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Mathematica Trainer: Qi Zheng
Address
HFT-20
3900 NCTR Road
National Center for Toxicological Research
Jefferson, AR 72079-9502
email:
qzheng@nctr.fda.gov
phone: 870-543-7176
fax: 870-543-7662
Background
Qi Zheng is interested in providing training for those
who wish to solve their biomedical modeling problems
with the aid of Mathematica. Zheng's research
interests focus on biomathematical modeling, particularly
stochastic carcinogenesis modeling. Physiologically based
pharmacokinetic models and general stochastic
compartmental models are also among his research interests.
In most of his research work, Zheng treats Mathematica
as an indispensable tool, attacking computational aspects
(either symbolic or numeric) as an integral part of any
modeling problem. He often uses Mathematica as convenient
scratch paper, on which he can test and compare many research ideas
quickly. Zheng has seven years of experience with
Mathematica and has participated twice in Wolfram Research's
Mathematica Visiting Scholar
Grant Program.
Zheng received his B.S. in mathematics from Zhejiang
University in China in 1982 and his Ph.D. in statistics from Texas A&M
University in 1993. He has been with the Division of Biometry
and Risk Assessment at the National Center for Toxicological
Research since early 1994. In 1997 he was presented with a Commendable Service Award
by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for his biological
modeling research.
Zheng is the author or coauthor
of about twenty peer-reviewed research articles as well as
several MathSource items and technical conference proceedings
papers. He also wrote
CarcinoMod,
a Mathematica package for
studying a wide array of mathematical cancer models, and at
the 1998 Worldwide Mathematica Conference he
presented "CarcinoMod:
A Tool for Carcinogenesis Modeling."
Training Information
Zheng has used Mathematica since 1993.
- Expertise
- Compartmental analysis
- Mathematical modeling of biological processes (e.g., carcinogenesis, pharmacokinetics)
- Fluctuation analysis
- Discrete distributions
- Statistical applications
- Major Clients
- Education
- Ph.D. in Statistics, Texas A&M University, 1993
- B.S. in Mathematics, Zhejiang University, 1982
- Computer Language Experience in Addition to Mathematica
- Platform Experience
- Languages Spoken
- Geographic Area of Operation
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