Robert Zupko received his PhD from Michigan Technological University in 2019 where his doctoral research was focused on the applications of individual-based modeling on complex systems. Prior to returning to graduate school he worked as a software engineer for over a decade in a number of roles related to health and biomedical research. Robert joined the Boni Lab at Pennsylvania State University and the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics in July 2019 where he is exploring the role that space and human movement have on the rise of antimalarial drug resistance.
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Nguyen TD, Zupko RJ, Conrad MD, Rukundo GB, Farinha CC, Asua VD, Tran KT, Grace DM, Rosenthal PJ, Agaba BB, Kamya MR, Opigo J, Boni MF. (2026). Slowing the spread of treatment failure to artemisinin-based combination therapies in Uganda. Nature communications
Watson OJ, Tran TN, Zupko RJ, Symons T, Thomson R, Visser T, Rumisha S, Dzianach PA, Hathaway N, Kim I, Juliano JJ, Bailey JA, Slater H, Okell L, Gething P, Ghani A, Boni MF, Parr JB, Cunningham J. (2025). Global risk of selection and spread of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 and 3 gene deletions. Nature medicine
Tran KT, Nguyen TD, Weissman DB, Li EZ, Mok S, Small-Saunders JL, Bousema T, Zupko RJ, Tran TN, Boni MF. (2025). Effects of recombination on multi-drug resistance evolution in Plasmodium falciparum malaria. PLoS computational biology, 21(8)
Kamau E, Ante-Testard PA, Gwyn S, Blumberg S, Abdalla Z, Aiemjoy K, Amza A, Aragie S, Arzika AM, Awoussi MS, Bailey RL, Butcher R, Callahan EK, Chaima D, Dawed AA, Díaz MIS, Domingo AS, Drakeley C, Elshafie BE, Emerson PM, Fornace K, Gass K, Goodhew EB, Hammou J, Harding-Esch EM, Hooper PJ, Kadri B, Kalua K, Kanyi S, Kasubi M, Kello AB, Ko R, Lammie PJ, Lescano AG, Maliki R, Masika MP, Migchelsen SJ, Nassirou B, Nesemann JM, Parameswaran N, Pomat W, Renneker KK, Roberts C, Rymil P, Sata E, Senyonjo L, Seife F, Sillah A, Sokana O, Srivathsan A, Tadesse Z, Taleo F, Taylor EM, Tekeraoi R, Togbey K, West SK, Wickens K, William T, Wittberg DM, Yeboah-Manu D, Youbi M, Zeru T, Keenan JD, Lietman TM, Solomon AW, Nash SD, Martin DL, Arnold BF. (2025). Characterizing trachoma elimination using serology. Nature communications, 16(1)
Li EZ, Nguyen TD, Tran TN, Zupko RJ, Boni MF. (2024). Assessing emergence risk of double-resistant and triple-resistant genotypes of Plasmodium falciparum. Nature communications, 15(1)
Zupko RJ, Servadio JL, Nguyen TD, Tran TN, Tran KT, Somé AF, Boni MF. (2024). Role of seasonal importation and genetic drift on selection for drug-resistant genotypes of Plasmodium falciparum in high-transmission settings. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 21(212)
Zupko RJ, Servadio JL, Nguyen TD, Tran TN, Tran KT, Somé AF, Boni MF. (2023). Role of Seasonal Importation and Random Genetic Drift on Selection for Drug-Resistant Genotypes of Plasmodium falciparum in High Transmission Settings. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
Zupko RJ, Nguyen TD, Ngabonziza JCS, Kabera M, Li H, Tran TN, Tran KT, Uwimana A, Boni MF. (2023). Modeling policy interventions for slowing the spread of artemisinin-resistant pfkelch R561H mutations in Rwanda. Nature medicine
Zupko RJ, Nguyen TD, Wesolowski A, Gerardin J, Boni MF. (2023). National-scale simulation of human movement in a spatially coupled individual-based model of malaria in Burkina Faso. Scientific reports, 13(1)
Zupko RJ, Nguyen TD, Somé AF, Tran TN, Gerardin J, Dudas P, Giang DDH, Tran KT, Wesolowski A, Ouédraogo JB, Boni MF. (2022). Long-term effects of increased adoption of artemisinin combination therapies in Burkina Faso. PLOS global public health, 2(2)
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