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Dr. Milliward Maliyoni

SENIOR LECTURER
Mathematical Sciences

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Applied Mathematics (Mathematical Biology) - Application of deterministic and stochastic epidemic models to tick-borne diseases (for example, human monocytic ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, Tidewater spotted fever, etc.) and other infectious diseases such as West Nile virus, Rotavirus, Nipah virus, Tuberculosis, malaria, COVID-19, etc. Other areas of research interest are conservation and computational Biology, ecological modelling, and stochastic optimal control.,

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MILLIWARD MALIYONI is a senior lecturer of Mathematics and a seasoned mathematical modeler in the Mathematical Sciences Department which is under the School of Natural and Applied Sciences at the University of Malawi (UNIMA). He holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics (specialised in Mathematical Biology) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2019); a Master of Science in Mathematical Modelling (specialised in Mathematical Biology) from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2010) and a Bachelor of Science-Education (Mathematics and Physics) from Mzuzu University (2007). He teaches and supervises research projects for both undergraduate and postgraduate students (particularly those that are pursuing MSc in Mathematical Sciences). Milliward is also a visiting lecturer in the Applied Studies Department at Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST). His research interests are in the application of deterministic and stochastic epidemic models to tick-borne diseases (for example, human monocytic ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, Tidewater spotted fever, etc.) and other infectious diseases such as West Nile virus, Rotavirus, Nipah virus, Tuberculosis, malaria, COVID-19, etc. In addition, he is also interested in conservation and computational Biology, ecological modelling, and stochastic optimal control. He has also been involved in a number of projects locally and internationally that helps to foster research collaborations. Milliward also served as the deputy head of Mathematical Sciences Department (2020 – 2023) as well as the coordinator for MSc and PhD in Mathematical Sciences programme from 2019 to 2023. Currently, he is a Co-principal investigator in a rabies project that is employing mathematical modelling to analyse the role of multiple interventions in the control of dog-mediated human rabies dynamics in Malawi and is sponsored by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in the United Kingdom. Further, he is also the lead project coordinator for Malawi in a project that UNIMA through the Mathematical Sciences Department and the Department of Science and Mathematics Education at UNIMA in partnership with the Department of Education and Sports Science at the University of Stavanger (UiS) in Norway are implementing namely “Malawi-Norway Mobility Programme in Mathematics and Mathematics Education (MANOMME) project from 2019 – 2024”; which is sponsored by the Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (DIKU) (now part of Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills)

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