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Dr. Miranda Teboh-Ewungkem

Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
Lafayette College
Easton, PA, 18042

Contact Information:Office: Pardee Hall, 222A
Office Phone: (610) 330 5328
Office fax:    (610) 330 5721
Email:tebohewm@lafayette.edu

 

  
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EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Math/Applied Mathematics, May 2003, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 18015
    Dissertation: Mathematical analysis of oxygen and substrate transport within a multicapillary system in skeletal muscle Advisor: Prof. Eric P. Salathe.

  • M. S. in Statistics, January 2003, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 18015
  • M.S. in Mathematics, July 1998, University of Buea, S.W.P, Cameroon
    Thesis: Mathematical Analysis of the Dynamics and Transmission of Malaria
    Advisor: Dr. Ngwa Gideon Akumah.

  • B.S. in Mathematics, July 1996, University of Buea, S.W.P, Cameroon

  • Minor in Computer Science, University of Buea, S.W.P, Cameroon

POSITIONS HELD

  • Assistant Professor, Lafayette College, July 2006-present
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Lafayette College, August 2004-June 2006
  • Visiting Post-Doc, University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, July 2004
  • Hsiung Visiting Assistant Professor, Lehigh University, August 2003-August 2004
  • Teaching Assistant, Lehigh University, Fall of 1999-Spring of 2002
  • Dean’s Fellow, Lehigh University, Fall of 1998-Spring of 1999
  • Teaching Assistant, University of Buea, Fall 1997-Spring 1998

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Mathematical Biology, Perturbation Techniques, Differential Equations, Statistical methods

The use of Mathematics in studying Biological phenomena is growing everyday. One of my interests is in the development of models applicable to transport phenomena from capillaries to tissues. This research has several extensions especially to drug administration to tumor growth in cancer chemotherapy and I am interested in these applications. The mathematics involves solving partial differential equations and also using asymptotic and perturbation techniques in analyzing partial differential equations.
I am also interested in the use of both ordinary and partial differential equations and the use of statistical methods to model the dynamics and transmission of infectious diseases.

 

HONORS/AWARDS

  • Best Professor, Summer Excel program, summer 2003
  • Best Overall Student Award for the graduate Program University of Buea, Cameroon 1998
  • Best Mathematics Student Award, University of Buea-Cameroon, 1996 and 1998
  • Top three female Award, University of Buea-Cameroon, 1996
  • Dean’s list award for seven semesters, University of Buea, Cameroon
  • Member of the Honor Society for International students and Scholars-Beta Pi Chapter of Phi Beta Delta (Inducted in 2000)
  • Granted Fellowship by Lehigh University, 1998
  • Commonwealth Scholarship awardee, August, 1998
 

PUBLICATIONS

Papers in refereed journals

  1. M. I. Teboh-Ewungkem and E. P. Salathe, The Role of Counter-Current Exchange in Preventing Hypoxia in Skeletal Muscle, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 68 (8): 2191-2204 (2006).

  2. M. I. Teboh-Ewungkem and E. P. Salathe, Substrate Diffusion from an array of capillaries with co-current and counter-current flow, Mathl. Comput. Modelling, 42:17-30 (2005).

  3. M. I. Teboh-Ewungkem, A Mathematical Model to Study the Impact of the Recovery Rate on the Dynamics and Transmission of Malaria in a Changing Population: Case of Cameroon., submitted

  4. Mathematical Analysis of Oxygen and Substrate Transport within a Multicapillary System in Skeletal Muscle, Doctoral Dissertation, UMI, 2003.

  5. Report on the International Conference on Differential Equations and Applications in Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Biology Newsletter, 17: 3 (September 2004).

 

Conference abstracts

  1. Effects of Axial Diffusion (Diffusion in the tissue in the direction parallel to the capillaries) on several interacting capillaries in skeletal muscles, SIAM Annual Conference, Book of Abstract, Hilton New Orleans, Louisiana, pp 107, July 2005.

  2. Applying a multiple capillary substrate and oxygen transport model to drug targeting strategies for cancer chemotherapy, CAARMS11 and IPAM: 11th Annual Conference for African American Researchers in the Mathematical Science, IPAM, Los Angeles, California, June 21-24, 2005

  3. Co-current and Counter current flow of oxygen and substrate transport from capillaries to tissue, International Conference for Mathematics in Biology and Medicine, Book of Abstracts, Ann Arbor, Michigan, pp 41, July 2004.

  4. Mathematical Analysis of Co-current and Counter current flow in Tissue Capillary Exchange, International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Applications in Mathematical Biology, Book of Abstracts, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, pp 27, July 2004.

  5. Mathematical Analysis of Oxygen and Substrate Transport in a Multi-capillary System, in Skeletal Muscle, International Conference on Mathematical Biology Book of Abstracts, Dundee, Scotland, pp 126, August 2003.

 

IN PREPARATION

  • A uniformly valid composite solution for oxygen distribution in skeletal muscle with multiple capillaries and axial diffusion.
  • A Mathematical model to study the Impact of the recovery rate on the dynamics and transmission of malaria in a changing population.
  • Climatic effects on the dynamics and transmission of Malaria in and Endemic Region with Non-Constant population.
  • Effects of Axial Diffusion with Interaction on Substrate Modeling. 
  • Drug targeting strategies for cancer chemotherapy to show interaction effects.

