Professor Bo Li Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego E-mail: bli@math.ucsd.edu

A brief CV Research interests Mathematical modeling and applied analysis, scientific computing and numerical analysis, and machine learning, with application in biophysics, computational biology, and materials science. A one-page, bullet-style Research Summary mainly for potential students and postdocs. Current research topics and projects Biomolecular simul., variational solvation, free energy approx., kinetics, Monte Carlo, folding & binding. Dynamics & patterns of growing bacterial colonies/biofilms, agent-based & continuum simul./analysis. Electrostatics of biomolecules & ionic solutions, PB theory, Monte Carlo, forces, correl. & steric effects. Modeling, analysis, and simulation of interface dynamics. Machine learning & neural networks (NNs): loss landscapes, stochastic dynamics, info theory & NNs. Some past research projects Publications Presentations Teaching page Current teaching: Math 217: Topics in Applied Math - Math of Artificial Neural Networks. Spring 2026. Students, postdocs, and long-term visitors Department of Mathematics Colloquium

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