About Me

Dr. Pankaj Kumar Tiwari is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Basic Science and Humanities, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur. He specializes in mathematical modeling of ecological and epidemiological systems.

Research experience

  1. Post-doctoral Fellow: Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata from July 01, 2015 to April 30, 2016
  2. Post-doctoral Fellow: Department of Mathematics, University of Turin, Italy from May 02, 2016 to July 28, 2016
  3. Post-doctoral Fellow: Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata from August 01, 2016 to April 05, 2018
  4. Post-doctoral Fellow: Department of Mathematics, University of Kalyani, Kalyani from April 06, 2018 to January 05, 2021.

Teaching Experience

  1. Assistant Professor: IIIT Bhagalpur (2021–2023)
  2. Assistant Professor: IIIT Bhagalpur (2023–Present)

Administrative experience

  1. Head of the Department of Basic Science and Humanities, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur from July, 2022 to till date.

Research Interests

  1. Mathematical Modeling
  2. Epidemiology
  3. Ecology & Biodiversity
  4. Spatial Dynamics

Members in professional bodies

  1. Life member of Indian Mathematical Society, India (2013-)
  2. Life member of Biomathematical Society of India, Kolkata, India (2013-)
  3. Life member of Indian Academy of Mathematical Modeling and Simulation, IIT Kanpur,India (2016-)

Editorial board member

  1. Guest editor of “Computational and Mathematical Biophysics” for the special issue “Infectious Disease Modeling in the Era of Post COVID-19”.

Invited talk

  1. Delivered an invited talk on “Modeling the effect of human population on the depletion of dissolved oxygen in a water body” in the “National Workshop on Water Pollution” held at SUIIT, Jyoti Bihar, Sambalpur during 14-16 March, 2015.
  2. Delivered an invited talk on “Effects of zooplankton selectivity on phytoplankton in an ecosystem affected by free-viruses and environmental toxins” in “International Workshop on Recent Trends in Mathematical Biology” at Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh during 14-15 January, 2020.
  3. Delivered an invited talk on “Interactive effects of prey refuge and additional food for predator in a diffusive prey-predator system” in the “Mathematical Perspective of Epidemic Outbreak Special Focus on COVID-19” at Indian Institute of Information Technology Bhagalpur during 18-22 March, 2021.
  4. Delivered an invited talk on “Impact of social media advertisements on the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 pandemic in India” in “Mathematics and Its Application in Science & Engineering” organised by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University during 27th September−01st October, 2021.
  5. Delivered an invited talk on “Fundamental concepts in Epidemiology and Ecology” in “Workshop on Applications of Dynamical Systems in Health and Environment” held at Department of Applied Sciences, ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior during 5-6 June, 2023.
  6. Delivered an invited talk on “Interactive effects of prey refuge and additional food for predator in a diffusive predator-prey system” in “A Five Days International Seminar on Mathematical Modeling and Turing’s Pattern Formation” held at Department of Mathematics, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu during 11-15 September, 2023.
  7. Delivered an invited talk on “Predator prey interaction: How prey refuge, additional food, seasonality and stochasticity shape ecological stability?” in “Computational Methods for Data Science Integrated with Mathematical Modeling and Operations Research” held at Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology Raipur during 12-16 January, 2026.

Conferences organized

  1. Organized an online faculty development programme on “Mathematical Perspective of Epidemic Outbreak Special Focus on COVID-19” at Indian Institute of Information Technology Bhagalpur during 18-22 March, 2021.

Courses taught in UG/PG level

  1. Engineering Mathematics-I
  2. Engineering Mathematics-II
  3. Engineering Mathematics-III

Ph.D. supervised

  1. Mr. Subarna Roy (Ongoing)
  2. Mr. Sayan Mandal (Ongoing)
  3. Mr. Kalyan Pal (Ongoing)

Internship supervised

  1. Mr. Rahul Tiwari (5 th May to 5 th July 2021)
  2. Mr. Sudhanshu Ranjan (5 th May to 5 th July 2021)