Elisha Are, PhD
Faculty Member, DAIDD 2023 Postdoctoral Fellow & Term Lecturer
Mathematics Department, Simon Fraser University, Canada
PhD in Mathematical Biology, Stellenbosch University (2020)
MSc in Mathematics, University of Ilorin (2015)
BSc in Mathematics, University of Ilorin (2013)
About: Elisha B. Are is an infectious disease modeller, currently working as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia. He also holds a research associate position with the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University. Before taking up his current position at SFU, he completed his PhD in Mathematical biology at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. His PhD thesis focused on using mathematical models to quantify and predict the impact of climate change on tsetse and trypanosomiasis in Africa. He has six years of experience as a faculty member in the Mathematics Department, at Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria. He is currently interested in understanding the role of several evolutionary, epidemiological and behavioral factors in shaping the transition of the COVID-19 pandemic to endemicity.