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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)
Bayesian Statistics, Mathematical Ecology, Data Science, Epizoology
Brief biography
My research projects usually combine approaches from Mathematics, Statistics, and Data Science to address scientific questions based in biological topics such as Wildlife Management, Animal Husbandry, Veterinarian Sciences, and Evolutionary Processes.
In my free time I enjoy getting outdoors. I enjoy camping, hiking, birding, and swimming. I also like traveling, exploring new cultures, and sports. When I can't get outdoors, I enjoy strategic board games and cooking international foods.
I am always excited to work on new systems, collaborate with others, use new tools, work with new people, and mentor students! Always feel free to contact me and set up a time to chat!
Current courses at UWL
STAT 145 - Elementary Statistics
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
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]
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