• (2017-2022) Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, University of California at Davis (UC-DAVIS), Davis, CA, USA
• (2016-2017) M.S. in Applied Statistics and Analytics, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City, KS, USA
• (2013-2015) M.S. in Mathematics, University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), Kansas City, MO, USA
• (2010-2011) B.S. in Mathematics and Statistics, University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), Kansas City, MO, USA
• Employment:
  • (2022-present) Postdoctoral Research Associate, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
  • (2020) National Science Foundation Mathematical Sciences Graduate Fellow (NSF-MSGI), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
  • (2017-2022) Teaching Assistant, University of California at Davis (UC-DAVIS), Davis, CA, USA
  • (2015-2017) Research Associate, Center for Computational Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA

Research Interests:

• Quantitative biology
• Bayesian inference
• Stochastic processes
• Control theory

Selected Recent Publications:

Google Scholar profile

1. Mallela A, Lin YT, Hlavacek WS. Differential contagiousness of respiratory disease across the United States. Epidemics. 2023 Sep;45:100718.
2. Mallela A, Hastings A. Optimal management of stochastic invasion in a metapopulation with Allee effects. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 2022 Sep;549:111221.
3. Mallela A, Neumann J, Miller EF, Chen Y, Posner RG, Lin YT, Hlavacek WS. Bayesian inference of state-level COVID-19 basic reproduction numbers across the United States. Viruses. 2022 Jan;14:157.
4. Mallela A, Hastings A. Tipping cascades in a multi-patch system with noise and spatial coupling. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 2021 Nov;83:1-27.
5. Nariya MK, Mallela A, Shi JJ, Deeds EJ. Robustness and the evolution of length control strategies in the T3SS and flagellar hook. Biophysical Journal. 2021 Sep;120:3820-30.
6. Mallela A, Hastings A. The role of stochasticity in noise-induced tipping point cascades: a master equation approach. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 2021 May;83:1-20.
7. Mallela A, Nariya MK, Deeds EJ. Crosstalk and ultrasensitivity in protein degradation pathways. PLOS Computational Biology. 2020 Dec;16:e1008492.
8. Mallela A, Lenhart S, Vaidya NK. HIV-TB co-infection treatment: modeling and optimal control theory perspectives. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics. 2016 Dec;307:143-61.