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Anass Bouchnita

Assistant Professor
Mathematical Sciences

Office Building: Bell Hall
Office Room: 202
Phone: (915) 747-6759
Email: abouchnita@utep.edu

Bio

No info available.

Awards and Honors

Paper featured as a cover story for Volume 12, Issue 5 of the journal Computation - MDPI computation (05/01/2024-05/31/2024)

Education

Ph D in Physiology and Biology of Organisms - Populations - Interactions, Université de Lyon (2018)
Ph D in Engineering Sciences and Techniques, Université Mohammed V de Rabat (2017)

Publications

Genotype-structured modelling of variant emergence and its impact on virus infection Mathematics 13 1 (2025), Anass Bouchnita.
Exploring the spatial effects influencing the EGFR/ERK pathway dynamics with machine learning surrogate models Biosystems 247 (2024), Juan A. Garcia, Anass Bouchnita.
Integrating Genomic, Climatic, and Immunological Factors to Analyze Seasonal Patterns of Influenza Variants Symmetry/MDPI 16 1 (2024), Anass Bouchnita, Behzad Djafari-Rouhani.
Intraplatelet Calcium Signaling Regulates Thrombus Growth under Flow: Insights from a Multiscale Model Computation 12 5 (2024), Anass Bouchnita, Vitaly Volpert.
Projecting Omicron scenarios in the US while tracking population-level immunity Epidemics 46 (2024), Anass Bouchnita, Kaiming Bi, Spencer Fox, Lauren A. Meyers.
Phenotype-structured model of intra-clonal heterogeneity and drug resistance in multiple myeloma Journal of Theoretical Biology 576 (2023), Anass Bouchnita, Vitaly Volpert.
Evaluation of the US COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub for informing pandemic response under uncertainty Nature Communications 14 (2023), Scenario Modeling Hub Members , Anass Bouchnita.
Equitable bivalent booster allocation strategies against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants in US cities with large Hispanic communities: The case of El Paso County, Texas Infectious Disease Modelling 8 3 (2023), Francis Owusu-Dampare, Anass Bouchnita.
Thrombin Generation Thresholds for Coagulation Initiation under Flow Axioms 12 9 (2023), Anass Bouchnita, Kanishk Yadav, Jean-Pierre Llored, Alvaro Gurovich, Vitaly Volpert.
Combining Computational Modelling and Machine Learning to Identify COVID-19 Patients with a High Thromboembolism Risk Mathematics 11 2 (2023), Anass Bouchnita, Anastasia Mozokhina, Patrice Nony, Jean-Pierre Llored, Vitaly Volpert.
Modelling of the Innate and Adaptive Immune Response to SARS Viral Infection, Cytokine Storm and Vaccination Vaccines 11 1 (2023), Cristina Leon, Alexey Tokarev, Anass Bouchnita, Vitaly Volpert.
Estimating the Risk of Contracting COVID-19 in Different Settings Using a Multiscale Transmission Dynamics Model Mathematics 11 1 (2023), Sam Dramane, Aissam Jebrane, Anass Bouchnita, Abdelilah Hakim.
Altered developmental programs and oriented cell divisions lead to bulky bones during salamander limb regeneration Nature Communications 13 (2022), Marketa Kaucka, Alberto J. Araus, Marketa Tesarova, Joshua Currie, Johan Boström, Michaela Kavkova, Julian Petersen, Zeyu Yao, Anass Bouchnita, Andreas Hellander, Tomas Zikmund, Ahmed Elewa, Phillip Newton, Ji-Feng Fei, Andrei Chagin, Kaj Fried, Elly Tanaka, Jozef Kaiser, András Simon, Igor Adameyko.
Scenario projections for the spread of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 4 and BA. 5 subvariants in the US and Texas UT COVID-19 Modeling Consortium report (2022), Anass Bouchnita, Kaiming Bi, Oluwaseun Egbelowo, Spencer Fox, Michael Lachmann, Lauren A. Meyers.
Omicron scenario projections for the Austin-Round Rock MSA UT COVID-19 Modeling Consortium report (2022), Anass Bouchnita, Spencer Fox, Michael Lachmann, Graham Gibson, José Luis D. Herrera, Lauren A. Meyers.
Blood Clotting Decreases Pulmonary Circulation during the Coronavirus Disease MDPI Mathematics (2021), Anastasia Mozokhina, Anass Bouchnita, Vitaly Volpert.
COVID-19 scenario projections: the emergence of Omicron in the US UT COVID-19 Modeling Consortium report (2021), Anass Bouchnita, Spencer Fox, Michael Lachmann, Graham Gibson, José Luis D. Herrera, Lauren A. Meyers.
COVID-19 scenario projections: The emergence of Omicron in the US-January 2022 UT COVID-19 Modeling Consortium report (2021), Anass Bouchnita, Spencer Fox, Michael Lachmann, Graham Gibson, José Luis D. Herrera, Lauren A. Meyers.
A hybrid multi-scale model of COVID-19 transmission dynamics to assess the potential of non-pharmaceutical interventions Chaos, Fractals, and Solitons (2020), Anass Bouchnita, Aissam Jebrane.

