Vincent A.A. Jansen

Professor Vincent A.A. Jansen is a leading mathematical biologist at the Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, with affiliations to the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour and Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology. His work integrates mathematical modeling with empirical data across ecology, evolution, and epidemiology.

Research Interests

• Mathematical ecology (spatial population dynamics, bumblebee colony stress)
• Evolutionary cooperation (green beard genes, altruism)
• Pathogen evolution (virulence, bacteriophage applications)
• Epidemiology-behavior interplay (MMR vaccination dynamics, COVID-19 control measures)
• Data-model integration (animal movement, waggle dance analysis)

Recent Publications highlight metacommunity modeling for biodiversity credits (2024), honeybee foraging-landscape interactions (2024), plasmid evolution in bacteria (2021), and adaptive dispersal strategies (2020). His work connects to UN SDGs through ecological conservation and disease mitigation.

Projects include predictive phage modeling for poultry pathogens, pollinator disease mitigation, and EU-funded research on host mobility and virulence evolution. Collaborations span mathematics, ecology, and policy domains.