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Kehinde R. SALAU
CURRICULUM VITAE
Department of Mathematics
The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721–0089
Phone: (520) 621-4835
Email: [email protected]
Academic URL: http://math.arizona.edu/~krsalau/
Social Network: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kehindesalau
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Mathematical ecology, mathematical epidemiology, biostatistics, stochastics, agent-based modeling, network and
graph theory, optimal control, operations research, mathematical programming, and mathematical bioeconomics.
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2013—present Alliance Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona.
2012
Consultant and Software developer, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University (May—
August). Developed a multiplatform application for optimizing academic schedule selection.
Visiting scholar, School of Forestry and Environmental studies, Yale University. Research titled A
bioeconomic perspective on the endangered species act.
2011
Graduate Research Assistant, Mathematical & Theoretical Biology Institute, Tempe, AZ. Research
titled A Symmetric Intraguild Predation Model for the Invasive Lionfish and Native Grouper.
2003—2007
Student Technician, Technology Services, St. Mary’s College of Maryland (September—May).
Performed hardware and software related maintenance tasks on campus-wide computers, printers,
and other electronics.
2006 & 2007
MTBI Intern, REU in Applied Mathematics, Arizona State University. 2006 research titled OCD
Therapeutic Dynamics: Markovian Based Simulations. 2007 research titled Cats Protecting Birds
Revisited with a Spatial Approach
2005
MAA Intern, REU in Mathematics, Indiana University - Purdue University. Research titled Hadamard
Multiplier Norms
EDUCATION
2013
Ph.D. Applied Mathematics for the Life and Social Sciences. School of Human Evolution and Social
Change, Arizona State University. Assessing the Effects of Institutional and Spatial Arrangements in
Analytical and Computational Models of Conservation. Advisors: Dr. Marco A. Janssen & Dr. Eli P.
Fenichel.
2009
M.S.
Applied Mathematics for the Life and Social Sciences. School of Human Evolution and Social
Change, Arizona State University.
2007
B.A.
Mathematics. Department of Mathematics, St. Mary’s college of Maryland, St. Mary’s City,
Maryland.
PUBLICATIONS (peer reviewed)
Meissen, E., K.R. Salau, J.M. Cushing. A global bifurcation theorem for Darwinian matrix models. To appear in
Journal of Difference Equations and Applications.
Salau, K. R., E. P. Fenichel. 2014. Bioeconomic analysis supports the endangered species act. Journal of
Mathematical Biology 71: 817-46. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00285-014-0840-5)
Schoon, M., J.A. Baggio, K. Salau, M.A. Janssen. 2014. Insights for managers from modeling species interactions
across multiple scales in an idealized landscape. Environmental Modelling & Software 54: 53-59.
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.12.010)
Salau, K., M. Schoon, J. A. Baggio, M. A. Janssen. 2012. Varying effects of connectivity and dispersal on interacting
species dynamics. Ecological Modelling 242: 81-91.
Baggio, J. A., K. Salau, M. A. Janssen, M. Schoon, Ö. Bodin. 2011. Landscape connectivity and predator-prey
population dynamics. Landscape Ecology 26: 33-45.
MANUSCRIPTS
Under review
Salau, K.R., J.A. Baggio, E.P. Fenichel, M.A. Janssen, J.K. Abbott. Taking a moment to measure networks – A
hierarchical approach. PLoS One.
In preparation
Melstrom, R., K.R. Salau, D. Shanafelt. The optimal timing of reintroduction: The case of the endangered blackfooted ferret. For submission to Natural resource modeling.
Salau, K.R., H. Ko, N. Martinez. Bioeconomics of the Allometric trophic network. In prep.
Salau, K.R. Incorporating cannibalism into an age-structured bioeconomic fisheries model. For submission to the
Journal of Environment Economics and Management.
TECHNICAL REPORTS (non-refereed)
Figueroa*, M. M., X. M. Rivera*, T. Seaquist*, B. Crawford, A. Mubayi, K. Salau, C. Kribs-Zaleta. 2009. Two strain
Competition: Trypanosoma cruzi. Report MTBI-06-07M, Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Sciences
Center, AZ.
Salau, K., J. Gambino, E. L. Soho and M.V. Martinez-Martinez. 2007. Cats Protecting Birds Revisited with a Spatial
Approach. Report MTBI-04-11M, Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Sciences Center, AZ.
Salau, K., R. Cordero-Soto, K. Hernandez-Cuevaz and Daniel Rios-Doria. 2006. OCD Therapeutic Dynamics:
Markovian Based Simulations. Report MTBI-03-07M, Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Sciences Center,
AZ.
SUPERVISED RESEARCH
2012
Research mentor, Math-Science Honors Program, ASU. Research titled Bacterial Degradation of
Cyanobacterial Toxins
2009
Research Mentor, Mathematical, Computational, and Modeling Sciences Center, Tempe, AZ.
