Wai-Tong Louis Fan

Mathematics · Indiana University

Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics Evolution and Genetic Dynamics Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models Stochastic processes and financial applications Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Publications

Citations

259

Est. group size

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Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 1992

Research summary

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Wai-Tong Louis Fan works in probability and stochastic processes, using mathematical tools to model how genes, populations, and biological systems change over time. Much of the research develops mathematical theory for population genetics — for example, tracing the shared ancestry (coalescence) of genes in populations that reproduce in various ways — as well as stochastic models for epidemics, viruses, and chemical reaction networks. The work combines rigorous mathematics with applications to biology and evolution.

Stochastic processes and probability theoryMathematical population genetics and coalescent theoryPhylogenetics and evolutionary modelsStochastic models in epidemiology and virologyMarkov processes and reaction networks

Publication activity has been steady over the last five years, averaging about 5.6 papers per year with no clear upward or downward trend.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.6/year recently

Recent publications

Conditional gene genealogies given the population pedigree for a diploid Moran model with selfing
Theoretical Population Biology · 2025
Intertwining the Busemann process of the directed polymer model
Electronic Journal of Probability · 2025
A New Path Method for Exponential Ergodicity of Markov Processes on \({{\mathbb Z^{d}}}\), with Applications to Stochastic Reaction Networks
SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems · 2025
A conditional coalescent for diploid exchangeable population models given the pedigree
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2025
Strong convergence with error estimates for a stochastic compartmental model of electrophysiology
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2025
Correlation of coalescence times in a diploid Wright–Fisher model with recombination and selfing
Theoretical Population Biology · 2025
Latent mutations in the ancestries of alleles under selection
Theoretical Population Biology · 2024
Inconsistency of parsimony under the multispecies coalescent
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024
Joint identifiability of ancestral sequence, phylogeny and mutation rates under the TKF91 model
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024
Joint Identifiability of Ancestral Sequence, Phylogeny and Mutation Rates Under the Tkf91 Model
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2024
Conditional gene genealogies given the population pedigree for a diploid Moran model with selfing
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024
Bursts of coalescence within population pedigrees whenever big families occur
Genetics · 2024
Recurrent mutation in the ancestry of a rare variant
Genetics · 2023
Patch formation driven by stochastic effects of interaction between viruses and defective interfering particles
PLoS Computational Biology · 2023
Quasi-stationary behavior of the stochastic FKPP equation on the circle
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2023

Publishes in

arXiv (Cornell University)×21
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×4
Theoretical Population Biology×3
The Annals of Applied Probability×3
Electronic Journal of Probability×3

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Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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