معرفی
Meredith L. Greer is a Professor in the Mathematics Department at Bates College. Her research spans applied mathematics, mathematical biology, and mathematical epidemiology, focusing on disease modeling (H1N1, mumps, smallpox), ecological impacts of species like Gloeotrichia echinulata, and interdisciplinary projects merging mathematics with rhetoric, biology, and physics. She teaches courses such as Mathematical Models in Biology and Agent-Based Modeling with NetLogo.
Her current work involves developing an open-access textbook on mathematical epidemiology for undergraduates, emphasizing practical applications and public health strategies like vaccination thresholds (e.g., computing pcrit = 1 - 1/R0) and modeling incubation periods via SEIR frameworks. She has analyzed real-world outbreaks, including a mumps epidemic at Bates College, and explores how parameter estimation (beta, gamma, kappa) improves model-data alignment.
