Dr Yevhen Suprunenko
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Yevhen Suprunenko is a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.
Qualifications
PhD in Theoretical Physics (Condensed Matter) - Lancaster University, England
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Media & Press
2021 - 'Cambridge scientists say wearing face coverings will be necessary long after lockdown' - ITV Anglia News
2021 - 'Widespread use of control measures such as facemasks is vital to suppress the pandemic as lockdown lifts, say scientists' - University of Cambridge Press Office
2021 - 'Toxic oak moth threatens UK trees after failure to control its spread' - New Scientist
2013 - 'APS Focus Article: Modeling the Not-So-Steady Heart' - Physics
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My research focuses on establishing the role of intrinsic scales of an epidemic, cropping pattern and density in epidemic spread and control. Primarily, I develop models and theoretical descriptions of the spatial spread of plant pests and viruses (e.g. oak processionary moth, cassava brown streak disease) focusing on the role of spatially explicit dynamics, spatial structure of the host landscape, stochasticity and time-variability, all of which influence the pest and pathogen distribution range, severity of an epidemic, and optimal control strategies.