Presentations

Integration of Immunological, Climatic and Genomic Factors to Analyse Seasonal Patterns of Influenza Variants (2025), Volume Nara, Japan, and virtual, Behzad Djafari-Rouhani, Anass Bouchnita.
The influence of genomic and immunological factors on seasonal influenza patterns in the US (2024), Volume Porto, Portugal, and virtual, Behzad Djafari-Rouhani, Anass Bouchnita.
Patient-Specific Multiphase Simulations of Atrial Fibrillation-Induced Thrombosis in the Left Atrial Appendage (2024), Volume El Paso, TX, Anass Bouchnita, Vitaly Volpert, Nikolajus Kozulinas, Aleksey Belyaev, Grigory Panasenko.
Charting the Course for Respiratory Virus Activity in the Southern Hemisphere: Real-Time Forecasting of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections in Paraguay, 2024 (2024), Brendan Case, Shraddha Bandekar, Kaiming Bi, Spencer Fox, Anass Bouchnita, Lauren A. Meyers.
A genotype-structured epidemiological model to gain insights into the emergence and competition of variants (2024), Volume Virtual, Anass Bouchnita.
Integrating Machine Learning with Pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics Models to Identify Therapeutic Windows for New Oral Anticoagulants (2024), Volume Oregon, Portland, Anass Bouchnita.
Incorporating phenotype-structured modeling into epidemiological models to gain insights into variant emergence and competition (2024), Volume Virtual, hosted by Virginia Tech, Anass Bouchnita.
A phenotype-structured approach to study intra-clonal heterogeneity and drug resistance in multiple myeloma (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Anass Bouchnita, Vitaly Volpert.

Grants

PREDICTING SEASONAL INFLUENZA HOSPITALIZATIONS USING SEMI-MECHANISTIC MODELS THAT INCORPORATE IMMUNOLOGICAL DYNAMICS

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2025	MATH 1312 - Calculus II	10412
Fall 2025	CPS 6397 - Doctoral Project	16481
Fall 2025	DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative	13847
Fall 2025	CPS 5396 - Graduate Interdisciplinary Res	14824
Fall 2025	CPS 6386 - Graduate Interdisciplinary Res	14929
Fall 2025	CPS 6396 - Graduate Research	16480
Fall 2025	CPS 5399 - Graduate Thesis	16479
Fall 2025	MATH 5370 - Special Topics	16702
Fall 2025	STAT 6370 - Special Topics	16669
Fall 2025	MATH 5398 - Thesis 1	15116

