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Dr. Wachira Charles Muriuki
-Instructional Designer

Research Interests

• Modeling: Modeling Disease Transmission Dynamics, Modeling Dynamical and Ecological Systems, Stochastic Modeling, Economic Modeling and Analysis of PDEs and ODEs.
• Analysis: Statistical Analysis using R, SPSS, STATA e.t.c

Education Background

Feb. 2019 -Dec. 2022

Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mathematics, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kakamega, Kenya

Thesis Title: Modeling and Analysis of COVID-19 Dynamics with intervention

Sept. 2016 – Dec. 2018

Master of Science in Applied Mathematics, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kakamega, Kenya

Thesis Title: A Spatiotemporal Model for the Transmission Dynamics of Zika Virus Disease

Aug. 2011 – Dec. 2015

Bachelor of  Science  in  Mathematics  –  (First  Class  Honors), Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kakamega, Kenya Project Title: Mathematical Modelling of Typhoid Fever Disease Incorporating Protection against Infection.

List of Publications

  • J. K. Nthiiri, G. O. Lawi, C. O. Akinyi, D. O. Oganga, W. C. Muriuki, M. J. Musyoka, P. O. Otieno and L. Koech, Mathematical Modelling of Typhoid Fever Disease Incorporating Protection against Infection British Journal of Mathematics & Computer Science. 14(1): 1-10, 2016, Article no.BJMCS.23325 ISSN: 2231-0851.

  • H.O.Nyaberi and C.M. Wachira, Mathematical model on the impact of protection against Tungiasis transmission dynamics Journal of Mathematics Comput. Sci. 10 (2020), No. 6, 2808-2819

  • Wachira M. Charles, Lawi O. George and J. Malinzi, A Spatiotemporal Model on the Transmission Dynamics of Zika Virus Disease Asian Research Journal of Mathematics 10(4): 1-15, 2018; Article no.ARJOM.43944 ISSN: 2456-477X.

  • H.O.Nyaberi and C.M. Wachira, Mathematical modeling of COVID-19 transmission dynamics with Social Distance as an Intevention I. J. Math. Comput. Sci. 10 (2022), No. 8(2), 4-13.
  • C.M.Wachira, G. O. Lawi and L.O. Omondi, Sensitivity and Optimal Control Analysis of an Extended SEIR COVID-19 Mathematical Model, Journal of Applied Mathematics, Volume 2022, Article ID 1476607, 9 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/1476607

  • C.M.Wachira, G. O. Lawi and L.O. Omondi, Travelling Wave Analysis of a Diffusive COVID-19 Model, Journal of Applied Mathematics, Volume 2022, Article ID 6052274, 7 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/6052274
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