 

INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS

Major Speaker (1 hour Long)

  1. CAARMS11 and IPAM: 11th Annual Conference for African American Researchers in the Mathematical Science, IPAM, Los Angeles, California,  “Applying a multiple capillary substrate and oxygen transport model to drug targeting strategies for cancer chemotherapy “, June 21-24, 2005

Contributed Sessions (15-30 Minutes)

  1. AMS-NAM, San Antonio, “A uniformly valid composite solution for oxygen distribution, in skeletal muscle, within multiple capillaries and axial diffusion effects”, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, January 12-15, 2006.
  2. SIAM Annual Meeting, Hilton New Orleans, Louisiana, “Effects of Axial Diffusion (Diffusion in the tissue in the direction parallel to the capillaries) on several interacting capillaries in skeletal muscles”, July 11-15, 2005.
  3. SMB International Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan,  “Co-current and Counter current flow of oxygen and substrate transport from capillaries to tissue “, July 25-28, 2004.
  4. International Conference on Differential Equations and Applications in Mathematical Biology, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, “Mathematical Analysis of Co-current and Counter current flow in Tissue Capillary Exchange”, July 18-23, 2003.
  5. SMB International Conference, Dundee, Scotland,  “Mathematical analysis of oxygen and substrate transport within a multi-capillary system in skeletal muscle “, August 6-9, 2003.

Poster Session

  1. IMA (Institute for Mathematics and its Applications) Career Workshop on Minorities and Applied Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota,  “Oxygen distribution in multiple capillaries in skeletal muscles with axial diffusion “, April 22-24, 2005

Universities

  1. Lafayette College, Easton, PA, “The mathematics of an Infectious disease in a changing population-Malaria”, February 2006.
  2. College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ,  “The mathematics of an Infectious vector-Borne disease in a changing population-Malaria”, February 2006.
  3. Jackson State University, Jackson, MI, “Co-current and Counter current flow of Oxygen and Substrate Transport in a Multi-capillary system in Skeletal Muscles”, June 2004.
  4. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, “Co-current and Counter current flow of Oxygen and Substrate Transport in a Multi-capillary system in Skeletal Muscles”, April 2004.
  5. Lafayette College, Easton, PA, “Counter-current and Co-current flow of Oxygen and Substrate Transport in a Multi-capillary system in Skeletal Muscles”, January 2004.
  6. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, “Counter-current and Co-current flow of Oxygen and Substrate Transport in a Multi-capillary system in Skeletal Muscles”, January 2004.
  7. Lehigh University, Mathematical Biology colloquium, “ Malaria dynamics in an endemic region”, December 2003
  8. Lehigh University, Mathematical Biology (Math 207) class, A one hour lecture on Malaria Epidemics, Spring 2003, Spring 2004
  9. Moravian College Seminar, Malaria Epidemics, May 2003
  10. Lehigh University, Graduate Student colloquium, “Transport of oxygen and substrate with and without the inclusion of a facilitator across the capillary in the microcirculation” (January 2002)
  11. University of Virgin Islands, St. Thomas  “The Dynamics and Transmission of malaria” (August 2001).

 

INVITED WORKSHOPS

  1. Reconnect Satellite Conference 2006 at Morgan State University: Simple and
    Complex Discrete-time Population Models in Ecology and Epidemiology, July 9 - 15, 2006, Morgan State University, MD.  A workshop on Integration of Research and Education, http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/reconnect/Morgan/
  2. Participated in a workshop on “The Modeling of Cancer Progression and Immunotherapy”, December 12-16, 2005, American institute of Mathematics, Palo Alto, California, http://www.aimath.org/ARCC

 

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

  1. AMS-NAM National Meeting, San Antonio, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, January 12-15, 2006.
  2. SIAM Annual Meeting, Hilton New Orleans, Louisiana, July 11-15, 2005.
  3. CAARMS11 and IPAM, IPAM, Los Angeles, California, June 21-24, 2005.
  4. IMA (Institute for Mathematics and its Applications) Career Workshop on Minorities and Applied Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, April 22-24, 2005.
  5. SMB International Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 25-28, 2004
  6. International Conference on Differential Equations and Applications in Mathematical Biology, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, July 18-23, 2004
  7. SMB International Conference, Dundee, Scotland, August 6-9, 2003  
  8. AMS Conference, Baltimore Convention Center, MD, January 2003
  9. MAA Fall Meeting (EPADEL), Lehigh University, October 2001
  10. Conference for Applied Mathematicians, University of Yaounde, Cameroon, 1997

 

GRANTS

  • Lafayette College Travel Grant 2004, 2005
  • NSF-AWM Mentoring Travel Grant, July 2004
  • SMB Travel Grant to Other conferences, 2004
  • Reidler Grant, Lehigh University, 2003
  • Landahl student travel grant, 2003
  • Lehigh university student travel grant 2002
  • Graduate student travel grant, Lehigh University, 2002

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • Member of the Association for Women in Mathematics, AWM
  • Member of the American Mathematics Society, AMS
  • Member of the Society for Mathematical Biology, SMB
  • Member of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematicians, SIAM
  • Member of the Mathematical Association of America MAAMember of the Honor Society for International students and Scholars-Beta Pi Chapter of Phi Beta Delta

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