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David Elzinga

Pronouns: He/Him/His
Assistant Professor
Mathematics & Statistics University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

David Elzinga Pronouns: He/Him/His

Assistant Professor

Mathematics & Statistics

Specialty area(s)

Data Science, Mathematical Ecology, Natural Resource Management

Brief biography

In 2018, I completed my undergraduate degree at Wichita State University in Mathematics. In 2023, I completed my Ph.D. in Mathematical Biology and my M.S. in Statistics from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in Christopher’s Strickland’s Lab.

Professionally, my research is split in two parts.

  • I am the director and founder of the Coulee Data Center, an organization providing pro bono data analysis services to community services in the greater La Crosse, WI area.
  • I am actively publishing research in applications of mathematical ecology.

Current courses at UWL

Environmental Statistics (STAT 444/544)

Education

Ph.D. in Mathematics with a Concentration in Mathematical Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 2023

M.S. in Statistics, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 2023

M.S. in Mathematics, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 2020

B.S. in Mathematics, Wichita State University, 2018

Career

Teaching history

Graduate Project in Applied Statistics (STAT 796)
Statistical Learning (STAT 764)
Biostatistics (STAT 763)
Research Topics (STAT 499)
Statistics Teaching Mentoring (MTH 479)
Environmental Statistics (STAT 444/544)
Elementary Statistics (STAT 145)

Professional history

Assistant Professor of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, June 2023 - Present

Graduate Teaching/Research Associate, University of Tennessee Knoxville, August 2018 - May 2023

Research and publishing

*denotes undergraduate student

D. C. Elzinga, W. C. Strickland, "Generalized Stressors on Hive and Forager Bee Colonies," Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 85-112 (2023). [Link]

D. C. Elzinga, C. Beckford, W. C. Strickland, "A Mathematical Model of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Winter Tick Epizootic in Moose," Ecological Modelling 483 (2023). [Link]

C. Beckford*, M. Ferita*, J. Fucarino*, D. C. Elzinga, K. Bassett*, A. L. Carlson, R. Swanson and A. Capaldi, “Pollen Interference Emerges as a Property from Agent-Based Modelling of Pollen Competition in Arabidopsis thaliana,” in silico Plants 4-2 (2022). [Link]

D. C. Elzinga, E. Boggess*, J. Collignon*, A. Riederer*, and A. Capaldi, “An Agent-Based Model Determining a Successful Reintroduction of the Extinct Passenger Pigeon,” Natural Resource Modeling 33-4 (2020). [Link]

D. C. Elzinga, S. R. Stowe, F. L. Russell, “Modeling Control Methods to Manage the Sylvatic Plague in Black-tailed Prairie Dog Towns,” Natural Resource Modeling, 33-2 (2020). [Link]

E. Cornwell, D. C. Elzinga, S. Stowe, and A. Capaldi, “Modeling Vaccination Strategies to Control White-Nose Syndrome in Little Brown Bat Colonies,” Ecological Modelling 407 (2019). [Link]

Kudos

named

David Elzinga, Mathematics & Statistics, was named Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) on Monday, Jan. 22.

Submitted on: Jan. 22, 2024

presented

David Elzinga, Mathematics & Statistics, presented "Baa-ttling Sore Mouth in Sheep with Mathematical Modeling" at the Joint Mathematics Meeting on Jan. 4 in San Francisco, California.

Submitted on: Jan. 22, 2024

presented

David Elzinga, Mathematics & Statistics, presented "Baa-ttling Sore Mouth in Sheep with Mathematical Modeling" at The Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research on Nov. 5 in Richmond, Virginia.

Submitted on: Nov. 6, 2023

published

Christopher Strickland, University of Tennessee Knoxville and David Elzinga, Mathematics & Statistics, co-authored the article "Generalized Stressors on Hive and Forager Bee Colonies" in Bulletin of Mathematical Biology and was accepted for publication by Springer.

Submitted on: Oct. 12, 2023

published

Charlotte Beckford and Christopher Strickland, both University of Tennessee; and David Elzinga, Mathematics & Statistics at UW-La Crosse; co-authored the article "A mathematical model of the impacts of climate change on the winter tick epizootic in moose" in Ecological Modelling and was accepted for publication by Elsevier.

Submitted on: Aug. 30, 2023

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