Binod Pant earned his PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), where his research focused on the intersection of mathematics and biology. His work involves utilizing mathematical theory (e.g., bifurcation and asymptotic analyses), data analytics, and computational methods to gain insight into the transmission dynamics and control of emerging and re‑emerging infectious diseases of public health importance. Among other research areas, Dr. Pant's ongoing work focuses on (a) analyzing human behavior data and incorporating behavior change data into mathematical models, (b) uncertainty quantification of epidemiological models, and (c) using mechanistic models to gain mathematical insight into the transgenic fungus's ability to control malaria mosquitoes.
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Pant B, Safdar S, Ngonghala CN, Gumel AB. (2025). Mathematical Assessment of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology to Predict SARS-CoV-2 Cases and Hospitalizations in Miami-Dade County. Acta biotheoretica, 73(1)
Urmi T, Pant B, Dewey G, Quintana-Mathe A, Lang I, Druckman J, Ognyanova K, Baum M, Perlis R, Riedl C, Lazer D, Santillana M. (2025). Characterizing population-level changes in human behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(37)
Pant B, Safdar S, Santillana M, Gumel AB. (2024). Mathematical Assessment of the Role of Human Behavior Changes on SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Dynamics in the United States. Bulletin of mathematical biology, 86(8)
Pant B, Gumel AB. (2024). Mathematical assessment of the roles of age heterogeneity and vaccination on the dynamics and control of SARS-CoV-2. Infectious Disease Modelling, 9(3)
Maldarelli ME, Song H, Brown CH, Situt M, Reilly C, Mahurkar AA, Felix V, Crabtree J, Ellicott E, Jurczak MO, Pant B, Gumel A, Zafari Z, D'Souza W, Sapkota A, Maron BA. (2024). Polluted Air from Canadian Wildfires and Cardiopulmonary Disease in the Eastern US. JAMA network open, 7(12)
Brozak SJ, Pant B, Safdar S, Gumel AB. (2021). Dynamics of COVID-19 pandemic in India and Pakistan: A metapopulation modelling approach. Infectious Disease Modelling
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