Dr. Pei Zhang
Preliminary Year Tutor in Mathematics
Centre for English Language Education
Qualifications
Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Louisiana, USA;
B.Sc. Mathematics, South China Normal University
Biography
Pei has over ten years of experience in teaching undergraduate mathematics. Before she joined the University of Nottingham Ningbo China in 2022, she worked as a Lecturer at the Arizona State University in the US. She also held teaching positions at the Northwestern State University of Louisiana and Wilkes University.
Teaching
Pei has taught College Algebra, Pre-Calculus, Mathematics for Business Analysis, Calculus for Engineers, Calculus and Modelling for Biological and Health Sciences, Differential Equations, Numerical Linear Algebra, Complex Analysis, and Numerical Analysis. She is currently teaching Foundation Algebra and Foundation Calculus. She also has experience supervising undergraduate Honors projects.
Research interests
Biomathematics, Mathematical Modelling
Publications
Pei Zhang and Azmy S. Ackleh. A Discrete Stage-Structured Two Species Competition Model with Sexual and Clonal Reproduction. Journal of Biological Dynamics, 6:2-16, 2012.
Azmy S. Ackleh, Ross A. Chiquet and Pei Zhang. A Discrete Dispersal Model with Constant and Periodic Environments. Journal of Biological Dynamics, 5:563-578, 2011.
Azmy S. Ackleh and Pei Zhang. Competitive Exclusion in a Discrete Stage-Structured Two Species Model. Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena, 4:156-175, 2009.