Michael RaghibPostdoctoral Research Associate
T-5/CNLS Mathematical Biology 
Office: TA-3, Bldg 1690, Room 142
Mail Stop: B258
Phone: (505) 665-5978
Fax: (505) 665-2659 mraghib@lanl.gov
home page Research highlight- Ecosystem response to disturbance. Linkages between ecosystem and community ecology for marine microbial assemblages.Collective behavior, information processing and decision-making in animal groups. Movement ecology. Dynamics of spatially structured plant populations with extensions to size structure and host-pathogen interactions. Search strategies in random and heterogeneous environments. Coarse-grained approximations to individual-based models. Multiscale modeling, simulation and analysis of complex adaptive systems
|  | Educational Background/Employment:- B.Sc. (2001) Civil Engineering, Universidad de La Salle, Colombia
- M.A. (2002) Applied Mathematics, Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Colombia.
- Ph.D (2006) Applied Mathematics, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
- Employment:
- 2005-2006. Senior Research Assistant, EEB & PACM, Princeton University.
- 2007-2009. Postdoctoral Research Associate, EEB & PACM, Princeton University.
- 2010. Associate Research Scholar, EEB, Princeton University.
- 2010 - Current. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Theoretical Division (T-5), Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Research Interests: - Nonlocal continuum (multiscale) models.
- Applied Stochastic Processes.
- Scientific computing.
- Dynamics of structured populations (space and size).
- Mathematical epidemiology.
- Collective behavior and decision-making.
- Community and ecosystems ecology of marine microbes.
- Mathematical theory for trait-based approaches in ecology.
- Collective search strategies in heterogeneous landscapes.
Selected Recent Publications:
- Raghib, M., Levin, S.A. and Kevrekidis, I.G., Multiscale analysis of collective motion and decision-making in swarms: An advection-diffusion equation with memory approach , Journal of Theoretical Biology 264 ,893-913 (2010). [Paper] [arXiv]
- Raghib, M., Hill, N.A. and Dieckmann, U., A Multiscale maximum entropy moment closure for locally regulated space-time point process models of population dynamics , Journal of Mathematical Biology 62 (5) ,605-653 (2011). [Paper] [arXiv]
- Bonachela, J.A., Raghib, M. and Levin, S.A., Dynamic model of flexible phytoplankton nutrient uptake ,Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (51) , 20633-20638 (2011).[Paper]
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