Research titled Two Strain Competition: Trypanosoma Cruzi
PRESENTATIONS
Invited talks
2013
Agent-based modeling in the life and social sciences. Undergraduate Brown Bag Seminar series, Department
of Mathematics, University of Arizona. (November)
Networking, Netlogo, and Networks: The who, what, when, where, and why of…me. Seminar in Mathematical
Biology series for participants in the Undergraduate Training in Theoretical Ecology Research (UTTER)
program, University of Texas, Arlington. (May)
Towards a hierarchical measurement of network structure. Applied Mathematics Seminar, University of
Texas, Arlington. (May)
2011
Management and Dynamics in a Predator-prey Metapopulation. Mini-symposium on Recent Applications of
Dynamical Systems in Ecology, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Conference on
Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, UT. (May)
*Undergraduate
student at the time of research
2010
Mathematical Approach to Modeling the Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Pteropod and Pink Salmon
Population. Workshop for Diversity, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) annual meeting,
Pittsburgh, PA. (July)
Conferences
Speaker
2016
The optimal timing of reintroduction: The case of the black-footed ferret. 2016 Joint Mathematics Meetings
(JMM), Seattle, WA. (January)
2015
Taking a Moment to Measure Networks - A Hierarchical Approach. 2015 Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM),
San Antonio, TX. (January)
2013
A case of Sitting Pups: Special Predators, Endangered Prey, and the Importance of Structural Uncertainty in
Selective Predator Removal programs. The Fourth International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and
Analysis of Populations in Biological Systems (ICMA IV), Texas Tech University. (October)
Hierarchical Classification of Network Structure and Function. Emerging Researchers National (ERN)
conference, Washington, DC. (February—March)
A Bioeconomic Perspective on the Endangered Species Act. 2013 Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), San
Diego, CA. (January)
2012
Advances in Network Theory: Adopting a Structural Perspective in the Analysis of Social-Ecological Systems.
Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity (CSID) Brown Bag Seminar Series, Arizona State University.
(March)
Varying Effects of Connectivity and Dispersal on Interacting Species Dynamics. Emerging Researchers
National (ERN) conference, Atlanta, GA. (February)
2011
Varying Effects of Connectivity and Dispersal on Interacting Species Dynamics. The Computational Social
Science Society of America (CSSSA) annual conference, Santa Fe, NM. (October)
Management and Dynamics in a Predator-prey Metapopulation. Resilience 2011: Second International
Conference on Science and Policy, Arizona State University. (March)
2009
Managing Landscape Networks: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach. North American Association for
Computational Social and Organizational Sciences (NAACSOS) annual Conference, Arizona State University.
(October)
Cats Protecting Birds Revisited with a Spatial Approach. Los Alamos Days 2009 Conference, Arizona State
University. (January)
Poster
2015
A Bioeconomic Perspective on the Endangered Species Act. The Society for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics (SIAM) Conference on ‘Control and Its Applications’, Maison de la Mutualité, Paris, France.
(July). Trip funded by SIAM Early Career Travel Award.
2014
Taking a Moment to Measure Networks - A Hierarchical Approach. NetSci 2014: International School and
Conference on Network Science, Berkeley, CA. (June)
2013
A Bioeconomic Perspective on the Endangered Species Act. More Graduate Education at Mountain States
Alliance (MGE@MSA) 2013 Student Research Conference, Arizona State University. Awarded 1st place
certificate and monetary check. (March)
2012
Varying Effects of Connectivity and Dispersal on Interacting Species Dynamics. More Graduate Education at
Mountain States Alliance (MGE@MSA) 2012 Student Research Conference, Arizona State University.
(February)
2011
Landscape Connectivity, Patch Centrality, and Predator-Prey Population Dynamics. More Graduate
Education at Mountain States Alliance (MGE@MSA) Student Research Conference, Arizona State University.
Awarded 3rd place certificate and monetary check. (February)
2009
OCD Therapeutic Dynamics: Markovian Based Simulations and Cats Protecting Birds Revisited with a Spatial
Approach. ‘Mitigating the Spread of A/H1N1 Flu: Lessons Learned from Past Outbreaks’, Arizona State
University. (June)
Landscape Connectivity, Patch Centrality, and Predator-Prey Population Dynamics. Joint Annual Meeting
(JAM 2009), Washington, DC. (June)
2008
Cats Protecting Birds Revisited with a Spatial Approach. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
(SIAM) Life Sciences Conference, Montreal, Canada. Awarded certificate of recognition and monetary
check. (August)
WORKSHOPS
Research
2014
‘NSF Alliance Postdoc Careers Workshop’, Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in
Mathematics (ICERM), Brown University. (June)
2013
Control of Invasive Propagule Pressure Under Correlated and Uncorrelated Uncertainty. ‘The Mathematics
Behind Biological Invasions’, Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), University of Alberta.
