Isaac Klapper

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Isaac Klapper

  • College of Science and Technology

    • Mathematics

      • Professor

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

MATH 4043

Applied Mathematics

Undergraduate

MATH 4096

Senior Problem Solving

Undergraduate

MATH 8008

Introduction to Methods in Applied Mathematics II

Graduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Jackson, B., Connolly, J., Gerlach, R., Klapper, I., & Parker, A. (2021). Bayesian estimation and uncertainty quantification in models of urea hydrolysis by E. coli biofilms. Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, 29(11), 1629-1652. doi: 10.1080/17415977.2021.1887172.

  • Zhang, T., Parker, A., Carlson, R., Stewart, P., & Klapper, I. (2020). Multiscale flux-based modeling of biofilm communities. Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, 18(2), 1025-1052. doi: 10.1137/18M1234096.

  • Becraft, E., Jackson, B., Nowack, S., Klapper, I., & Ward, D. (2020). Relationship between Microorganisms Inhabiting Alkaline Siliceous Hot Spring Mat Communities and Overflowing Water. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86(23), e00194-20-e00194-20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00194-20.

  • Ghimire, N., Pettygrove, B., Pallister, K., Stangeland, J., Stanhope, S., Klapper, I., Voyich, J., & Stewart, P. (2019). Direct microscopic observation of human neutrophil-staphylococcus aureus interaction in vitro suggests a potential mechanism for initiation of biofilm infection on an implanted medical device. Infection and Immunity, 87(12). doi: 10.1128/IAI.00745-19.

  • D'Acunto, B., Frunzo, L., Klapper, I., Mattei, M., & Stoodley, P. (2019). Mathematical modeling of dispersal phenomenon in biofilms. Mathematical Biosciences, 307, 70-87. doi: 10.1016/j.mbs.2018.07.009.

  • Aristotelous, A., Grabovsky, Y., & Klapper, I. (2018). Heterogeneity formation within biofilm systems. European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 29(6), 1020-1034. doi: 10.1017/S0956792518000402.

  • Quinn, R., Comstock, W., Zhang, T., Morton, J., Silva, R.D., Tran, A., Aksenov, A., Nothias, L., Wangpraseurt, D., Melnik, A., Ackermann, G., Conrad, D., Klapper, I., Knight, R., & Dorrestein, P. (2018). Niche partitioning of a pathogenic microbiome driven by chemical gradients. Science Advances, 4(9). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau1908.

  • Wu, Y., Klapper, I., & Stewart, P. (2018). Hypoxia arising from concerted oxygen consumption by neutrophils and microorganisms in biofilms. Pathogens and Disease, 76(4). doi: 10.1093/femspd/fty043.

  • Nowack, S. & Klapper, I. (2018). Exclusion in a temporally varying chemostat system: Dependence on trade-offs. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 78(5), 2819-2839. doi: 10.1137/17M1144210.

  • Moustaid, F.E., Carlson, R., Villa, F., & Klapper, I. (2017). Photorespiration and rate synchronization in a phototroph-heterotroph microbial consortium. Processes, 5(1). doi: 10.3390/pr5010011.