Rafiul Islam

Rafiul Islam, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of the Incarnate Word. His academic career spans multiple institutions, including postdoctoral research at Iowa State University and graduate studies at Texas Tech University, Clemson University, and the University of Dhaka.

Dr. Islam's research lies at the intersection of infectious disease epidemiology and data-driven mathematical modeling. He develops models for disease transmission dynamics in diverse contexts including

• Covid-19 vaccine allocation strategies
• Chronic Wasting Disease in deer populations
• Fungal pathogens in amphibians
• Measles outbreak modeling
• SARS-CoV-2 mutation dynamics

His methodological expertise spans fractional calculus, stochastic modeling, and social network analysis, with applications to both biological and transportation systems. This dual focus is evident in his publications about

• autonomous vehicle algorithms
• cooperative adaptive cruise control

Dr. Islam actively engages with the academic community through service as a journal reviewer for publications including PLOS ONE and Frontiers in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. He has presented his work at major conferences like the SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems and the AWM Research Symposium.