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	MATH 1312 - Calculus II	10412
Spring 2025	BINF 5112 - CS Seminar for Bioinformatics	23008	Syllabus
Spring 2025	DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative	26374
Spring 2025	DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative	28103
Spring 2025	CPS 6386 - Graduate Interdisciplinary Res	26146
Spring 2025	STAT 6396 - Graduate Research	25075
Spring 2025	CPS 5399 - Graduate Thesis	27980
Spring 2025	CPS 5310 - Mathematical & Comp. Modeling	21083	Syllabus
Spring 2025	CPS 6310 - Mathematical & Comp. Modeling	24980	Syllabus
Spring 2025	STAT 6370 - Special Topics	28104
Fall 2024	CPS 6397 - Doctoral Project	17953
Fall 2024	DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative	14347
Fall 2024	DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative	17960
Fall 2024	CPS 6396 - Graduate Research	17952
Fall 2024	CPS 5399 - Graduate Thesis	17951
Fall 2024	MATH 1320 - Math for Social Sciences I	11149	Syllabus
Fall 2024	MATH 5370 - Special Topics	14595	Syllabus
Fall 2024	STAT 6370 - Special Topics	18003	Syllabus
Spring 2024	MATH 1312 - Calculus II	20620	Syllabus
Spring 2024	BINF 5112 - CS Seminar for Bioinformatics	23401	Syllabus
Spring 2024	DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative	28001
Spring 2024	CPS 6386 - Graduate Interdisciplinary Res	27780
Spring 2024	CPS 5397 - Graduate Research	28295
Spring 2024	CPS 5398 - Graduate Thesis	27779
Spring 2024	STAT 6370 - Special Topics	26088	Syllabus
Fall 2023	CPS 5396 - Graduate Interdisciplinary Res	17098
Fall 2023	CPS 6386 - Graduate Interdisciplinary Res	17255
Fall 2023	MATH 5370 - Special Topics	17130	Syllabus
Fall 2023	MATH 6370 - Special Topics	17763	Syllabus
Spring 2023	MATH 4336 - Applied Analysis II	23995	Syllabus
Spring 2023	CPS 5397 - Graduate Research	27650
Fall 2022	MATH 1312 - Calculus II	12118	Syllabus

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2024	MATH 1320 - Math for Social Sciences I	11149	Evaluation
Spring 2024	MATH 1312 - Calculus II	20620	Evaluation
Spring 2024	BINF 5112 - CS Seminar for Bioinformatics	23401	Evaluation
Fall 2023	MATH 5370 - Special Topics	17130	Evaluation
Spring 2023	MATH 4336 - Applied Analysis II	23995	Evaluation
Fall 2022	MATH 1312 - Calculus II	12118	Evaluation

Bio

No info available.

Awards and Honors

Paper featured as a cover story for Volume 12, Issue 5 of the journal Computation - MDPI computation (05/01/2024-05/31/2024)

Ph D in Physiology and Biology of Organisms - Populations - Interactions, Université de Lyon (2018)
Ph D in Engineering Sciences and Techniques, Université Mohammed V de Rabat (2017)

Publications

Genotype-structured modelling of variant emergence and its impact on virus infection Mathematics 13 1 (2025), Anass Bouchnita.
Exploring the spatial effects influencing the EGFR/ERK pathway dynamics with machine learning surrogate models Biosystems 247 (2024), Juan A. Garcia, Anass Bouchnita.
Integrating Genomic, Climatic, and Immunological Factors to Analyze Seasonal Patterns of Influenza Variants Symmetry/MDPI 16 1 (2024), Anass Bouchnita, Behzad Djafari-Rouhani.
Intraplatelet Calcium Signaling Regulates Thrombus Growth under Flow: Insights from a Multiscale Model Computation 12 5 (2024), Anass Bouchnita, Vitaly Volpert.
Projecting Omicron scenarios in the US while tracking population-level immunity Epidemics 46 (2024), Anass Bouchnita, Kaiming Bi, Spencer Fox, Lauren A. Meyers.

