👋 Welcome to My Page
I am Wajid Ali, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Liverpool, UK. My work bridges mathematics, biology, and data science through the development of mathematical models to understand real-world systems such as epidemics, evolution, and human behaviour.
🔬 Research Interests
My research focuses on stochastic and deterministic modelling of biological and social systems, including:
- Epidemics and vaccine hesitancy
- Eco-evolutionary dynamics, conservation, and behavioural ecology
- Evolutionary game theory and network-structured populations
- Time series forecasting and machine learning
- Genomic data analysis
📄 Research Outputs
🧪 Key Journal Articles
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C. Morison, M. Fic, T. Marcou, et al., and W. Ali (2025). Public goods games in disease evolution and spread. Dynamic Games and Applications, pp. 1–17. DOI
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W. Ali, C. E. Overton, R. R. Wilkinson, and K. J. Sharkey (2024). Deterministic epidemic models overestimate the basic reproduction number of observed outbreaks. Infectious Disease Modelling, 9(3), 680–688. DOI
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K. Pattni, W. Ali, M. Broom, and K. J. Sharkey (2023). Eco-evolutionary dynamics in finite network-structured populations with migration. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 572, 111587. DOI
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J. Wang, A. Zada, and W. Ali (2018). Ulam’s-type stability of first-order impulsive differential equations with variable delay in quasi–Banach spaces. International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation, 19(5), 553–560. DOI
📘 Preprints
- W. Ali, J. Mohamadichamgavi, J. Ramirez, J. Aguilar, A. Fernández Anta, and K. J. Sharkey (2025). A mathematical model of vaccine hesitancy: Analysing the impact of political trends and interaction across age and education groups in the USA. DOI
In preparation
- W. Ali, O. Ovaskainen, S. Cornell, and J. Hodgson (2025). Unified inference about dispersal and climate drivers: A spatial population dynamics model coupled with Bayesian fitting.
- W. Ali, S. E. Zytynska, and K. J. Sharkey (2025). Quantifying plants and insect herbivores’ response to microbiomes using nonlinear Leslie model.
📍 See List of Publications for the full list.
🧠 Leadership Roles
- 2020–Present: Founder & Executive Director, The Maths Volunteers Foundation
- 2024: Lead Organiser, Maths Volunteers In-Person Training, Peshawar, Pakistan
- 2023–2024: Leader, Review Paper – Public Goods Games in Disease Evolution (MSCA-EvoGamesPlus)
- 2022–2023: PGR Representative, Staff-Student Liaison Committee, University of Liverpool
- 2021–2022: ESR Representative, MSCA-EvoGamesPlus Consortium
- 2018: Co-organiser, Workshop Series on Qualitative Theory of Dynamical Systems (2nd)
Department of Mathematics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan (17 February 2018)
- 2017: Co-organiser, Workshop Series on Qualitative Theory of Dynamical Systems (1st)
Department of Mathematics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan (05 May 2017)
🗣️ Selected Talks
- 2025: A mathematical model of vaccine hesitancy – University of Liverpool (Virtual)
- 2024: Modelling attitudes towards vaccination – EvoGamesPlus Winter School, Hungary
- 2023: Deterministic models and basic reproduction number – Epidemics 9, Bologna
- 2023: Eco-evolutionary dynamics – MPDEE Conference, France
- 2022: Evolutionary models in network-structured populations – EvoGamesPlus Winter School, Germany
Invited Talks
- 2023: Evolutionary Graph Theory and Scholarship Application Guidelines – Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan
- 2023: Scholarship Application Guidelines – Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- 2021: Scholarship Application Guidelines – University of Peshawar, Pakistan
📍 See Talks for the full list.
🌍 Research Visits
- IMDEA Networks Institute, Madrid, Spain — Oct–Nov 2023
- University of Turin, Italy — Feb–Mar 2023
- City, University of London, UK — Apr–Jul 2023
🎓 Employment & Education
| Postdoc (x2) |
Marie Curie PhD Fellow |
MSc & BSc (Hons) in Mathematics |
📍 See Employment History & Education for the full list.
🏅 Awards & Certifications
🤝 Volunteer Work
I come from an educationally disadvantaged background and have dedicated years to volunteer teaching. This led to the creation of The Maths Volunteers Foundation – a community-driven initiative for free mathematics education.
👉 Visit Maths Volunteers’ website
👉 See my past volunteers activities
📌 Misc.
Office: B216, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, UK
Email: wajidaliuop22 [at] gmail.com
I am happy to help prospective Master’s and PhD applicants on scholarships. Feel free to reach out!
🔗 Elsewhere
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