Associate Professor, Applied Math, Statistics
Year Started at JMU: 2023
capaldaj@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/alex-capaldi
Pronouns: He/Him
Research Description
My research uses mathematical and statistical modeling, computer simulations, and data science in application to conservation biology, ecology, and evolutionary biology.
Education
- PhD in Applied Mathematics, 2010, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
- MS in Applied Mathematics, 2008, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
- MA in Operations Research, 2006, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
- BS in Applied Mathematics & BA in Chemistry, 2004, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI
Select Publications
- C. Beckford, M. Ferita, J. Fucarino, D. C. Elzinga, K. Bassett, A. L. Carlson, R. Swanson and A. Capaldi, 'Pollen Interference Emerges as a Property from Agent-Based Modelling of Pollen Competition in Arabidopsis thaliana,' in silico Plants 4-2 (2022).
- D. C. Elzinga, E. Boggess, J. Collignon, A. Riederer, and A. Capaldi, 'An Agent-Based Model Determining a Successful Reintroduction of the Extinct Passenger Pigeon,' Natural Resource Modeling 33-4 (2020).
- E. Cornwell, D. C. Elzinga, S. Stowe, and A. Capaldi, 'Modeling Vaccination Strategies to Control White-Nose Syndrome in Little Brown Bat Colonies,' Ecological Modelling 407 (2019), 1-8.
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Student and class concerns:
wilkinbs@jmu.edu
540-568-6408
Finance and office matters:
ellis6ja@jmu.edu
540-568-6184
wilkinbs@jmu.edu
540-568-6408
Finance and office matters:
ellis6ja@jmu.edu
540-568-6184