(May—June)
Towards a hierarchical measurement of network structure. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Training
Network (BESTNet) Research Coordination Network (RCN) workshop, Princeton University. (April)
2012
Assessing the Effects of Institutional and Spatial Arrangements in Analytical and Computational Models of
Conservation. Frontiers in Mathematical Biology: Young Investigators Conference, University of Maryland,
College Park. (February—March)
2011
‘Heterogeneities and Ecologies’ workshop, Arizona State University. (May, June, July)
2010
Mathematical Approach to Modeling the Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Pteropod and Pink Salmon
Population. International symposium on ‘Climate Change Effects on Fish and Fisheries’, North Pacific Marine
Science Organization (PICES), Sendai, Japan. (April)
2009
Completed courses in bifurcation theory and delay differential equations. Dynamical systems summer school,
University of Utrecht. (August)
Professional development
2012
Engaged in talks about how SIAM could better serve its student members. ‘Student Days’ workshop, Society
for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) annual meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (July)
Participated in seminars aimed at providing PhD students with an extensive overview of the professoriate.
‘Preparing Future Faculty Summer Institute’, Gallaudet University. (June)
2010
Engaged in talks on the issue of bolstering chapter representation, funding, and impact. ‘Student Days’
workshop, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. (July)
2009
Discussed the role of science in policy-making and societal outcomes. ‘Science Outside the Lab: A policy
“Dis”-Orientation’ workshop, Washington, DC. (May - June)
2007
Participated in various workshops including seminars on graduate school success. Iowa Mathematical Field
of Dreams annual conference, University of Iowa in Iowa City. (October)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014
Instructor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona (Fall) Introduction to Statistics and
Biostatistics
Instructor, Math-Science Honors Program, Arizona State University (June—July) Introduction to
Applied Math for the Life and Social Sciences
2013
Instructor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona (Fall) Calculus I
2011
Graduate Tutor, JBMSHP, Arizona State University (July—August) Intro to Applied Math
Graduate Research Assistant, Mathematical & Theoretical Biology Institute, Arizona State University
(June—July)
2010
Tutor, Math—Science Honors Program, Arizona State University (July—August) Introduction to
Applied Math for the Life and Social Sciences
Graduate Student Worker, Mathematical & Theoretical Biology Institute, Arizona State University
(June—July)
Instructor, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University (Spring)
Recitation instructor for two sections of Calculus w/Analytic Geometry I
2009
Grader, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University (Fall). Calculus II
for Engineers. Modern Differential Equations
Tutor, Mathematical & Theoretical Biology Institute, Arizona State University (June—August)
2005—2007
Student Assistant, Emerging Scholars Program (ESP), St. Mary’s College of Maryland (September—
May)
TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS
Operating systems
Proficient: Windows, Mac, and Linux
Software packages
Proficient: R, MATLAB, Mathematica, Maple, XPPAUT, LATEX, PowerPoint, Excel,
Keynote, Numbers, and Netlogo (agent-based modeling software)
Some experience: SAS, SPSS
Programming Language
Some experience: C and C++
HONORS AND AWARDS
2013—present
NSF Alliance Postdoctoral Fellowship
2015
SIAM Early Career Travel Award
2011—2013
Research Assistantship
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellowship
2010—2011
Research Assistantship
SIAM Student Chapter Certificate of Recognition
2009—2010
Teaching Assistantship
2007—2009
WAESO Fellowship
2007
SMART Scholarship Award
Mathematics Service Award
SMCM Academic Achievement Award
2003—2007
SMCM Presidential Award
Robert C. Byrd Scholarship Award
Dean’s List
2004
St. Mary’s Scholar
JOURNAL REFEREE
2011—present
Ecological Modelling
Ecology and Society
International Journal of the Commons
Journal of Environmental Management
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2012—2013
Applied Mathematics Representative, Association of All Graduate Students (AAGS), Arizona State
University. Served as applied math liaison to campus-wide association of graduate students.
2011—2012
President, Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics, Arizona State Chapter (SIAM@ASU).
Established a mentoring network between SIAM alumni, current graduate and undergraduate
members through STEM workshops.
2009—2011
Treasurer, Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics, Arizona State Chapter (SIAM@ASU).
Supervised budget and allocation of SIAM funds to professional development and outreach activities.
OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
2014
Judge, Undergraduate poster presentation, Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native
Americans in Science (SACNAS) annual conference, Los Angeles, CA. (October)
2011 – 2013
Judge, Undergraduate poster presentation, More Graduate Education at Mountain State Alliances
(MGE@MSA) Student Research conference, Arizona State University. (February, March)
Exam developer and grader (volunteer), Sonia Kovalesky Day, West Campus, Arizona State
University. (March, April)
2012
Volunteer Tutor, Introduction to Applied Mathematics for the Life and Social Sciences, Math-Science
Honors Program, Arizona State University. (July—July)
2011
Graduate volunteer, Resilience Conference 2011, Arizona State University. (March)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Computational Social Science Society of the Americas (CSSSA)
REFERENCE
Dr. Jim M. Cushing
Postdoctoral mentor, The University of Arizona
Dr. Marco A. Janssen PhD Committee Co-Chair, Arizona State University
Dr. Eli P. Fenichel
PhD Committee Co-Chair, Yale University
Dr. Christopher Kribs-Zaleta
University of Texas, Arlington
Dr. Michael L. Schoon collaborator, Arizona State University