I am an applied mathematician specializing in mathematical and computational biology, with a focus on modeling biological and health-related systems. My research addresses host-pathogen interactions, particularly phage-bacteria, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). My work integrates differential equation models, bioinformatics, bayesian inference, and scientific computing to study evolutionary and treatment dynamics.
In addition, I am committed to STEM education, with a particular interest in teaching differential equations and their applications in the life sciences.
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Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, 2020
Western University, London, ON, Canada
Dissertation: Phage–Bacteria Interaction and Prophage Sequences in Bacterial Genomes
Supervisor: Lindi M. Wahl
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M.Sc. in Mathematics, 2015
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Thesis: Approximations of Lattice Dynamics
Supervisor: Dmitry Pelinovsky
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Kankaka, E., …, Khan, A., Poon, A. F. Y., & Redd, A. (2025). Estimating HIV-1 viremic time from reservoir sequence diversity with uncertainty quantification. The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
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Muñoz-Baena, L., …, Khan, A., & Poon, A. F. Y. (2025). Evolutionary fingerprinting of protein-coding genes in RNA viruses. bioRxiv (preprint). Submitted to PLoS Computational Biology.
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Kankaka, E., Redd, A., Khan, A., Reynolds, S., …, Prodger, J., & Poon, A. (2023). Dating reservoir formation in virologically suppressed people living with HIV-1 in Rakai, Uganda. Virus Evolution.
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Sanderson, H., Gray, K. L., Manuele, A., Maguire, F., Khan, A., …, Beiko, R. G. (2022). Exploring the mobilome and resistome of Enterococcus faecium in a One Health context across two continents. Microbial Genomics.
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Khan, A., Burmeister, A. R., & Wahl, L. M. (2020). Evolution along the parasitism–mutualism continuum determines the genetic repertoire of prophages. PLoS Computational Biology.
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Khan, A., & Wahl, L. M. (2020). Quantifying the forces that maintain prophages in bacterial genomes. Theoretical Population Biology, 133, 168–179. (Special Issue: Fifty Years of Theoretical Population Biology)
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Khan, A., Wahl, L. M., & Yu, P. (2018). Phage therapy and antibiotics for biofilm eradication: A predictive model. In D. M. Kilgour et al. (Eds.), Recent Advances in Mathematical and Statistical Methods (Vol. 259, pp. 375–383).
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Khan, A., & Pelinovsky, D. E. (2017). Long-time stability of small FPU solitary waves. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems.
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Assistant Professor, 2025–Present
Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (DMNS),
Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2023–Present
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry,
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Postdoctoral Associate, 2022–2024
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry,
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020–2022
Faculty of Computer Science,
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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Limited-Term Assistant Professor, 2021
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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Teaching & Research Assistant, 2015–2020
Department of Applied Mathematics,
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Teaching & Research Assistant, 2013–2015
Department of Mathematics & Statistics,
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Lecturer in Mathematics, 2009–2013
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan
Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU), Saudi Arabia
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Calculus II (MATH 1423), Fall 2025
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Pre-Calculus (PRPM 0022), Fall 2025
Western University, Canada
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Bioinformatics of Infectious Diseases (Guest Lecturer), Winter 2023
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Introduction to Medical Bioinformatics (MBI 3100), Fall 2023
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Software Tools and Systems Programming (CS 2211A), Fall 2023
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Differential Equations; Probability for Life Sciences, Winter 2019
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Calculus with Analysis for Statistics, Winter 2018
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Applied Mathematics for Engineers, Fall 2015 – 2017
Dalhousie University, Canada
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Financial Mathematics (MATH 3900 / ECON 3900), Winter 2021
Fanshawe College, Canada
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Calculus II, Winter 2018
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Business Mathematics, Fall 2017
McMaster University, Canada
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Introduction to Differential Equations, Winter 2015
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Engineering Mathematics, Fall 2014
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Linear Algebra, Winter 2014, Fall 2013
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan
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Differential Equations & Transforms, Winter 2013, Winter 2010
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Numerical Methods, Fall 2012, Fall 2009
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Calculus and Analytical Geometry, Winter 2012, Winter 2011, Fall 2010
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Probability & Statistics, Fall 2011
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Bacterial and viral genome evolution.
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Phage therapy and Antibiotic resistance
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Bioinformatics and Genomic data Science
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Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations
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STEM education
