Wade Mattox

Professor Wade Mattox is an active academic specializing in mathematical approaches to infectious disease dynamics, with research centered on nonlinear partial differential equations applied to epidemiological systems. His work bridges theoretical mathematics and public health applications.

His core research domains include:

• Mathematical Biology
• Infectious Disease Modeling
• Partial Differential Equations
• Applied Mathematics
• Epidemiological Modeling

Professor Mattox mentors students in interdisciplinary health-mathematics research, notably guiding Varkshini Uma maheswaran's investigation of the Fisher-KPP equation for viral transmission patterns. This student work demonstrated how deterministic mathematical frameworks govern disease spread rather than chaotic processes, specifically examining nonlinear dynamics in infection propagation through populations with Mathematics and Health Science academic backgrounds.