Welcome to Likun Zheng’s Homepage
Welcome to Likun Zheng’s Homepage
I'm currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Carlifornia-Irvine, working with Professor Qing Nie on Mathematical Biology.
Department of Mathematics
University of California, Irvine
540-N, Rowland Hall,
Irvine, CA 92697
Office phone: (949)824-3222
Email: likunz (at) uci (dot) edu
Research Interest
1.Multiscale-hybrid modeling, analysis and computation of stochastic biological systems
2.Stochastic processes, Probability
3.Pattern formation in the early development of Drosophila and zebrafish
4.Cell differentiation in C. Elegans Germ line
5.Cell lineage in feather growth
Education
Scholar Papers
1.L. Zheng, M. Chen, Q. Nie. External noise control in inherently stochastic biological systems. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 2012, 53(11), 115616-115616. [pdf]
2.L. Zhang*, K. Radtke*, L. Zheng, T. Schilling, Q. Nie. Noise drives sharpening of gene expression boundaries in zebrafish hindbrain, to appear in Nature Molecular Systems Biology. [pdf]
3.H. Kang*, L. Zheng*, and H. G. Othmer*, The effect of the signaling theme on the robustness of pattern formation in development, J. R. Soc. Interface Focus, DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0116. [pdf]
4.H. Kang, L. Zheng, and H. G. Othmer, A new method for choosing the computational cell in stochastic reaction-diffusion systems, Journal of Mathematical Biology, 2012, 65(6-7), p1017-1099. [pdf]
5.L. Zheng, Stochastic fluctuations in Signaling, Gene Control and Pattern Formation, thesis. [pdf]
6.L. Zheng, H. Kang, and H. G. Othmer, Ligand signaling on complex environments, in preparation.
*:equal contribution.
Ph. D. in Applied Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities, 09/2011,
Advisor: Hans G. Othmer
Master of Science, University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities, 02/2009
Bachelor of Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 06/2005
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