We also work to address questions outside our main research tracks where our modeling, quantitative, or collective behavior expertise may be useful. Often in collaboration with other groups.
Example journal articles
A Crocker and D Strömbom. 2023. Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible type COVID-19 spread with collective effects. Scientific Reports 13, 22600. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-023-49949-7
D Strömbom and A Dussutour. 2018. Self-organized traffic via priority rules in leaf-cutting ants. PLOS Computational Biology 14(10). https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006523
J Krause, JE Herbert-Read, F Seebacher, P Domenici, ADM Wilson, S Marras, MBS Svendsen, D Strömbom et al. 2017. Injury-mediated decrease in locomotor performance increases predation risk in schooling fish. Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society B 372:20160232. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2016.0232
JE Herbert-Read, P Romanczuk, S Krause, D Strömbom et al. 2016. Proto-cooperation: Group hunting sailfish improve hunting success by alternating attacks on grouping prey. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 283(1843). https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2016.1671
A Sircova, F Karimi, E Osin, S Lee, P Holme and D Strömbom. 2015. Simulating irrational human behavior to prevent resource depletion. PLoS ONE 10(3). https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0117612
Presentations
D Strömbom. SIS-type COVID-19 spread with collective effects. 2024. European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology. Toledo, Spain.
A Crocker. Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible COVID-19 spread with collective effect. 2024. Department of Mathematics. University of Scranton.
J Pilaitis. Modeling the Initiation and Spread of Fashion Trends on TikTok. 2024. The 99th Annual Pennsylvania Academy of Science Meeting. Messiah University.
J Pilaitis. Modeling the Initiation and Spread of Fashion Trends on TikTok. 2024. The 38th Annual Student Mathematics Conference. Moravian University.
J Pilaitis. Modeling the Initiation and Spread of Fashion Trends on TikTok. Lafayette’s Fall 2023 Student Poster Research Session.
J Hoitt. Robotic optimization of starfish density control: thresholds and efficiency. Lafayette’s Fall 2023 Student Poster Research Session.
M Coleman. Seasonal variation in group size and composition of house sparrow flocks. Lafayette’s Fall 2023 Student Poster Research Session.
J Hoitt. Optimal density of crown of thorns starfish (Acanthaster solaris) to start population monitoring. Biohybrid Systems in Animal Behavior. 2023. Swansea, United Kingdom.
M Coleman. Seasonal variation in group size and composition of house sparrow flocks. Lehigh Valley Ecology and Evolution Seminar 2023. DeSales University.
J Hoitt. Optimal density of Crown of Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster solaris) to start population monitoring. Lehigh Valley Ecology and Evolution Seminar 2023. DeSales University.
M Ball. Modeling Nutrient Cycling in Aquaponic Systems for Tomatoes. Lehigh Valley Ecology and Evolution Seminar 2023. DeSales University.
M Coleman, A Gery & R Giunta. Seasonal variation in group size and composition of house sparrow flocks. Lafayette’s Spring 2023 Research Poster Session.
A Crocker. COVID-19 spread with collective effects. Lafayette’s Spring 2023 Research Poster Session.
J Hoitt. Optimal density of Crown of Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster solaris) to start population monitoring. Lafayette’s Spring 2023 Research Poster Session.
M Ball. Modeling Nutrient Cycling in Aquaponic Systems for Tomatoes. Lafayette’s Spring 2023 Research Poster Session.
A Crocker. COVID-19 spread with collective effects. Tri-Beta NE District 2 Annual Convention. 2023. PennState Schuylkill.
J Hoitt. Identifying critical thresholds for crown of thorns starfish concentration in reefs. 98th Annual Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences meeting. 2023. Gannon University.
M Ball. Optimizing the distance between tomato plants to limit aphid infestations through volatile compounds. 98th Annual Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences meeting. 2023. Gannon University.
J Hoitt. Identifying critical thresholds for crown of thorns starfish concentration in reefs. 37th Annual Student Mathematics Conference. 2023. Moravian University.
M Ball. Optimizing the distance between tomato plants to limit aphid infestations through volatile compounds. 37th Annual Student Mathematics Conference. 2023. Moravian University.
