I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mathematics at 51社区黑料. I am based in the MAGPIE group and working with Caroline Colijn.

My work aims to help us understand connections between the epidemiology of pathogens and their evolution. Significant focus is devoted to respiratory viruses (including SARS-CoV-2) and ongoing projects are concerned with bacterial infections such as tuberculosis (TB).

Email: abeams[at]sfu[dot]ca
Office: K9521

Research

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My research uses dynamical systems models and statistical approaches, and most recently I have been leveraging genomic data through the lens of statistical phylogenetics to understand factors that promote TB transmission.

My complete publication list is maintained on and in my curriculum vitae.

Selected publications:

Beams, Alexander; Earn, David J.D.; Colijn, Caroline
J R Soc Interface, 2024
Beams, Alexander; Keegan, Lindsay T; Adler, Frederick R; Samore, Matthew H; Khader, Karim; Toth, Damon J.A.
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2023
Beams, Alexander; Bateman, Rebeca; Adler, Frederick R.
Viruses, 2021
Beams, Alexander; Toth, Damon J. A.; Khader, Karim; Adler, Frederick R.
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 2016.

Past teaching:

At 51社区黑料

Spring 2024: Instructor for Math 154 - Mathematics for the Life Sciences I

Spring 2022: Lab TA for Math 1180 - Statistics for Biologists
Fall 2021: Lab TA for Math 1170 - Calculus for Biologists

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I am an active member of the 51社区黑料Postdoctoral Association (SFUPDA). If you are a postdoc at SFU, consider joining us at our upcoming events.

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