
A two-sex model of human papillomavirus infection: Vaccination strategies and a case study.
Journal of theoretical biology. 536 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111006. [PMID] 35007512.
2022
Modelling the dynamics of Trypanosoma rangeli and triatomine bug with logistic growth of vector and systemic transmission.
Mathematical biosciences and engineering : MBE. 19(8):8452-8478 [DOI] 10.3934/mbe.2022393. [PMID] 35801473.
2022
Stochastic investigation of HIV infection and the emergence of drug resistance.
Mathematical biosciences and engineering : MBE. 19(2):1174-1194 [DOI] 10.3934/mbe.2022054. [PMID] 35135199.
2022
The impact of supplementary immunization activities on measles transmission dynamics and implications for measles elimination goals: A mathematical modelling study.
Journal of theoretical biology. 551-552 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111242. [PMID] 35952756.
2022
The impact of vaccination on human papillomavirus infection with disassortative geographical mixing: a two-patch modeling study.
Journal of mathematical biology. 84(6) [DOI] 10.1007/s00285-022-01745-z. [PMID] 35482215.
2022
The progression of secondary diabetes: A review of modeling studies.
Frontiers in endocrinology. 13 [DOI] 10.3389/fendo.2022.1070979. [PMID] 36619543.
2021
A Dynamic Model to Assess Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Strategies in a Heterosexual Population Combined with Men Who have Sex with Men.
Bulletin of mathematical biology. 83(1) [DOI] 10.1007/s11538-020-00830-y. [PMID] 33387083.
2021
A unified mathematical model of thyroid hormone regulation and implication for personalized treatment of thyroid disorders.
Journal of theoretical biology. 528 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110853. [PMID] 34358537.
2021
An economic and disease transmission model of human papillomavirus and oropharyngeal cancer in Texas.
Scientific reports. 11(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41598-021-81375-5. [PMID] 33469199.
2021
Dynamics of a new HIV model with the activation status of infected cells.
Journal of mathematical biology. 82(6) [DOI] 10.1007/s00285-021-01604-3. [PMID] 33860365.
2021
Effects of New York’s Executive Order on Face Mask Use on COVID-19 Infections and Mortality: A Modeling Study.
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 98(2):197-204 [DOI] 10.1007/s11524-021-00517-2. [PMID] 33649905.
2021
Investigating the relationship between reopening the economy and implementing control measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Public health. 200:15-21 [DOI] 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.09.005. [PMID] 34653737.
2021
Modeling HIV multiple infection.
Journal of theoretical biology. 509 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jtbi.2020.110502. [PMID] 32998053.
2021
Projected COVID-19 epidemic in the United States in the context of the effectiveness of a potential vaccine and implications for social distancing and face mask use.
Vaccine. 39(16):2295-2302 [DOI] 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.02.056. [PMID] 33771391.
2021
The risk of future waves of COVID-19: modeling and data analysis.
Mathematical biosciences and engineering : MBE. 18(5):5409-5426 [DOI] 10.3934/mbe.2021274. [PMID] 34517494.
2020
A discrete stochastic model of the COVID-19 outbreak: Forecast and control.
Mathematical biosciences and engineering : MBE. 17(4):2792-2804 [DOI] 10.3934/mbe.2020153. [PMID] 32987496.
2020
Assessing the effects of metropolitan-wide quarantine on the spread of COVID-19 in public space and households.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. 96:503-505 [DOI] 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.019. [PMID] 32416146.
2020
Asymptotic analysis of a vector-borne disease model with the age of infection.
Journal of biological dynamics. 14(1):332-367 [DOI] 10.1080/17513758.2020.1745912. [PMID] 32324106.
2020
Modeling the role of macrophages in HIV persistence during antiretroviral therapy.
Journal of mathematical biology. 81(1):369-402 [DOI] 10.1007/s00285-020-01513-x. [PMID] 32583031.
2020
Modeling the viral dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Mathematical biosciences. 328 [DOI] 10.1016/j.mbs.2020.108438. [PMID] 32771304.
2019
Conflict and accord of optimal treatment strategies for HIV infection within and between hosts.
Mathematical biosciences. 309:107-117 [DOI] 10.1016/j.mbs.2019.01.007. [PMID] 30684516.
2019
Optimal control in HIV chemotherapy with termination viral load and latent reservoir.
Mathematical biosciences and engineering : MBE. 16(2):619-635 [DOI] 10.3934/mbe.2019030. [PMID] 30861659.
2019
Within-Host Viral Dynamics in a Multi-compartmental Environment.
Bulletin of mathematical biology. 81(10):4271-4308 [DOI] 10.1007/s11538-019-00658-1. [PMID] 31432306.
2018
Age-Structured Population Modeling of HPV-related Cervical Cancer in Texas and US.
Scientific reports. 8(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41598-018-32566-0. [PMID] 30254252.
2018
The cost-effectiveness of oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and early antiretroviral therapy in the presence of drug resistance among men who have sex with men in San Francisco.
BMC medicine. 16(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12916-018-1047-1. [PMID] 29688862.
2017
A note on the global properties of an age-structured viral dynamic model with multiple target cell populations.
Mathematical biosciences and engineering : MBE. 14(3):805-820 [DOI] 10.3934/mbe.2017044. [PMID] 28092964.
2017
An HIV model with age-structured latently infected cells.
Journal of biological dynamics. 11(sup1):192-215 [DOI] 10.1080/17513758.2016.1198835. [PMID] 27338168.
2017
Analysis of HIV models with two time delays.