Presentations

Integration of Immunological, Climatic and Genomic Factors to Analyse Seasonal Patterns of Influenza Variants (2025), Volume Nara, Japan, and virtual, Behzad Djafari-Rouhani, Anass Bouchnita.
The influence of genomic and immunological factors on seasonal influenza patterns in the US (2024), Volume Porto, Portugal, and virtual, Behzad Djafari-Rouhani, Anass Bouchnita.
Patient-Specific Multiphase Simulations of Atrial Fibrillation-Induced Thrombosis in the Left Atrial Appendage (2024), Volume El Paso, TX, Anass Bouchnita, Vitaly Volpert, Nikolajus Kozulinas, Aleksey Belyaev, Grigory Panasenko.
Charting the Course for Respiratory Virus Activity in the Southern Hemisphere: Real-Time Forecasting of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections in Paraguay, 2024 (2024), Brendan Case, Shraddha Bandekar, Kaiming Bi, Spencer Fox, Anass Bouchnita, Lauren A. Meyers.
A genotype-structured epidemiological model to gain insights into the emergence and competition of variants (2024), Volume Virtual, Anass Bouchnita.

PREDICTING SEASONAL INFLUENZA HOSPITALIZATIONS USING SEMI-MECHANISTIC MODELS THAT INCORPORATE IMMUNOLOGICAL DYNAMICS

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MATH 1312 - Calculus II

Section

10412

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CPS 6397 - Doctoral Project

Section

16481

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative

Section

13847

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CPS 5396 - Graduate Interdisciplinary Res

Section

14824

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CPS 6386 - Graduate Interdisciplinary Res

Section

14929

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CPS 6396 - Graduate Research

Section

16480

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CPS 5399 - Graduate Thesis

Section

16479

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MATH 5370 - Special Topics

Section

16702

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

STAT 6370 - Special Topics

Section

16669

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MATH 5398 - Thesis 1

Section

15116

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MATH 1312 - Calculus II

Section

10412

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BINF 5112 - CS Seminar for Bioinformatics

Section

23008

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative

Section

26374

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative

Section

28103

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CPS 6386 - Graduate Interdisciplinary Res

Section

26146

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

STAT 6396 - Graduate Research

Section

25075

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CPS 5399 - Graduate Thesis

Section

27980

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CPS 5310 - Mathematical & Comp. Modeling

Section

21083

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CPS 6310 - Mathematical & Comp. Modeling

Section

24980

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

STAT 6370 - Special Topics

Section

28104

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CPS 6397 - Doctoral Project

Section

17953

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative

Section

14347

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative

Section

17960

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CPS 6396 - Graduate Research

Section

17952

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CPS 5399 - Graduate Thesis

Section

17951

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MATH 1320 - Math for Social Sciences I

Section

11149

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MATH 5370 - Special Topics

Section

14595

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

STAT 6370 - Special Topics

Section

18003

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

MATH 1312 - Calculus II

Section

20620

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

BINF 5112 - CS Seminar for Bioinformatics

Section

23401

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative

Section

28001

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CPS 6386 - Graduate Interdisciplinary Res

Section

27780

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CPS 5397 - Graduate Research

Section

28295

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CPS 5398 - Graduate Thesis

Section

27779

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

STAT 6370 - Special Topics

Section

26088

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CPS 5396 - Graduate Interdisciplinary Res

Section

17098

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CPS 6386 - Graduate Interdisciplinary Res

Section

17255

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

MATH 5370 - Special Topics

Section

17130

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

MATH 6370 - Special Topics

Section

17763

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

MATH 4336 - Applied Analysis II

Section

23995

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CPS 5397 - Graduate Research

Section

27650

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

MATH 1312 - Calculus II

Section

12118

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MATH 1320 - Math for Social Sciences I

Section

11149

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

MATH 1312 - Calculus II

Section

20620

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

BINF 5112 - CS Seminar for Bioinformatics

Section

23401

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

MATH 5370 - Special Topics

Section

17130

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

MATH 4336 - Applied Analysis II

Section

23995

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

MATH 1312 - Calculus II

Section

12118

Evaluation

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