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Hana Dobrovolny

Hana Dobrovolny, Ph.D.

Professor and Department Chair

817-257-6379 SWR 142

Education

Ph.D (Physics) Duke University, 2008
M.A (Physics) Bryn Mawr College, 2000
B.Sc (Physics and Mathematics) University of Winnipeg, 1997

Areas of Focus

  • Computational Biophysics
  • Viral infections
  • Cancer

Guo, E., S. Satani, A. Suri, R. Padmasolala, S. Makam, T. Yadav, H.M. Dobrovolny, 2025, ``Incorporating the immune response into models of oncolytic virus treatment of cancer'', Society of Mathematical Biology, Edmonton, AB (invited)

Matthews, P., M. Doty, H.M. Dobrovolny, 2025, ``Time-varying viral production in virus dynamics models'', Society of Mathematical Biology, Edmonton, AB (invited)

McCarthy, G., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2025, ``Applications of Mathematical Models of Virus to Mpox'', TSAPS Spring meeting, Houston, TX

Gerg, A., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2025, ``Using alpha shapes to quantify spatial heterogeneity in virus-mediated syncytia formation'', APS Global Summit, Anaheim, CA

Garrett, C., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2025, ``Dynamics of polyaneuploid cancer cell quiescence under stress'', APS Global Summit, Anaheim, CA

Gerg, A., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2025, ``Quantifying Spatial Heterogeneity of Syncytial Cells using Alpha Shapes'', SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Fort Worth, TX

Kharki, B., T. McHenry, H.M. Dobrovolny, 2025, ``Identifiability analysis of cancer growth models from dose response curves'', SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Fort Worth, TX

McCarthy, G., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2025, ``Identifiability of cell-cell fusion assays'', SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Fort Worth, TX

Garrett, C., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2024, ``Dynamics of polyaneuploid cancer cell quiescence under stress'', TSAPS Fall meeting, Dallas, TX

Suri, A., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2024, ``Analyzing Dynamical Differences Between Vaccinated and Unvaccinated'', TSAPS Fall meeting, Dallas, TX

Gerg, A., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2024, ``Quantifying Spatial Heterogeneity of Syncytial Cells'', TSAPS Fall meeting, Dallas, TX (Winner of best graduate poster)

McCarthy, G., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2024, ``Structural and Practical Identifiability Analysis of Models of Scyncytia Formation'', TSAPS Fall meeting, Dallas, TX

Rehmatullah, M., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2024, ``Characterization of a cell-adapted oncolytic virus'', Eastern Great Lakes Section of APS Fall meeting, Marietta, OH

Dobrovolny, H.M., 2024, `` Infectious physics: Using physics to help us understand respiratory viral coinfections'', Texas A&M Commerce physics colloquium,(invited)

McCarthy, G., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2024, ``Structural and Practical Identifiability Analysis of Models for Syncytia Growth'', TSAPS Spring meeting, Stephenville, TX

Gerg, A., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2024, ``Nonlinear Analysis of HIV Type-1 Syncytia Formation'', TSAPS Spring meeting, Stephenville, TX

Amidei, A., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2024, ``Modeling and characterization of virus-mediated cell fusion assays'', TSAPS Spring meeting, Stephenville, TX

Kalra, M., S. Kalra, H.M. Dobrovolny}, 2024, ``Finding the Optimal IFN Response For Oncolytic Virus Treatment'', ABRCMS ePoster Symposium, virtual

Yadav, T., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2024, ``Oncolytic Virus and the Interferon Response'', ABRCMS ePoster Symposium, virtual

Talagadadeeva, S., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2024, ``Modeling of infrared detection of cancer miRNA'', ABRCMS ePoster Symposium, virtual

Amidei, A.}, E. Guo,  L. Pinky, B. Fain, H.M. Dobrovolny, 2024, ``Maximizing insight into viral infections using within host mathematical models'', JPS Research & Quality Symposium, Fort Worth, TX

Gerg, A., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2024, ``Density Dependence: A Nonlinear Analysis of HIV Syncytium in Drug-Treated Transfection'', JPS Research & Quality Symposium, Fort Worth, TX

Dobrovolny, H.M., 2024, ``Syncytia formation: The dynamics of virus-mediated cell fusion'', Idaho State University physics colloquium, virtual (invited)

Amidei, A., G. McCarthy, H.M. Dobrovolny, 2024, ``Modeling and characterization of virus-mediated cell fusion assays'', APS March meeting, Minneapolis, MN

Sage, H., H.M. Dobrovolny, 2024, ``The effect of density-dependent infection on ODE models of viral dynamics'', APS March meeting, Minneapolis, MN

  • Society for Mathematical Biology
  • American Physical Society
  • Canadian Association of Physicists
  • American Association of Physics Teachers
  • Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
  • Advanced Laboratory Physics Association
  • Sigma Xi

Last Updated: August 22, 2025

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