You can download a more complete version of my CV here. The overview is presented below.
McAlister J. S., Brunner, J.L., Galvin, D. J., Fefferman, N.H. (2025) A Game Theoretic Treatment of Contagion in Trade Networks.PLOS computational Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013845
McAlister J.S., Fefferman, N.H. Mengesha, T.A. (2025) Nonlinear Nonlocal Diffusion Equation for the Analysis of Continuous Coordination and Anti-coordination Type Games. submitted to Journal of Mathematical Biology. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2506.13929
McAlister, J.S., Fefferman N. H. (2025) Insights into the coordination game withneutral options through simulation. Dynamic Games and Applications https://doi.org/10.1007/s13235-024-00612-4
Kirkland, S., Li, C., McAlister, J.S., and Zhang, X. (2023) Edge Addition and the Change in Kemeny's Constant. Discrete Applied Mathematics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2025.04.031
McAlister, J.S., M.J. Blum, Y. Bromberg, N.H. Fefferman, Q. He, E. Lofgren, D.L.Miller, C. Schreiner, K. Selcuk Candan, H. Szabo-Rogers, and J. M. Reed (2025) An Interdisciplinary Perspective of the Built-Environment Microbiome. FEMS Microbiology Ecology https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiae166
Fefferman, N.H., McAlister, J.S., Akpa, B.S., Akwataghibe, K., Azad F.T., BarkleyK., Bleichrodt, A., Blum M.J., Bourouiba, L., Bromberg, Y., Candan K.S., Chowell,G.,Clancey, E., Cathroan, F.A., DeWitte, S.N., Fernandez, P., Finnoff, D., Flaherty, D.T.,Gibson, N.L., Harris, N., He, Q., Lofgren, E.T., Miller, D.L., Moody, J., Muccio, K.,Nunn, C.L., Papes, M., Pachalidis, I.Ch., Pasquale, D.K., Reed, M.J., Rogers, M. B.,Schreiner, C. L., Strand E.B., Swanson C.S., Szabo-Rodgers, H. L., and Ryan, S. J. (2023) A New Paradigm for Pandemic Preparedness. Current Epidemiological Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40471-023-00336-w
McAlister, J.S., Hamilton, I. (2022) An Adaptive Dynamic Model for the Vigilance Game in Group Foragers. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 538:111033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111030
Talk at Joint Math Meetings 2026, Washington, DC
Talk at Complex Networks 2025, Binghamton, NY
Talk at University of Tennessee - Knoxville Mathematical Biology Seminar, Knoxville, TN
Talk at NSF APPEX Center Symmer Research Symposium, Knoxville, TN
Talk at AMETHYST: Game Theory in Complex Systems during the Conference on Complex Systems, Exeter, UK
Talk at Mathematical Association of America South East Sectional Conference, Knoxville, TN, USA
Talk at Oral Specialy Exam at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA
Talk at SIAM graduate research showcase at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA
Poster at Undergraduate Research Conference at the National Institute of Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, Knoxville, TN, USA
Talk at Undergraduate Research Festival at The Ohio State Universtiy, Columbus, OH, USA
Poster at Summer Research Expo at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, USA