Feng Fu
Associate Professor
Appointments
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Steering Committee Member of Quantitative Social Science Program
Adjunct Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science
Area of Expertise
game theory and AI,
evolutionary dynamics,
Reinforcement learning,
computational social science,
mathematical humanities,
cooperation,
cancer,
infectious diseases
Biography
At Dartmouth, my group's research focuses on:
- Evolutionary Game Theory with Applications: Population Structure and Evolution of Cooperation;
- Computational Social Science: Evolutionary Dynamics of Human Behavior and Social Networks;
- Biomedical Data Science: Dynamics of Cancer Evolution and Treatment;
- Public Health Data Science: Behavioral Epidemiology and Network-based Interventions;
- Computational Neuroscience: E/I Imbalance Hypothesis and Neural Synchronization.
This interdisciplinary field of our research has a significant data science component, and integrates applied mathematics, social science, and computer science, evolutionary biology, and statistical physics. Our research aims to facilitate and promote interdisciplinary research that has a foundation on mathematics and also to synergistically connect evolutionary game theory with data science through data-driven mathematical modeling of real-world applications that have broad and significant impact on our society.
Education
Senior postdoc, ETH Zurich, 2012-2015
Postoc, Harvard University, 2010-2012
Dissertation research, Harvard University, 2007-2010
Ph.D. Peking University, 2010
B.S. Fudan University, 2004
Taught Courses
Publications
Feng Fu, Xingru Chen, Nicholas A. Christakis (2026). On the optimal integration of intelligent agents into network systems to steer cooperation. PNAS 123: e2537939123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2537939123
Feng Fu, Ran Zhuo, and Xingru Chen (2025). Social imitation dynamics of vaccination driven by vaccine effectiveness and beliefs. PLoS Computational Biology, 21: e1013586. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013586
Alina Glaubitz, and Feng Fu (2024). Social dilemma of nonpharmaceutical interventions: Determinants of dynamic compliance and behavioral shifts. PNAS, 121 (50): e2407308121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407308121
Matthew I. Jones, Scott D. Pauls, and Feng Fu (2024). Containing misinformation: Modeling spatial games of fake news. PNAS Nexus, 3: pgae090. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae090
Xingru Chen, and Feng Fu (2023). Outlearning extortioners: unbending strategies can foster reciprocal fairness and cooperation. PNAS Nexus 2: pgad176.
https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad176
Elizabeth A. Tripp, Feng Fu, and Scott D. Pauls (2022). Evolutionary Kuramoto dynamics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289: 20220999. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0999
Mark A. McPeek, Sarah J. McPeek, and Feng Fu (2022) Character displacement when natural selection pushes in only one direction. Ecological Monographs 92: e1547. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1547
Longmei Shu, and Feng Fu (2022). Eco-evolutionary dynamics of bimatrix games. Proceedings of the Royal Society A 478: 20220567. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2022.0567
Matthew I. Jones, Scott D. Pauls, and Feng Fu (2021). Random choices facilitate solutions to collective network coloring problems by artificial agents. iScience, 24, no. 4 (2021): 102340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102340
Ho-Chun Herbert Chang, and Feng Fu (2021). Elitism in mathematics and inequality. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 8(1): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00680-y
Xin Wang, Antonio D. Sirianni, Shaoting Tang, Zhiming Zheng, and Feng Fu (2020). Public discourse and social network echo chambers driven by socio-cognitive biases. Physical Review X 10, no. 4: 041042. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.10.041042
Xingru Chen, and Feng Fu (2019). Imperfect vaccine and hysteresis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286: 20182406. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2406
Xin Wang, Zhiming Zheng, and Feng Fu (2019). Steering Eco-Evolutionary Game Dynamics with Manifold Control. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 476: 20190643. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2019.0643
Tucker E Evans, and Feng Fu (2018). Opinion formation on dynamic networks: identifying conditions for the emergence of partisan echo chambers. Royal Society Open Science, 5: 181122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.181122
Feng Fu, Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler (2017). Dueling biological and social contagions. Scientific Reports, 7: 43634. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep43634
Te Wu, Long Wang, Feng Fu (2017). Coevolutionary dynamics of phenotypic diversity and contingent cooperation. PLoS Computational Biology 13: e1005363. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005363
Feng Fu, Sarah D. Kocher, Martin A. Nowak (2015). The risk-return trade-off between solitary and eusocial reproduction. Ecology Letters, 18: 74-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12392
Feng Fu, Martin A. Nowak, Sebastian Bonhoeffer (2015). Spatial heterogeneity in drug concentrations can facilitate the emergence of resistance to cancer therapy. PLoS Computational Biology,11(3): e1004142. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004142
Hirokazu Shirado, Feng Fu, James H. Fowler, Nicholas A. Christakis (2013). Quality versus Quantity of Social Ties in Experimental Cooperative Networks. Nature Communications, 4: 2814. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3814
Alison L. Hill, Daniel I. S. Rosenbloom, Feng Fu, Martin A. Nowak, RF Siliciano (2014). Predicting outcomes of treatments to eradicate the HIV latent reservoir. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111: 13475-13480. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1406663111
Feng Fu, Martin A. Nowak, Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler (2012). The Evolution of Homophily. Scientific Reports, 2: 845 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00845
Feng Fu, Corina E. Tarnita, Nicholas A. Christakis, Long Wang, David G. Rand, Martin A. Nowak (2012). Evolution of in-group favoritism. Scientific Reports, 2: 460. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00460
Feng Fu, Daniel I. Rosenbloom, Long Wang, Martin A. Nowak (2011). Imitation dynamics of vaccination behaviour on social networks. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 278: 42-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1107
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