Journal of biological dynamics. 11(sup1):40-64 [DOI] 10.1080/17513758.2016.1148202. [PMID] 26889761.
2017
Early antiretroviral therapy and potent second-line drugs could decrease HIV incidence of drug resistance.
Proceedings. Biological sciences. 284(1857) [DOI] 10.1098/rspb.2017.0525. [PMID] 28659449.
2017
Influence of raltegravir intensification on viral load and 2-LTR dynamics in HIV patients on suppressive antiretroviral therapy.
Journal of theoretical biology. 416:16-27 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.12.015. [PMID] 28025011.
2017
Mathematical analysis of an HIV latent infection model including both virus-to-cell infection and cell-to-cell transmission.
Journal of biological dynamics. 11(sup2):455-483 [DOI] 10.1080/17513758.2016.1242784. [PMID] 27730851.
2016
Dynamics of an HIV Model with Multiple Infection Stages and Treatment with Different Drug Classes.
Bulletin of mathematical biology. 78(2):322-49 [DOI] 10.1007/s11538-016-0145-5. [PMID] 26842389.
2015
Global stability of an infection-age structured HIV-1 model linking within-host and between-host dynamics.
Mathematical biosciences. 263:37-50 [DOI] 10.1016/j.mbs.2015.02.003. [PMID] 25686694.
2015
Modeling the effect of comprehensive interventions on Ebola virus transmission.
Scientific reports. 5 [DOI] 10.1038/srep15818. [PMID] 26515898.
2015
Modeling the Slow CD4+ T Cell Decline in HIV-Infected Individuals.
PLoS computational biology. 11(12) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004665. [PMID] 26709961.
2014
Modeling the impact of twitter on influenza epidemics.
Mathematical biosciences and engineering : MBE. 11(6):1337-56 [DOI] 10.3934/mbe.2014.11.1337. [PMID] 25365604.
2014
Stochastic population switch may explain the latent reservoir stability and intermittent viral blips in HIV patients on suppressive therapy.
Journal of theoretical biology. 360:137-148 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.06.042. [PMID] 25016044.
2013
Analysis of hepatitis C virus decline during treatment with the protease inhibitor danoprevir using a multiscale model.
PLoS computational biology. 9(3) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002959. [PMID] 23516348.
2013
Mathematical analysis of multiscale models for hepatitis C virus dynamics under therapy with direct-acting antiviral agents.
Mathematical biosciences. 245(1):22-30 [DOI] 10.1016/j.mbs.2013.04.012. [PMID] 23684949.
2013
Modeling shows that the NS5A inhibitor daclatasvir has two modes of action and yields a shorter estimate of the hepatitis C virus half-life.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110(10):3991-6 [DOI] 10.1073/pnas.1203110110. [PMID] 23431163.
2012
A model of HIV-1 infection with two time delays: mathematical analysis and comparison with patient data.
Mathematical biosciences. 235(1):98-109 [DOI] 10.1016/j.mbs.2011.11.002. [PMID] 22108296.
2012
Modeling quasispecies and drug resistance in hepatitis C patients treated with a protease inhibitor.
Bulletin of mathematical biology. 74(8):1789-817 [DOI] 10.1007/s11538-012-9736-y. [PMID] 22639338.
2012
Modeling the dynamics of virus shedding into the saliva of Epstein-Barr virus positive individuals.
Journal of theoretical biology. 310:105-14 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.05.032. [PMID] 22683365.
2012
Modeling within-host dynamics of influenza virus infection including immune responses.
PLoS computational biology. 8(6) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002588. [PMID] 22761567.
2010
Treatment-mediated alterations in HIV fitness preserve CD4+ T cell counts but have minimal effects on viral load.
PLoS computational biology. 6(11) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001012. [PMID] 21124866.
2009
Asymmetric division of activated latently infected cells may explain the decay kinetics of the HIV-1 latent reservoir and intermittent viral blips.
Mathematical biosciences. 217(1):77-87 [DOI] 10.1016/j.mbs.2008.10.006. [PMID] 18977369.
2009
Mathematical modeling of viral kinetics under immune control during primary HIV-1 infection.
Journal of theoretical biology. 259(4):751-9 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.04.010. [PMID] 19389409.
2009
Modeling HIV persistence, the latent reservoir, and viral blips.
Journal of theoretical biology. 260(2):308-31 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.06.011. [PMID] 19539630.
2009
Modeling latently infected cell activation: viral and latent reservoir persistence, and viral blips in HIV-infected patients on potent therapy.
PLoS computational biology. 5(10) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000533. [PMID] 19834532.
2007
Emergence of HIV-1 drug resistance during antiretroviral treatment.
Bulletin of mathematical biology. 69(6):2027-60 [PMID] 17450401.
2007
Modeling within-host HIV-1 dynamics and the evolution of drug resistance: trade-offs between viral enzyme function and drug susceptibility.
Journal of theoretical biology. 247(4):804-18 [PMID] 17532343.

Grants

Sep 2023 ACTIVE
eMB: Collaborative Research: Fluid Dynamics and Infectious Diseases: An Integrated Modeling Framework
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL SCIENCE FOU
Sep 2020 ACTIVE
HIV Persistence During Antiretroviral Therapy: Mechanisms, Models, Computation and Data Analysis
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL SCIENCE FOU
Aug 2017 – Aug 2021
CAREER: Virus infection and immune responses: modeling, analysis, and implications
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL SCIENCE FOU

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 294-2394
Emails:
Business:
libinrong@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO BOX 118105
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
GAINESVILLE FL 326118105
Business Street:
1400 STADIUM RD
GAINESVILLE FL 32611