Chad Topaz

Abstract Locusts exhibit two interconvertible phases, solitarious and gregarious. Solitarious (gregarious) individuals are repelled from (attracted to) others, and crowding biases conversion towards the gregarious form. We construct a nonlinear...

In this mathematical modeling talk, we discuss two projects on socially aggregating insects. The first project models desert locusts with an eye towards hopper band aggregations. Via analysis and simulation of a nonlinear partial integrodifferential...