Biography
Kristan Alexander Schneider received a B.S. degree (first diploma) in Mathematics (2001), an M.S. degree (Mag.rer.nat) in Mathematics (2002), and a Ph.D. (Dr.rer.nat) in Mathematics (2005) at the University of Vienna, Austria. During his M.S. and Ph.D. initially specialized as in mathematical population genetics with applications to theoretical ecology and shifted to infectious diseases during a two year postdoctoral appointment at Arizona State University. He completed his habilitation (venia legendi) in Mathematics at University of Vienna in 2010. He was appointed as a full professor for modelling and simulation for 12 years in Germany, before transitioning to UNM in 2024.
Personal Statement
My research focuses on the translation of mathematical/statistical modelling into empirical research, which is evidenced by a successful track record in the field of anti-malarial drug resistance and evolutionary-genetics of malaria, genomics of malaria, COVID-19, and Filoviridae (Marburg, Ebola). My group develops predictive models and statistical methods, tailored to specific problems and data structures, and applies these methods in empirical studies in collaborations with health authorities and academic institutions. Furthermore, we engage in biostatistical and bioinformatical data analysis. Concerning the latter, before my recent transition to University of New Mexico (UNM), I had a long-standing collaboration with UNM, Maseno University, and Siaya County Referral Hospital sustained by third-party funds. Furthermore, my group is currently collaborating with the Center for Global Health at University of New Mexico (UNM), NAMRU-6 (US Navy), CDC, Indian Council of Medical Research, AIMS Cameroon, University of Yaounde I (Cameroon), University of Buea (Cameroon), University of Ghana, University of Tbingen (Germany), Lehigh University, and Temple University.
Areas of Specialty
Epidemiology, infectious disease modelling, biostatistics, bioinformatics, molecular surveillance of drug resistance in malaria
Key Publications
Journal Article
Schneider, Kristan, Tsoungui Obama, Henri, Christian Adil Mahmoud Yousif, Nessma, Malekpour, Mohammad-Reza, A flexible age-dependent, spatially-stratified predictive model for the spread of COVID-19, accounting for multiple viral variants and vaccines PLOS ONE, vol. 18, Issue 1, e0277505
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Ali, Nazia, A Nema, Shrikant, Schneider, Kristan, Krishna, Sri, Verma, Anil, Kumar Das, Aparup, Bharti, Praveen, Kumar 2024 Low Prevalence of Antimalarial Resistance Mutations in India During 2014-2015: Impact of Combining First-line Therapy With Primaquine The Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 229, Issue 5, 1574-1583
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Hurwitz, Ivy, Yingling, Alexandra, V Amirkabirian, Teah, Castillo, Amber, Khan, Jehanzaeb, J Do, Alexandra, Lundquist, Dominic, K Barnes, October, Lambert, Christophe, Gerard Fieck, Annabeth, Mertz, Gregory, Onyango, Clinton, Anyona, Samuel, B Teixeira, Joao, Harkins, Michelle, 2023 Disproportionate impact of COVID-19 severity and mortality on hospitalized American Indian/Alaska Native patients PNAS Nexus, vol. 2, Issue 8
Journal Article
Schneider, Kristan, Eichner, Martin, 2022 Does it matter who is spreading monkeypox? The Lancet Infectious Diseases, vol. 22, Issue 9, 1266-1267 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(22)00431-5
Journal Article
Anyona, Samuel, B. Cheng, Qiuying, Wasena, Sharley, A. Osata, Shamim, W. Guo, Yan, Raballah, Evans, Hurwitz, Ivy, Onyango, Clinton, O. Ouma, Collins, Seidenberg, Philip, McMahon, Benjamin, H. Lambert, Christophe, Gerard Schneider, Kristan, Perkins, Douglas, Entire expressed peripheral blood transcriptome in pediatric severe malarial anemia Nature Communications, vol. 15, Issue 1
Gender
Male
Languages
- German
- English
- Latin