Education:

Ph.D. in Mathematics, The State University of New York at Buffalo, USA, 2006.
M.Sc.  in Computer Science, The State University of New York at Buffalo, USA, 2006.
M.Sc. in Mathematics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, 1997.
B.Sc. in Mathematics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, 1993.

Research Interest: I am a Mathematician, and my research is mainly in Applied Mathematics.  My research is heavily interdisciplinary in nature, spanning three general areas of applied mathematics, namely: mathematical biology, qualitative theory of nonlinear dynamical systems, and computational mathematics. Specifically, my research focuses on using mathematical approaches (modeling, rigorous analysis, data analytics and computation) to gain deep qualitative insight into the dynamical behavior of some real-life systems arising in the natural and engineering sciences, with emphasis on modeling the spread and control of infectious diseases of mankind. My research generally entails the design, analysis, parametrization, uncertainty quantification and simulations of novel mathematical models for realistically assessing the transmission dynamics and control of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases of major public health significance (such as malaria, HIV, pneumococcal diseases, Hepatitis C, COVID-19, and other diseases).

Selected Publications 

• Jemal Mohammed-Awel and Abba Gumel, A genetic-epidemiology modeling framework for malaria mosquitoes and disease, a book chapter dedicated in celebration of Professor Ronald E. Mickens’ 80th birthday, Contemporary Mathematics Volume 793, (2024), 193-229.
• J. Mohammed-Awel and A. Gumel. Can insecticide resistance increase malaria transmission? A genetics-epidemiology mathematical modeling approach. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 87, Article number: 28 (2023). 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00285-023-01949-x

• Buddhi Pantha, Jemal Mohammed-Awel, Naveen K Vaidya, Effects of vaccination on the two-strain transmission dynamics of COVID-19: Dougherty County, Georgia, USA, as a case study, Mathematical Medicine, and Biology: A Journal of the IMA, dqad007, 14 November 2023. https://doi.org/10.1093/imammb/dqad007
• S.J. Brozak, J. Mohammed-Awel and A. Gumel. Mathematics of a single-locus model for assessing the impacts of pyrethroid resistance and temperature on population abundance of malaria mosquitoes}. Infectious Disease Modelling, Volume 7, Issue 3, September 2022, Pages 277-316.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idm.2022.05.007
• B. Pantha, J. Mohammed-Awel and N.K. Vaidya. Effects of Vaccinations on the Transmission Dynamics Of COVID-19 In Dougherty County of Georgia, USA. Journal of Biological Systems, Vol. 30, No. 3 (2022) 553—583. 

https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S021833902250019X

• J. Mohammed-Awel, E. Numfor, R. Zhao, and S. Lenhart. A New Mathematical Model Studying Imperfect Vaccination: Optimal control approach. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Application, Volume 500, Issue 2, 15 August 2021, 125132. 

 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmaa.2021.125132

• J. Mohammed-Awel, A. Gumel and E. H. Elbasha. Mathematical assessment of the impact of cohort vaccination on pneumococcal carriage and serotype replacement. Journal of Biological Dynamics, 2021 Feb 17; 1-34. 

https://doi.org/10.1080/17513758.2021.1884760

• J. Mohammed-Awel, E.A Iboi and A.B. Gumel. Insecticide Resistance and Malaria Control: An Epidemiology-Genetics Modeling Approach. Mathematical BioSciences, Volume 325, July 2020, 108-368.
• J. Mohammed-Awel and Abba Gumel. Mathematics of an epidemiology-genetics model for assessing the role of insecticides resistance on malaria transmission dynamics. Mathematical BioSciences, Volume 3, June 2019, pages 33-49.
• J. Mohammed-Awel, F. Agusto, R. Mickens and A. Gumel. Mathematical Assessment of the Role of Vector Insecticide Resistance and Feeding/Resting Behavior on Malaria Transmission Dynamics: Optimal Control Analysis. Infectious Disease Modelling, volume 3, 2018, Pages 301-321.
• J. Mohammed-Awel, R. Zhao, E. Numfor and S. Lenhart. Management Strategies in a Malaria Model Combining Human and Transmission-Blocking Vaccines. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B (DCDS-B), Volume 22, 3, (2017), pp. 977—1000.
• J. Mohammed-Awel and E. Numfor. Optimal Insecticide Treated Bed-net Coverage and Malaria Treatment in a Malaria-HIV Co-infection Model. Journal of Biological Dynamics, (2017) VOL. 11, NO. S1, 160—191.
• C.N. Ngonghala, J. Mohammed-Awel, R. Zhao, and O. Prosper. Interplay between insecticide-treated bed-nets and mosquito demography: implications for malaria control. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 397(2016), pp. 179--192.
• C. N. Ngonghala, S. Y. Del Valle, R. Zhao, and J. Mohammed-Awel. Quantifying the impact of decay in bed-net efficacy on malaria transmission. Journal of Theoretical Biology, volume 364, 2014, pages 247--261.
• K.W. Blayneh and J. Mohammed-Awel. Insecticide-resistant mosquitoes and malaria control. Mathematical Biosciences, volume 252, 2014, pages 14-26