Professor Bo Li Department of Mathematics, Faculty Quantitative Biology Ph.D. Program, Faculty The Halicioglu Data Science Institute, Faculty Affiliate 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. Spatiotemporal dyn. & complex patterns of growing bacterial colonies. Agent-based & continuum simul. Electrostatics of biomolecules & ionic solutions, corre. & steric effects, forces, PB theory, Monte Carlo. Modeling, analysis, and numerical methods for interfacial dynamics. Machine learning: Neural network landscapes, model-free learning, and stochastic simulations with application in biology. Some past research projects Publications Presentations Teaching page Current teaching Math 130: Different Equations and Dynamical Systems. Winter 2026. Math 270B: Numerical Analysis (Part B). Winter 2026. Recent past courses Math 114/214: Introduction to Computational Stochastics. Spring 2025. Math 231C: PDEs (Part C). Spring 2025 Math 217: Topics in Applied Mathematics -- Mathematics of Artificial Neural Networks. Spring 2024. Math 217: Topics in Applied Mathematics -- Optimal Transport. Spring 2022. Students, postdocs, and long-term visitors Seminars: Department of Mathematics Colloquium Mathematics for Complex Biological Systems (Summer 2007-Spring 2024) qBio seminars

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